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In addition to a number of articles and essays, Professor
Piker is the author of Okfuskee: A Creek Indian Town
in Colonial America, a study exploring the peculiar
connection between Okfuskee, a Creek village, and
the North American British colonies. Integrating Native
American history into the broader story of the history
of North America, Piker examines both the evolving relationship
between Okfuskee and Charleston as well as economic
development within Okfuskee as Euro-American traders
altered pre-existing agricultural practices and exchange
networks. He is now at work on a book tentatively titled
The Deaths of Acorn Whistler, an examination
of the 1752 murder of an Indian headman. To pursue this
research, he received a year-long fellowship from the
Huntington Library. Professor Piker teaches a wide variety
of courses on colonial America and early Native American
history. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.
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