The Clements Center at Southern Methodist University selected Ryan Booth as a symposium scholar for 2024-2025. The symposium is entitled “Rethinking the Indian Wars.” Booth will contribute a book chapter on the subject of death and burial of US Army soldiers (particularly the US Indian Scouts and Black regulars). Clements Center symposia are held at SMU’s Taos campus and a public presentation will be held in Tempe, Arizona in cooperation with the Arizona Historical Society in 2025. The University of Nebraska Press has agreed to publish the collection.
Ryan Booth is one of twelve authors. He will be joined by Nathan Braccio (Lesley), Bonnie Cherry (Berkeley Law), Greg Downs (UC Davis), Luis Garcia (U de Monterrey), Ari Kelman (UC Davis), Stuart Marshall (Sewanee), Nick Myers (National Park Service), Darren Parry (Utah), Sherry Smith (SMU), Lindsay Stallones Marshall (Illinois State), and Cecily Zander (Texas Woman’s U).
https://www.smu.edu/Dedman/Research/Institutes-and-Centers/SWCenter/Symposia/Future/IndianWars