Aamaawia John Bickers
Jesse Hauk Shera Assistant Professor
Contact
john.bickers@case.edu
Phone: 216-368-2380
Office: Mather Room 213
About
Dr. Aamaawia John Bickers is a historian of Native American and early American history and is a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. Bickers received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 2022. His research centers on Miami-Illinois speaking communities with a focus on Indigenous sovereignty, political organization, and cultural adaptation through the long nineteenth century.
His first book, The Miami Nation: A Middle Path for Indigenous Nationhood, was published by the Indiana University Press in 2026.
