蒂亚-迈尔斯 公共历史学家

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Tiya Miles
Public Historian | Class of 2011
Reframing and reinterpreting the history of our diverse nation in works that illuminate the complex interrelationships between African and Cherokee peoples in colonial America.


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Title
Public Historian
Affiliation
Department of History, University of Michigan
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Age
41 at time of award
Area of Focus
American History
Published September 20, 2011
ABOUT TIYA'S WORK
Tiya Miles is a public historian who explores the complex interrelationships between African and Cherokee people living and working in colonial America. Her studies tease evidence from census records, legal petitions, missionary reports, newsprint, and oral histories and span territories east and west in the South, before and after the Trail of Tears (1838-1839) and up to the Civil War. In her first book, Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom (2005), Miles details the life of Cherokee farmer and celebrated warrior Shoe Boots, his marriage to and later abandonment by a white Southern girl he once held captive, and his subsequent union with their black servant, Doll. In prose that is reflective, precise, and insightful, Miles challenges folklore and mythology surrounding early Afro-Indian communities while also illustrating a broader tangle of intricate personal intimacies, sovereign allegiances, and ancestral tensions. Continuing her inquiry into early Afro-Indian relations, Miles has completed a public history project and a book centered on the Diamond Hill plantation in Georgia, one of the largest Native-owned plantations in colonial history. In The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story (2010), she documents Chief James Vann's control of his plantation and abuse of his Cherokee wives and African slaves, presenting a family history and an economic hierarchy that tragically mirrors the social order of early Southern society. Her nuanced portrayals of African and Native people in slavery and displacement in colonial America, and their ensuing legacy, are contributing importantly to the current discourse on ancestry and citizenship in contemporary America. A scholar of range and promise, and increasingly an authoritative voice in reframing and reinterpreting the history of our diverse nation, Miles is adding texture and depth to the mosaic that was our shared past and that is our heritage.

BIOGRAPHY
Tiya Miles received an A.B. (1992) from Harvard University, an M.A. (1995) from Emory University, and a Ph.D. (2000) from the University of Minnesota. She was an assistant professor (2000-2002) in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, prior to joining the faculty at the University of Michigan, where she is currently a professor in the Department of History and professor and chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. She holds additional appointments in the Program in American Culture, the Native American Studies Program, and the Department of Women's Studies.



蒂亚-迈尔斯
公共历史学家｜2011级
在阐明美国殖民地时期非洲人和切罗基人之间复杂的相互关系的作品中，对我们这个多元化国家的历史进行了重构和重新解释。


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标题
公共历史学家
工作单位
密歇根大学历史系
工作地点
安阿伯，密歇根州
年龄
获奖时为41岁
重点领域
美国历史
发表于2011年9月20日
关于蒂亚的工作
蒂亚-迈尔斯是一位公共历史学家，她探讨了在美国殖民地生活和工作的非洲人和切罗基人之间复杂的相互关系。她的研究从人口普查记录、法律请愿书、传教士报告、新闻纸和口述历史中提取证据，横跨南方东西两边的领土，在泪路（1838-1839）之前和之后，一直到南北战争。在她的第一本书《捆绑的纽带》中。在她的第一本书《捆绑的纽带：一个非洲切罗基家庭在奴隶制和自由中的故事》（2005年）中，迈尔斯详细描述了切罗基农民和著名战士鞋靴的生活，他与曾经被他俘虏的南方白人女孩的婚姻和后来被抛弃，以及他后来与黑人仆人多尔的结合。迈尔斯用反思、精确和富有洞察力的散文，挑战了围绕早期非洲印第安人社区的民间传说和神话，同时也说明了更广泛的错综复杂的个人亲密关系、主权忠诚和祖先的紧张关系。迈尔斯继续她对早期非洲裔印第安人关系的探究，完成了一个公共历史项目和一本以乔治亚州钻石山种植园为中心的书，该种植园是殖民历史上最大的土著人拥有的种植园之一。在《钻石山的房子。一个切罗基种植园的故事》（2010年）中，她记录了詹姆斯-范恩酋长对其种植园的控制以及对其切罗基妻子和非洲奴隶的虐待，展示了一个家庭历史和经济等级制度，悲惨地反映了早期南方社会的社会秩序。她对非洲人和原住民在美国殖民时期被奴役和流离失所的细微描写，以及随之而来的遗产，对当前当代美国关于祖先和公民身份的讨论做出了重要贡献。迈尔斯是一位范围广、有前途的学者，在重新规划和解释我们这个多元化国家的历史方面越来越有权威的声音，他正在为我们共同的过去和我们的遗产的马赛克增添质地和深度。

个人简历
蒂亚-迈尔斯在哈佛大学获得学士学位（1992年），在埃默里大学获得硕士学位（1995年），并在明尼苏达大学获得博士学位（2000年）。在加入密歇根大学之前，她曾在加州大学伯克利分校民族研究系担任助理教授（2000-2002年），目前是该校历史系的教授和非洲裔美国人和非洲研究系的教授和主任。她还在美国文化项目、美国原住民研究项目和妇女研究系担任职务。