xl About the Authorsof anthropology at Kansas State University. McBride’s
many publications include Women of the Dawn (1999),
Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot in Paris (1995), and Indians
in Eden: Wabanakis and Rusticators on Maine’s Mount Des-
ert Island, 1850s–1920s (co-authored, 2009). The Maine
State legislature awarded her a special commendation for
significant contributions to Native women’s history (1999).
A community activist and researcher for the Aroostook
Band of Micmacs (1981–91), McBride assisted this Maine
Indian community in its successful efforts to reclaim
lands, gain tribal status, and revitalize cultural traditions.
She has curated various museum exhibits based on her re-
search, most recently Journeys West: The David & Peggy
Rockefeller American Indian Art Collection for the Abbe
Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine. Currently she is work-
ing on a new book co-authored with Harald Prins (From
Indian Island to Omaha Beach: The Story of Charles Shay,
Penobscot Indian War Hero, 2010) and a series of museum
exhibitions based on a two-volume study co-authored with
Harald Prins for the National Park Service (Asticou’s Island
Domain, 2007). McBride also serves as oral history advisor
for the Kansas Humanities Council and as board member
and vice president of the Women’s World Summit Founda-
tion, based in Geneva, Switzerland.Visual Anthropology and visual anthropology editor of the
American Anthropologist. Dr. Prins has won his universi-
ty’s most prestigious undergraduate teaching awards, held
the Coffman Chair for University Distinguished Teaching
Scholars (2004–05), and was selected as Professor of the
Year for the State of Kansas by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching in 2008. Active in hu-
man rights, he served as expert witness in Native rights
cases in the U.S. Senate and various Canadian courts, and
was instrumental in the successful federal recognition and
land claims of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs (1991). Dr.
Prins was appointed Research Associate at the National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
(2008–11), and served as guest professor at Lund Univer-
sity in Sweden (2010).BUNNY MCBRIDE is an award-winning author specializing
in cultural anthropology, indigenous peoples, international
tourism, and nature conservation issues. Published in doz-
ens of national and international print media, she has re-
ported from Africa, Europe, China, and the Indian Ocean.
Highly rated as a teacher, she served as visiting anthropol-
ogy faculty at Principia College, the Salt Institute for Doc-
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