Dr. R. David Edmunds is a well-known and trusted expert in Native American ethnohistory. Originally from Blue Mound—about 15 miles southwest of Decatur—Edmunds earned a master’s degree from Illinois State University in 1966 while teaching at Bloomington High School. He later earned an honorary degree from Illinois State in 2002 and a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012.
Throughout the past 50 years, Edmunds has held professorships at the University of Wyoming, TCU, California Berkely, UCLA, Indiana University, and the University of Texas at Dallas—and he’s published 10 scholarly books and more than 100 academic articles. He’s also contributed to Native American docuseries projects for PBS and the History Chanel, and he is featured in the fall 2023 State magazine. In this episode of Redbird Buzz, Edmunds discusses his role as a Native American scholar and advocate.

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