Jack D. Forbes
Jack D. Forbes | |
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Born | Jack Douglas Forbes January 7, 1934 Long Beach, California, US |
Died | February 23, 2011 Davis, California, US | (aged 77)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Southern California |
Spouse | Carolyn L. Johnson |
Children | 2 |
Jack Douglas Forbes (January 7, 1934 – February 23, 2011) was an American historian, writer, scholar, and political activist, who specialized in
Life and career
Jack D. Forbes was born in 1934 in Long Beach, California, to George Theodore Forbes and Dorothy Hazel Rufener Forbes.[1] Jack identified as being of Powhatan-Renapé and Lenape descent, but was not enrolled in any Native nation.[2] Forbes was raised in neighboring El Monte and Eagle Rock, where he began his writing career at the high school newspaper. He received his bachelor's degree in Philosophy from University of Southern California in 1953, going on to a Master's in 1955 and a Ph.D. in History and Anthropology (1959).[3]
In the early 1960s, Forbes became active as an organizer in the
Forbes first taught at
In 1971 Forbes was among the founders of the Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University (commonly referred to as
He was a visiting
In the early 1990s, Forbes was involved with
Near his retirement, Forbes published Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples (1993), considered to be "his signature work," the product of two decades of study. He studied the fluidity of race in the United States as people came together in colonial times and after the Revolution, remarking on the fact that Native Americans who were part black often lost their culture and were classified arbitrarily as black, while identifying as Indian.[5]
Marriage and family
Forbes married and had two children, Kenneth Forbes and Nancy (Forbes) O'Hearn.[6] After he and his wife divorced, he later married again. His second wife Carolyn Forbes, children, and grandson survived him.[3][6]
Awards and honors
- Before Columbus Foundation: American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement (1997)
- Wordcraft Circle: Writer of the Year (Prose - Non-Fiction) award (1999)
- 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers' Circle of the Americas
Selected works
- Columbus and Other Cannibals, ISBN 1-58322-781-4
- The American Discovery of Europe, ISBN 0-252-03152-0
- Apache, Navaho and Spaniard, University of Oklahoma Press (1994) ISBN 0-8061-2686-8
- Africans and Native Americans: : The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red- Black Peoples, University of Illinois Press (1993) ISBN 0-252-06321-X
Fiction
- Red Blood (Novel), Theytus Press (1997) ISBN 0-919441-65-3
- Only Approved Indians: Stories, ISBN 0-8061-2699-X
See also
References
- ISBN 9780313291333.
- ISBN 978-1496235008.
- ^ a b c d e Cunnane, Sarah (17 March 2011). "Jack Forbes, 1934-2011". The Times. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ Seven Stories Press
- ^ a b Arica L. Coleman, Ph.D., "The Red and the Black: Remembering the Legacy of Jack D. Forbes" Archived 2016-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, Indian Country Today, 23 February 2014, accessed 12 May 2015
- ^ a b c Bailey, Pat (February 25, 2011). "UC Davis scholar Jack Forbes advocated for indigenous peoples". Davis News. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ Biographical sketch], Jack Forbes' blog
- ^ W.G.A.W. Reg. No. 513853
- ^ Four videotapes (VHS format) stored within the Native American Studies Department of the University of California at Davis by Jack Forbes in February of 1994 -
- 1 Jack Forbes Interview, titled "Indians' Plight: D-Q University vs. the United States Government" (running time: 2 h 37 min 48 s): a) opens with the Vigil Film logo/symbol/trademark; b) then "toaster" generated rolling commentary introducing Jack Forbes and the issues in brief, identifying the filmmaker Jan Crull, Jr., giving the time (the afternoon of October 8, 1993) and the locale which all fade into panoramic shots of "Cal-Davis", ending with a centering on one classroom building, next a close up of one of its windows which has a male looking out of it into the camera, followed by a close up of the man's face that transforms into a drawing with letters subsequently appearing individually and horizontally below the drawing and spelling out Jack Forbes; c)the drawing becomes animated (changes into Forbes' actual face) with Forbes facing the camera and raising a question which begins the 2 1/2 hours answer. After approximately a pause of 72 seconds following the interview there is a clip of the interview wherein the filmmaker uses Forbes' voice and relies on insertions of varied mediae germane to what Forbes is relating--e.d. note, probably as a means of experimentation so that the viewer will not see and hear a perpetual talking head (running time: 15 min., and 3 sec.)
- 2 and
- 3 videotapes are the filming of an interview with Peter Mathiessenand other names of individuals and institutions/entities are mentioned). (running times: #2 - 3 h 14 min 22 s; and #3 - 2 56 min 41 s)
- 4 is a video tape (VHS format) of Jan Crull, Jr.explaining why he is making A Free People, Free To Choose and its many problems in spite of there already being distribution in place. (running time - 48 min., and 17 sec.). Following his explanation is a film segment which appears to be a tentative opening for A Free People, Free To Choose.(running time - 11min., and 28 sec.).
- 1 Jack Forbes Interview, titled "Indians' Plight: D-Q University vs. the United States Government" (running time: 2 h 37 min 48 s): a) opens with the Vigil Film logo/symbol/trademark; b) then "toaster" generated rolling commentary introducing Jack Forbes and the issues in brief, identifying the filmmaker
External links
- Obituary on the Indian Country Media Today Network
- Did Native Americans Discover Europe First?, a brief interview with Forbes on YouTube.
- Forbes' comments on his Columbus and Other Cannibals at the Wayback Machine (archived July 20, 2011)
- Jack Forbes Collection at Special Collections Dept., University Library, University of California, Davis
- "Jack D. Forbes (Powhatan-Renape, Delaware-Lenape), 1934-2011", University of California, Davis