John Peyton
John Peyton
Graduate Teaching Assistant
U.S. History: Native American history, Public history, digital History, early American Republic
John Peyton is a first-year PhD student studying Native American history and public history at George Mason. His research interests include Indigenous history in the late 18th and early 19th century Great Lakes region, public memory, and digital mapping. More specifically, he focuses on the public memory of Miami and Potawatomi removal in the central Great Lakes and the strategies both communities utilized to retain their lands in the region. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Indianapolis. He then went on to receive an M.A. in U.S. History from Indiana University-Bloomington followed by a second M.A. in Public History from Indiana University-Indianapolis.
As an academic and public historian with nine years of experience working in both settings, he is devoted to working with diverse communities to ensure that their histories are ethically told and effectively conveyed.
Selected Publications
“The Land We Have We Wish to Keep:’ Miami Autonomy and Resistance to Removal in Indiana, 1812-1826,” Indiana Magazine of History 119, no. 2 (June 2023): 139-176.
Grants and Fellowships
IUMAA (formerly Glenn Black Lab) Summer Research Fellowship, Indiana University, 2022
M.A. Thesis Fellowship, Filson Historical Society, 2021
John H. Holliday Doctoral Fellowship, Society of Indiana Pioneers, 2020
Ruth Lilly Research Fellowship, Indiana University, 2019
Education
M.A. in Public History, Indiana University--Indianapolis, 2022
M.A. in U.S. History, Indiana University--Bloomington, 2019
B.A. in History, University of Indianapolis, 2016
Recent Presentations
2024 Panelist, “Potawatomi-Metis Relations in the Removal Era”—Indiana Association for Historians, annual conference, Indiana University--Indianapolis
2023 Panelist, “"Potawatomi Nationhood and Diplomatic Diversity in the Post War of 1812 Central Great Lakes"—American Society for Ethnohistory, annual conference, Florida State University
2023 Panelist, “Mapping Cross-Cultural Exchange in Richard Conner’s World through ArcGIS”—Midwestern History Association, annual conference, Grand Valley State University
2022 Panelist, “Ohio Valley Tribal Alliances in the post-War of 1812 era”—Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, annual conference, New Orleans
2021 Panelist, “Tribal Alliance Building Strategies during the War of 1812 era Ohio Valley”—American Society for Ethnohistory, annual conference (virtual)
In the Media
2024 https://www.wsaz.com/2024/04/04/crusin-through-history-historical-clue-competition-cruise-in/
2024 https://www.wtap.com/2024/04/01/cruisin-through-history-aims-highlight-movs-rich-history/