Eric Toups

Eric Toups is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on early North American Indigenous history, particularly the Lower Mississippi River Valley and Eastern North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. He examines Indigenous politics, spatial practices, and interactions with colonial land regimes. His current book project explores the Mississippi River Delta's Indigenous landscape, 'Bvlbancha,' and its communities' adaptive strategies. His next project analyzes the narrative of Moncacht-Apé, a Yazoo linguist and voyager, focusing on the story's thematic significance rather than its historical verification.

• Education:
• PhD in History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2024)
• MA in History, University of Maine (2019)
• BA in History, Louisiana State University (2016)

His work challenges the Indigenous/colonist binary by investigating how communities navigated colonial systems. Office: 1642 Haven Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.