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Associate Professor Daniel Rück holds dual appointments in the Department of History and the Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies at the University of Ottawa. His research focuses on settler colonialism, Indigenous legal orders, and environmental history, with a particular emphasis on Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory and Algonquin communities. He employs digital tools like GIS to analyze historical land surveys and maps, contextualizing current land rights struggles within broader colonial frameworks.
Education: PhD in History (McGill University, 2013), MA in History (McGill, 2004), BA in Environmental Studies (Dordt College, 1998). His award-winning book The Laws and the Land examines 19th-century land dispossession in Kahnawà:ke.
Current projects include collaborating with Algonquin communities via the Kichi Sibi Project (SSHRC-funded), analyzing Department of Indian Affairs archives, and co-editing Sacred Sites of the Anishinabe and the Ruins of Ottawa. He co-founded the Antiracist History Group at uOttawa, advocating for decolonial pedagogy and community-engaged research.
