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Dr. Gabriella Treglia serves as Associate Professor of Modern American History in Durham University's Department of History, specializing in twentieth-century Native American socio-cultural history with emphasis on the Indian New Deal era (1933-1945) and Bureau of Indian Affairs policies.
Her research critically investigates cultural genocide, decolonization, and Native community responses to US government policies through archival, pictorial, and oral history sources. Key themes include education reforms, cultural tolerance implementation gaps, and resistance strategies during federal assimilation programs. As a committee member of the UK's Native Studies Research Network (NSRN-UK), she actively advances transatlantic scholarly collaboration in Native studies.
Analysis of her publications reveals consistent focus on policy-practice discrepancies in federal Native American programs, particularly examining dance bans (1900-1933) and education reforms during the New Deal. Her work demonstrates how Native communities navigated citizenship frameworks to retain cultural identity amid institutional oppression.
Dr. Treglia currently supervises Hana Cutts-Smith's research on 'Forcible Transfer of Children, Cultural Genocide in Aotearoa (New Zealand)', extending her expertise in cultural genocide frameworks to comparative international contexts. While specific grant details remain unmentioned, her scholarly contributions significantly shape contemporary understanding of Native American historical trauma and resilience.
