Denise E. Bates is a historian and assistant professor at Arizona State University. She is the author or editor of several books, including Basket Diplomacy: Leadership, Alliance-Building, and Resilience among the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, 1884–1984; We Will Always Be Here: Native Peoples on Living and Thriving in the South; and The Other Movement: Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South.
