Duane Champagne

Duane Champagne, born May 18, 1951, in Belcourt, North Dakota, is a Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa citizen and professor emeritus of sociology and American Indian Studies at UCLA, where he directed the American Indian Studies Center from 1991 to 2002.[1][2][5] His research focuses on social and cultural change in Native American and indigenous communities, with over 125 publications including 'Social Change and Cultural Continuity Among Native Nations' and 'The Native North American Almanac.'[2][6] He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University in 1982 after studying at North Dakota State University.[1][3]