Peter James Iverson

As a young graduate student, I once asked Peter how could he be a teacher and research scholar and still maintain a healthy family life. He replied that he couldn't imagine doing the work without his family.

Peter and I were in a Freshman speech class at Menlo-Atherton High School. Then we parted ways. I am sorry to hear of his passing but am impressed with all his accomplishments, scholarship, and life of service to the Dine nation and others. I would have loved to have taken one of his courses. My condolences to the family.

Hi Karen, sorry to hear about Peter. We miss seeing you both. Blessings from Virginia and I keep safe our love Martin.

More important than anything else Peter was my friend for nearly forty years. Although we shared a PhD advisor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who told each of us we "had" to get together we didn't meet until I was a Visiting Professor at the University of Wyoming, clearly the single best academic year of my 44 year career. I learned a lot from Peter not only from his scholarship, but also from his caring relationship with students and Indigenous people. He was clearly one of the...

Reminiscences of Peter Iverson

Fall of 1974 I took a class on Native American history with Peter Iverson, who was then finishing his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. I had just received my Master’s degree a year earlier at the University of Helsinki, and this was my very first visit to the United States. I had written my MA Thesis on US Expansion to Plains Indians area in the late 19th Century and was anxious to study more. A good year after the second Wounded Knee...

It is with great sadness that I learned of Peter's passing. He was a wonderful teacher and mentor, and will be missed by many, including me. His life and work has been a great inspiration.