Faculty Profile

Foster Smith

Title
Professor
Department
History
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
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PhD, Tulane University, 1989. 
Major: History
Degree Specialization: First Field:  United States History, Second Field:  Latin American History, Third Field:  Anthropology;
Dissertation Title: On the Convergence of Empires: The Caddo Indian Confederacies, 1542-1835
MA, University of South Dakota, 1983. 
Major: History
BA, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1979. 
Major: History





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    HIST 1060.001, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4210.001, Southern Plains Indian History, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 1060.001, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5110.002, Studies in United States History, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.007, United States History to 1865, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.017, United States History to 1865, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4261.001, Topics in US History, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 1060.001, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 1060.002, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 1060.003, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4210.001, Southern Plains Indian History, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5110.001, Studies in United States History, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4200.001, The Spanish Frontier in North America, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.002, United States History to 1865, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5900.716, Special Problems, Spring 2019 
                    

                    HIST 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2019 
                    

                    HIST 4261.002, Topics in US History, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2620.008, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4210.001, Southern Plains Indian History, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2018 
                    

                    HIST 2620.005, United States History Since 1865, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4280.001, French Frontier in North America, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2620.012, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2017 
                    

                    HIST 4200.001, The Spanish Frontier in North America, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.009, United States History to 1865, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 1060.002, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 1050.001, World History to the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 2610.012, United States History to 1865, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 1060.002, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 4210.001, Southern Plains Indian History, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5900.716, Special Problems, Spring 2016 
                    

                    HIST 4261.004, Topics in US History, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HIST 5100.003, Seminar in United States History, Spring 2015 
                    

                    HIST 5900.716, Special Problems, Spring 2015 
                    

                    HIST 4200.001, The Spanish Frontier in North America, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5900.756, Special Problems, Fall 2014 
                    

                    HIST 4261.007, Topics in US History, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 1060.003, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 6950.742, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    HIST 4280.001, French Frontier in North America, Spring 2014 
                    

                    HIST 6940.742, Individual Research, Spring 2014 
                    

                    HIST 5900.742, Special Problems, Spring 2014 
                    

                    HIST 2610.009, United States History to 1865, Spring 2014 
                    

                    HIST 6950.729, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2013 
                    

                    HIST 4210.001, Southern Plains Indian History, Fall 2013 
                    

                    HIST 6900.756, Special Problems, Fall 2013 
                    

                    HIST 2620.008, United States History Since 1865, Fall 2013 
                    

                    HIST 6950.742, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2013 
                    

                    HIST 6940.742, Individual Research, Spring 2013 
                    

                    HIST 5900.742, Special Problems, Spring 2013 
                    

                    HIST 4261.004, Topics in US History, Spring 2013 
                    

                    HIST 1060.002, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2013 
                    

                    HIST 6950.729, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2012 
                    

                    HIST 5100.002, Seminar in United States History, Fall 2012 
                    

                    HIST 4200.001, The Spanish Frontier in North America, Fall 2012 
                    

                    HIST 6940.742, Individual Research, Spring 2012 
                    

                    HIST 5950.742, Master's Thesis, Spring 2012 
                    

                    HIST 4261.003, Topics in US History, Spring 2012 
                    

                    HIST 2610.006, United States History to 1865, Spring 2012 
                    

                    HIST 6940.729, Individual Research, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 5950.729, Master's Thesis, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 4210.001, Southern Plains Indian History, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    HIST 5900.756, Special Problems, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 6900.756, Special Problems, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 5110.005, Studies in United States History, Fall 2011 
                    

                    HIST 5900.756, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2011 
                    

                    HIST 5900.742, Special Problems, Spring 2011 
                    

                    HIST 6900.742, Special Problems, Spring 2011 
                    

                    HIST 4261.003, Topics in US History, Spring 2011 
                    

                    HIST 1060.004, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2011 
                    

                    HIST 6940.729, Individual Research, Fall 2010 
                    

                    HIST 5100.002, Seminar in United States History, Fall 2010 
                    

                    HIST 6900.756, Special Problems, Fall 2010 
                    

                    HIST 4260.001, Topics in History, Fall 2010 
                    

                    HIST 6940.742, Individual Research, Spring 2010 
                    

                    HIST 5900.742, Special Problems, Spring 2010 
                    

                    HIST 4260.002, Topics in History, Spring 2010 
                    

                    HIST 2610.010, United States History to 1865, Spring 2010 
                    

                    HIST 5110.005, Studies in United States History, Fall 2009 
                    

                    HIST 1060.005, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Fall 2009 
                    

                    HIST 4210.001, Southern Plains Indian History, Spring 2009 
                    

                    HIST 6900.742, Special Problems, Spring 2009 
                    

                    HIST 1060.005, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2009 
                    

                    HIST 5900.706, Special Problems, Fall 2008 
                    

                    HIST 4260.003, Topics in History, Fall 2008 
                    

                    HIST 2610.015, United States History to 1865, Fall 2008 
                    

                    HIST 6910.702, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    HIST 6910.703, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    HIST 2620.015, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2008 
                    

                    HIST 5900.706, Special Problems, Fall 2007 
                    

                    HIST 5900.728, Special Problems, Fall 2007 
                    

                    HIST 4200.001, The Spanish Frontier in North America, Fall 2007 
                    

                    HIST 2610.015, United States History to 1865, Fall 2007 
                    

                    HIST 5110.001, Studies in United States History, Spring 2007 
                    

                    HIST 2620.015, United States History Since 1865, Spring 2007 
                    

                    HIST 5950.722, Master's Thesis, Fall 2006 
                    

                    HIST 5950.742, Master's Thesis, Spring 2006 
                    

                    HIST 4210.001, Southern Plains Indian History, Spring 2006 
                    

                    HIST 5900.742, Special Problems, Spring 2006 
                    

                    HIST 2675.002, Honors United States History to 1865, Fall 2005 
                    

                    HIST 5950.722, Master's Thesis, Fall 2005 
                    

                    HIST 5900.706, Special Problems, Fall 2005 
                    

                    HIST 5910.703, Special Problems, Fall 2005 
                    

                    HIST 4261.002, Topics in US History, Fall 2005 
                    

                    HIST 5910.701, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2005 
                    

                    HIST 5950.706, Master's Thesis, Spring 2005 
                    

                    HIST 5900.722, Special Problems, Spring 2005 
                    

                    HIST 5110.002, Studies in United States History, Spring 2005 
                    

                    HIST 1060.006, World History from the Sixteenth Century, Spring 2005 
                    

                    HIST 4180.001, Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest, Fall 2004 
                    

                    HIST 2675.002, Honors United States History to 1865, Fall 2004 
                    

                    HIST 5950.701, Master's Thesis, Fall 2004 
                    

                    HIST 5900.706, Special Problems, Fall 2004 
                    

                    HIST 5900.726, Special Problems, Fall 2004 
                    

                    HIST 5980.001, Teaching of College History, Fall 2004 

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
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Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book
Smith, F. T. (2014). Colonial Louisiana and the Gulf Coast Frontier, 1500-1821.  Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. 
Smith, F. T. (2008). Colonial Natchitoches: A Creole Community on the Louisiana-Texas Frontier, 1714-1803.  College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. 
Smith, F. T. (2005). From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859.  Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 
Smith, F. T. (2000). The Wichita Indians: Traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845. Texas A&M University Press. 
Smith, F. T. (1996). The Caddos, the Wichitas, and the United States, 1846-1901. 
Smith, F. T. (1995). The Caddo Indians: Tribes at the Convergence of Empires, 1542-1854. 
Book Chapter
Smith, F. T. (2017). "The First Texans". Beyond Myths and Legends: A Narrative History of Texas. 2017(5th), 1-26.  Wheaton, IL: Abigail Press. 
Smith, F. T. (2016). "Mirabeau Lamar's Policy Towards the Indians of East Texas". Major Problems in Texas History. 181-185.  Boston, MA: Wadsworth Publishing. 
Smith, F. T. (2015). "'The Most Destitute' People in the Indian Territory: The Wichita Agency Tribes and the Civil War". The Civil War in the Indian Territory. 88-109.  Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 
Smith, F. T. (2014). "Spanish, Mexican, and Republican Texas to 1845". Discovering Texas History. 169-196.  Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 
Smith, F. T. (2009). "Dehahuit: Indian Diplomat on the Louisiana-Texas Frontier, 1804-1815". Nexus of Empire: Loyalty and National Identity in the Gulf Borderlands, 1763-1821.  Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. 
Smith, F. T. (2004). Caddo Indians. The Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. 568-569.  Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 
Smith, F. T. (2003). Athanase de Mezieres and the French in Texas, 1750-1803. The French in Texas: History, Migration, Culture. 46-59.  Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. 
Smith, F. T. (1996). Spanish Indian Policy in Louisiana: The Natchitoches District, 1763-1803. The Spanish Presence in Louisiana, 1763-1803.  Volume II of The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History.. The Spanish Presence in Louisiana, 1763-1803. 
Book Review
Smith, F. T. (2016). Natchez Country: Indians, Colonists, and the Landscapes of Race in French Louisiana. 102(March 2016), 1176-1177. 
Smith, F. T. (2015). Contested Spaces of Early America. 119(July 2015), 79-80. 
Smith, F. T. (2011). Los Brazos de Dios: A Plantation Society in the Texas Borderlands, 1821-1865. 116(December 2011), 1496. 
Smith, F. T. (2011). The Light Gray People: An EthnoHistory of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico. 58(Winter 2011), 166-167. 
Smith, F. T. (2010). The Lipan Apaches: People of Wind and Lightning. 41(Autumn 2010), 374-375. 
Smith, F. T. (2010). Kititkiti'sh: The Wichita Indians and Associated Tribes in Texas, 1757-1859. 113(January 2010), . 
Smith, F. T. (2009). No Settlement, No Conquest: A History of the Coronado Entrada. Journal of Southern History. 75(November 2009), 1031-1032. 
Smith, F. T. (2009). War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War. 56(Fall 2009), 778-780. 
Smith, F. T. (2009). Historic Native Peoples of Texas. 112(January 2009), 315-316. 
Smith, F. T. (2008). Race and the Cherokee Nation: Sovereignty in the Nineteenth Century. 113(December 2008), 1547-1548. 
Smith, F. T. (2008). Stealing Indian Women: Native Slavery in the Illinois Country. Journal of Southern History. 74(November 2008), 947-948. 
Smith, F. T. (2008). African Creeks: Estelvste and the Creek Nation. 57(Summer 2008), 204-205. 
Smith, F. T. (2008). Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands. 111(April 2008), 447-448. 
Smith, F. T. (2007). How the Indians Lost Their Land: Law and Power on the Frontier. 69(Summer 2007), 317-318. 
Smith, F. T. (2007). Mapping and Empire: Soldier-Engineers on the Southwestern Frontier. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 111(July 2007), 91-92. 
Smith, F. T. (2007). The Conquest of Texas: Ethnic Cleansing in the Promised Land, 1820-1875. Journal of Southern History. 73(February 2007), 171-172. 
Smith, F. T. (2006). Barbaros: Spaniards and their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment. Journal of American History. 93(June 2006), 188-189. 
Smith, F. T. (2006). The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent. 104(Spring 2006), 297-298. 
Smith, F. T. (2005). Almonte's Texas: Juan N. Almonte's 1834 Inspection, Secret Report, and Role in the 1836 Campaign. East Texas Historical Journal. 43(Spring 2005), 77-78. 
Smith, F. T. (2004). One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark. Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 63(Autumn 2004), 323-325. 
Smith, F. T. (2004). Comanche Society: Before the Reservation. 41(Spring 2004), 64. East Texas Historical Journal. 
Smith, F. T. (2004). Great Chiefs. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 107(April 2004), 619-620. 
Smith, F. T. (2004). The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Great Plains. 14(Spring 2004), 155. Great Plains Research. 
Smith, F. T. (2004). The Native Americans of the Texas Edwards Plateau, 1582-1799. 24(Spring 2004), 135. 
Smith, F. T. (2004). The Spirit of Hidalgo: The Mexican Revolution in Coahuila. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 35(Spring 2004), 95-96. 
Smith, F. T. (2003). Boundaries Between: The Southern Paiutes, 1775-1995. American Historical Review. 108(April 2003), 511-512. 
Smith, F. T. (2003). Spain in the Southwest: A Narrative History of Colonial New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California. 89(April 2003), 334-336. 
Smith, F. T. (2002). From Savages to Subjects: Missions in the History of the American Southwest. 13(2002), 97-98. 
Smith, F. T. (2002). The Wreck of the Belle, the Ruin of La Salle. East Texas Historical Journal. 40(Spring 2002), 74. 
Smith, F. T. (2002). Contested Territory: Whites, Native Americans, and African Americans in Oklahoma, 1865-1907. American Historical Review. 107(February 2002), 206-207. 
Smith, F. T. (2002). The Indian Southwest, 1580-1830: Ethnogenesis and Reinvention. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 105(January 2002), 533-534. 
Smith, F. T. (2000). The Conquest of the Karankawas and the Tonkawas, 1821-1859. American Historical Review. 105(June 2000), 925-926. 
Smith, F. T. (2000). The Caddo Chiefdoms: Caddo Economics and Politics, 700-1835. 41(Winter 2000), 115-117. 
Smith, F. T. (1999). The Alabama-Coushatta Indians. 
Smith, F. T. (1999). Jose Narvaez: The Forgotten Explorer. 
Smith, F. T. (1998). Bounded Lives, Bounded Places: Free Black Society in Colonial New Orleans, 1769-1803. 
Smith, F. T. (1998). Conquistador in Chains: Cabeza de Vaca and the Indians of America. 
Smith, F. T. (1998). The Diary of William Fairfax Gray: From Virginia to Texas, 1835-1837. Susan Badger Doyle and Fred W. Sykes, eds.  The 1854 Oregon Trail Diary of Winfield Scott Ebey. 
Smith, F. T. (1997). The New Orleans Cabildo: Colonial Louisiana's First City Government, 1769-1803. 
Smith, F. T. (1997). Dancing on Common Ground: Tribal Cultures and Alliances on the Southern Plains. 
Smith, F. T. (1997). Caddo Indians: Where We Come From. 
Smith, F. T. (1997). Changing Tides: Twilight and Dawn in the Spanish Sea, 1763-1803. 
Smith, F. T. (1996). Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe. 
Smith, F. T. (1995). Lumbee Indian Histories: Race, Ethnicity, and Indian Identity in the Southern United States. 
Smith, F. T. (1991). The Texas Cherokees: A People Between Two Fires, 1819-1840. 
Journal Article
Smith, F. T. (2011). "Slavery in the Colonial Louisiana Backcountry: Natchitoches, 1714-1803. 52(Spring 2011), 133-188. 
Smith, F. T. (2010). "Texas Through 1845: A Survey of the Historical Literature of Recent Decades". 113(January 2010), 311-341. 
Smith, F. T. (2008). Wichita Locations and Population, 1719-1901. 53(2008), 407-414. 
Smith, F. T. (1998). "The Kadohadacho Indians and the Louisiana-Texas Frontier, 1803-1815" The Louisiana Purchase and its Aftermath, 1800-1830.  Volume III of The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History. The Louisiana Purchase and its Aftermath, 1800-1830. 197-200.  Lafayette, LA: Center for Louisiana Studies. 
Smith, F. T. (1996). A Native Response to the Transfer of Louisiana: The Red River Caddos and Spain, 1762-1803. 
Smith, F. T. (1994). The Red River Caddos: A Historical Overview to 1835. 
Smith, F. T. (1991). The Kadohadacho Indians and the Louisiana-Texas Frontier, 1803-1815. 
Rogers, R., Gillis, JR,, Turner, R., Smith, F. T. (1990). The clinical presentation of command hallucinations. American Journal of Psychiatry. 147, 1304–1307. Am Psychiatric Assoc. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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