ROBERT B. CALDWELL, JR. is is a PhD candidate in the Transatlantic History Program at the University of Texas at Arlington where he focuses on colonialism, imperialism, and cartographic history. He holds Bachelors of Arts in Anthropology and History from the University of New Orleans, a Masters of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a Masters of Arts degree in Heritage Resources from Northwestern State University. He is enrolled in the Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb and a founder of the Ho Minti Society, a group dedicated to teaching the tribe's traditional culture.