William T. Hagan (1918–2011) was professor emeritus of history at the University of Oklahoma and the author of The Sac and Fox Indians, Indian Police and Judges, United States–Comanche Relations, and The Indian Rights Association.
Daniel M. Cobb is associate professor of American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Patricia Nelson Limerick is a historian, author, lecturer and teacher, and is considered to be one of the leading historians of the American West.