Greg Olson

Greg Olson is an independent researcher and author who lives in Columbia, Missouri. He has written eight books and numerous articles about the Indigenous history of Missouri and the Midwest. The Ioway in Missouri (2008) won the Missouri Humanities Governor’s Humanities Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement. His book, Ioway Life: Reservation and Reform, 1837-1860 (2016) was named a Kansas Notable Book in 2017. Indigenous Missourians: Ancient Societies to the Present (2023) won the Missouri Conference on History’s Book Award and the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Missouri History Book Award. His most recent book is The Amazing Life of Jeffrey Deroine: Enslaved Trader, Prairie Diplomat, and Missouri Settler (2026)