Historian and author Jean M. O’Brien (Ojibwe) has a very nice Q&A posted at the First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies blog. O’Brien, who is associate professor of history and American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota, is author of Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England, which will … More Tracing the persistent myth of Native extinction
Paul Chaat Smith, author of Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong, has written a powerful commentary for CNN on the life of Wilma Mankiller, who passed away this week and whose amazing life has made a new future possible for American Indians. Read about Wilma Mankiller’s (as Smith says, who can forget a name … More Paul Chaat Smith on CNN: Wilma Mankiller’s trail of triumph
Jennifer Nez Denetdale, co-editor of the Fall 2009 edition of Wicazo Sa Review, has published a portion of her paper on critical Indigenous feminism, Claiming the ‘F’ Word: Native Women, Feminisms, and Visions of Sovereignty, on the First Peoples blog: At a time when tribal nations are critical of women’s leadership, when they are passing … More Claiming the “F” Word: Native Women, Feminisms, and Visions of Sovereignty
Unless you’ve made a deliberate decision to stay away from all news Hollywood in the past few months, you’ve likely heard about the wildly popular James Cameron film Avatar. And, if you’re like me, you might have been baffled to learn that this much-hyped, clichéd flick (with its handful of scenes that ooze with Titanic-like … More Daniel Heath Justice on ‘Avatar’
Paul Chaat Smith, author of Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong, will appear on Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond, a radio program on WESU. For air time, click here. The show is hosted by Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui, an associate professor of American Studies and Anthropology at Wesleyan University. For those … More Paul Chaat Smith on Indigenous Politics
