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New Books in Native American Studies

Interviews with Scholars of Native America about their New BooksSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/native-american-studies

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Michael L. Oberg, “Peacemakers: The Iroquois, the United States, and the Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794” (Oxford UP, 2015)

Michael L. Oberg, “Peacemakers: The Iroquois, the United States, and the Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794” (Oxford UP, 2015)

On November 11, 2015, leaders and citizens of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy–Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga,... Read more

10 Nov 2015

1hr 13mins

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David C. Posthumus, “All My Relatives: Exploring Lakota Ontology, Belief, and Ritual” (U Nebraska Press, 2018)

David C. Posthumus, “All My Relatives: Exploring Lakota Ontology, Belief, and Ritual” (U Nebraska Press, 2018)

In All My Relatives: Exploring Lakota Ontology, Belief, and Ritual (University of Nebraska Press, 2018), David C. Posthu... Read more

15 Oct 2018

1hr 21mins

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Liz Conor, “Skin Deep: Settler Impressions of Aboriginal Women (UWA Publishing, 2016)

Liz Conor, “Skin Deep: Settler Impressions of Aboriginal Women (UWA Publishing, 2016)

In an activist application of her scholarly discipline, Dr Liz Conor’s Skin Deep: Settler Impressions of Aboriginal Wome... Read more

16 Mar 2017

51mins

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Jeffrey Ostler, "Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas" (Yale UP, 2019)

Jeffrey Ostler, "Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas" (Yale UP, 2019)

Jeffrey Ostler’s Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansa... Read more

11 Sep 2019

53mins

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Kerry Driscoll, "Mark Twain among the Indians and Other Indigenous Peoples" (U California Press, 2018)

Kerry Driscoll, "Mark Twain among the Indians and Other Indigenous Peoples" (U California Press, 2018)

Mark Twain among the Indians and Other Indigenous Peoples (University of California Press, 2018; paperback edition, 2019... Read more

2 Dec 2019

1hr 37mins

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Kim TallBear, “Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science” (University of Minnesota Press, 2013)

Kim TallBear, “Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science” (University of Minnesota Press, 2013)

Is genetic testing a new national obsession? From reality TV shows to the wild proliferation of home testing kits, there... Read more

23 Nov 2013

59mins

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Pekka Hämäläinen, "Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power" (Yale UP, 2019)

Pekka Hämäläinen, "Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power" (Yale UP, 2019)

The names of Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse are often readily recognized among many Americans. Yet the longer,... Read more

22 Nov 2019

38mins

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Andrew Woolford, “This Benevolent Experiment” (U of Nebraska Press, 2015)

Andrew Woolford, “This Benevolent Experiment” (U of Nebraska Press, 2015)

I grew up in Michigan, in the United States, where I was surrounded by places named with Native American names. I drove ... Read more

1 Jun 2016

53mins

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Bruce A. Bradley, et al., “Clovis Technology” (International Monographs in Prehistory, 2010)

Bruce A. Bradley, et al., “Clovis Technology” (International Monographs in Prehistory, 2010)

13,000-years ago, the people of the first identifiable culture in North America were hunting mammoth and mastodon, bison... Read more

12 Sep 2015

1hr 53mins

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Megan Kate Nelson, "The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West" (Scribner, 2019)

Megan Kate Nelson, "The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West" (Scribner, 2019)

What did the American Civil War look like from Diné Bikéyah and Apacheria? This is just one of the many questions that d... Read more

10 Feb 2020

1hr 12mins

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Edward Westermann, “Hitler’s Ostkrieg and the Indian Wars: Comparing Genocide and Conquest” (U. Oklahoma Press, 2016)

Edward Westermann, “Hitler’s Ostkrieg and the Indian Wars: Comparing Genocide and Conquest” (U. Oklahoma Press, 2016)

The intersection of colonialism and mass atrocities is one of the most exciting insights of the past years of genocide s... Read more

2 Mar 2017

59mins

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Nick Estes, "Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline" (Verso, 2019)

Nick Estes, "Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline" (Verso, 2019)

The historian Nick Estes traces two centuries of Indigenous-led resistance and anti-colonial struggle. Our History is th... Read more

24 Jun 2019

53mins

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Rosalyn LaPier, "Invisible Reality: Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet" (U Nebraska Press, 2017)

Rosalyn LaPier, "Invisible Reality: Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet" (U Nebraska Press, 2017)

In Invisible Reality: Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet(University of Nebraska Pres... Read more

16 May 2019

58mins

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Margaret D. Jacobs, “A Generation Removed: The Fostering and Adoption of Indigenous Children in the Postwar World” (University of Nebraska Press, 2014)

Margaret D. Jacobs, “A Generation Removed: The Fostering and Adoption of Indigenous Children in the Postwar World” (University of Nebraska Press, 2014)

In 2012, a young Cherokee girl named Veronica became famous. The widespread and often coercive adoption and fostering of... Read more

5 Mar 2015

1hr 2mins

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Michael Ray FitzGerald, “Native Americans on Network TV: Stereotypes, Myths, and the ‘Good Indian'” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2013)

Michael Ray FitzGerald, “Native Americans on Network TV: Stereotypes, Myths, and the ‘Good Indian'” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2013)

In his new book Native Americans on Network TV: Stereotypes, Myths, and the ‘Good Indian’ (Rowman and Littlefield, 2013)... Read more

24 Jul 2015

54mins

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Daniel Immerwahr, "How to Hide an Empire: The History of the Greater United States" (FSG, 2019)

Daniel Immerwahr, "How to Hide an Empire: The History of the Greater United States" (FSG, 2019)

“Is America an Empire?” is a popular question for pundits and historians, likely because it sets off such a provocative ... Read more

7 Mar 2019

1hr 18mins

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Lisa Brooks, “Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War” (Yale UP, 2018)

Lisa Brooks, “Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War” (Yale UP, 2018)

Lisa Brooks, Associate Professor of English and American Studies at Amherst College, recovers a complex picture of war, ... Read more

17 Jan 2018

1hr 6mins

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David W. Grua, “Surviving Wounded Knee: The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory” (Oxford UP, 2016)

David W. Grua, “Surviving Wounded Knee: The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory” (Oxford UP, 2016)

It’s a sad story known well. In dead of winter at Wounded Knee Creek in 1890, U.S. soldiers with the Seventh Cavalry Reg... Read more

5 Feb 2018

36mins

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Brianna Theobald, "Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century" (UNC Press, 2019)

Brianna Theobald, "Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century" (UNC Press, 2019)

In Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century (University of ... Read more

25 Nov 2019

44mins

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Gregory D. Smithers, "Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal" (U Oklahoma Press, 2019)

Gregory D. Smithers, "Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal" (U Oklahoma Press, 2019)

In his book, Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal(University of Oklahoma Press, 2019), Dr. Gre... Read more

27 Jun 2019

1hr 6mins

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