Modern Native America and Environmental Justice: Changing the Narrative of Our American Moment

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A Lane Family Lecture Series in Environmental Science event

Hear David Treuer, New York Times best-selling author and professor. He will discuss themes from his recent articles and book “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present.” A Q&A will follow the lecture.

Treuer is Ojibwe from the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota. His literary work employs a combination of historical research, interviews and lived experiences to reframe Native American history in ways that center resilience, sovereignty and place-based cultural and ecological renewal.

Treuer has received the Pushcart Prize and his work has been named an editor’s pick by the Washington Post, Time Out and City Pages. His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Esquire, Slate.com and elsewhere.

He teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California and divides his time between Los Angeles and the Leech Lake Reservation.

Location: Dengerink Administration Building, Room 110 and on YouTube

Who can participate:
Open to all
Contact for more information:
Marcia Ostrom at mrostrom@wsu.edu or Deepti Singh at deepti.singh@wsu.edu

Event accessibility

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