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NBN Episodes hosted by David:

Denise E. Bates, "Basket Diplomacy: Leadership, Alliance-Building, and Resilience among the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, 1884-1984" (U Nebraska Press, 2020)

October 2, 2020

Basket Diplomacy

Denise E. Bates
Hosted by David Dry

Before the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana became one of the state’s top private employers—with its vast landholdings and economic enterprises—they lived…

Maurice S. Crandall, "These People Have Always Been a Republic: Indigenous Electorates in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, 1598–1912" (UNC Press, 2019)

September 22, 2020

These People Have Always Been a Republic

Maurice S. Crandall
Hosted by David Dry

Spanning three hundred years and the colonial regimes of Spain, Mexico, and the United States, Maurice S. Crandall’s These People Have Always Been a R…

Thomas John Lappas, "In League Against King Alcohol" (U Oklahoma Press, 2020)

June 10, 2020

In League Against King Alcohol

Thomas John Lappas
Hosted by David Dry

Many Americans are familiar with the real, but repeatedly stereotyped problem of alcohol abuse in Indian country. Most know about the Prohibition Era …