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NBN Episodes hosted by James:

Kirstin Squint, "LeAnne Howe at the Intersections of Southern and Native American Literature" (Louisiana State UP, 2018)

July 13, 2018

LeAnne Howe at the Intersections of Southern and Native American Literature

Kirstin Squint
Hosted by James Mackay

Choctaw writer LeAnne Howe has quickly emerged as a crucial voice in twenty-first-century American literature. Her innovative, award-winning works of …

Sean Sherman, "The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen" (U Minnesota Press, 2017)

March 22, 2018

The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen

Sean Sherman
Hosted by James Mackay

Chef Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota and originally from Pine Ridge Reservation, has become one of the most important voices in the Indigenous foods revit…

Kathryn Troy, "The Specter of the Indian: Race, Gender and Ghosts in American Seances, 1848-1890" (SUNY Press, 2017)

February 1, 2018

The Specter of the Indian

Kathryn Troy
Hosted by James Mackay

In a meticulously researched study The Specter of the Indian: Race, Gender and Ghosts in American Seances, 1848-1890 (SUNY Press, 2017), Kathryn Troy …

Linda Grover, "Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year" (U Minnesota Press, 2017)

January 11, 2018

Onigamiising

Linda LeGarde Grover
Hosted by James Mackay

Onigamiising is the Ojibwemowin word for Duluth and the surrounding area. In this book of fifty warm, wise and witty essays, Linda LeGarde Grover tell…

David J. Carlson, "Imagining Sovereignty: Self-Determination in American Indian Law and Literature" (U Oklahoma Press, 2016)

January 5, 2018

Imagining Sovereignty

David J. Carlson
Hosted by James Mackay

Sovereignty is a key concept in Native American and Indigenous Studies, but its also a term that is understood in multiple ways. Working across the bo…