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New Books in Native American Studies

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Recent Guests

William Lempert
Author of "Dreaming Down the Track: Awakenings in Aboriginal Cinema"
Bowdoin College
Episode: William Lempert, "Dreaming Down the Track: Awakenings in Aboriginal Cinema" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Jen Rose Smith
Alaska Native scholar and author focusing on the intersections of race, ice, and Arctic geographies.
Duke University Press
Episode: Jen Rose Smith, "Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic" (Duke UP, 2025)
Rebecca Nagle
Award-winning journalist and writer, citizen of the Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Nation
Episode: Rebecca Nagle, "By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land" (Harper, 2024)
Dr. Jessica Urwin
Environmental historian and author of the book Contaminated Country, Nuclear Colonialism and Aboriginal Resistance in Australia
University of Washington Press
Episode: Jessica Urwin, "Contaminated Country: Nuclear Colonialism and Aboriginal Resistance in Australia" (U of Washington Press, 2025)
Liza Black
Assistant Professor of History and Native American and Indigenous Studies at Indiana University, citizen of Cherokee Nation, author of "Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960".
Indiana University
Episode: Liza Black, "Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960" (U Nebraska Press, 2020)
Dr. Kit W. Myers
Associate professor in the Department of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Merced, and author of The Violence of Love.
University of California, Merced
Episode: Kit W. Myers, "The Violence of Love: Race, Family, and Adoption in the United States"(U California Press, 2025)
Jennifer Bess
Associate Professor of Peace Studies at Goucher College
Goucher College
Episode: Jennifer Bess, "Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing: The Akimel O'odham and Cycles of Agricultural Transformation in the Phoenix Basin" (U Colorado Press, 2021)
Dr. Thomas Tweed
Historian of religion at Notre Dame and author of 'Religion in the Lands That Became America', which explores the impact of religion throughout varied historical contexts in America.
Notre Dame
Episode: Religion in the Lands That Became America
Michael Witgen
Historian and author
University of Michigan
Episode: Michael John Witgen, "Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America" (UNC Press, 2021)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
One of the hosts, who engages with various authors in the field of Native American studies.

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4.4 out of 5 stars from 134 ratings
  • Armand Lione interview-insanely insensitive

    I’d never heard of this author, I’m Native, live in DC & have worked with the local Indigenous community- the language both he and the interviewer use is ignorant & laced in colonial academic speak. He regularly dismisses the in depth work of Native historians in DC who have indeed thoroughly researched & published on Indigenous Peoples here. No mention of Dr. Gabrielle Tayac or Dr. Elizabeth Rule. A white author & white host discussing Indigenous history! What year is it?!! Listeners beware.

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    Gigi DC
    United States2 months ago
  • Poor audio quality

    A podcast is an audio product. If the sound quality isn't good, it ruins the podcast.

    The June 29 episode host sounds like he was recorded in a bathroom with a tape recorder from the 80s. The guest only sounds somewhat better.

    Since a lot of people listen to podcasts while doing things in an environment, where there is ambient noise, it's important that the podcast have sufficient volume, and that the levels of different speakers are all normalized to the same level.

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    5
    Takoateli
    United Statesa year ago
  • Need this now

    I recently read Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz’s History of indigenous people in US and now am trying to catch up w new scholarship. This podcast has a fantastic range of topics and well done interviews. Good length. As a newcomer I feel so grateful to the information.

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    5
    december calm
    United States2 years ago
  • One of the best

    This is one of the best American Indian History podcasts I’ve found ……great job

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    woodchuck6660
    United States2 years ago
  • College Lectures “On-the-Go” ♥️

    Thanks for the amazing book recs! I love listening to scholars and writers talk about their own work. Passion and research! This podcast feeds my mind, especially since I have been craving the lectures and conversations from my undergrad and grad school classes (way-back-when).

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    audrey e. w.
    United States5 years ago

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William Lempert, "Dreaming Down the Track: Awakenings in Aboriginal Cinema" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Q: Now that Dreaming Down the Track is out in the world, do you have any new projects that you're working on?
I'm focusing on a film project called Munguy Calling, which was halted after Mark Moora's passing, and I plan to finish it while also working on a new book project about outer space colonialism.
William Lempert, "Dreaming Down the Track: Awakenings in Aboriginal Cinema" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Q: What did filmmakers learn in these workshops?
They learned how to use film language to reflect on how Aboriginal people had been framed, making choices that assert their authority and identity, differing from mainstream media.
William Lempert, "Dreaming Down the Track: Awakenings in Aboriginal Cinema" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Q: Can you tell us about yourself and how you came to write Dreaming Down the Track?
I am at Bowdoin College, the Osterweis Associate Professor of Anthropology, and my research draws on years of ethnographic fieldwork with Indigenous media organizations in the Kimberley region, focusing on filmmaking as a transformative process.
Jessica B. Harris, "Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine" (Clarkson Potter, 2025)
Q: What compelled you to enter into this expansive culinary history?
Dr. Harris shares that the idea for Braided Heritage came from a presentation where an editor encouraged her to write a proposal for the book, which she eventually pursued.
Jessica B. Harris, "Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine" (Clarkson Potter, 2025)
Q: How did you find your way to Essence?
Dr. Harris explains that her early work in reviews morphed into interviews, leading her to write for the New York Amsterdam News and eventually to Essence, where she became the book review editor.

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