David Treuer

Native American Life Beyond Wounded Knee Wednesday, April 21st, 2021, 5PM Virtual Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

 David Treuer is the author of "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee," a sweeping history and counter-narrative of Native American life from the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre to the present. Treuer grew up Ojibwe on a reservation in Minnesota, trained as an anthropologist, and has spent his career researching Native lives, both past and present. In his work, both written and oral, Treuer explores the intense struggles to preserve Native identity and tells an essential, intimate story of a resilient people in a transformative era. Professor Treuer will deliver the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies' 2021 Lerner Lecture on Hinge Moments in History.