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 moving lectures, Treuer explores the intense struggles to preserve Native identity and tells an essential, intimate story of a resilient people in a transformative era.
7:30pm, Firehouse Theater at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, 511 Ave K
Reception to follow.
