On Obama

“The red man can get ahead man…”

So I am just wondering what Indian Country thinks of this statement at the inauguration:
“…we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around … when yellow will be mellow … when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right…”

Not to mention all of the references to “the west in Obama’s speech…

Today’s Topic is Native Nation Building…

Today I am working on writing an introductory section of the Native Voices Text. It is on Tribal Sovereignty and Nation Building.  I just taught a class on this subject in the fall, so it is fresh in my mind. But, there is so much to say, I am having difficulty putting it into layman’s terms for this very basic textbook.

Sovereignty is such an over-used and mis-understood term.  I wonder, what does it mean to any of you reading this??

Editor in Training…

I am overwhelmed with work right now. Since August, I have been working with Susan Lobo and Steve Talbot on

the 3rd Edition of the popular Native American Studies textbook, Native American Voices: A Reader for Pearson/Prentice Hall.  I am honored to be a co-editor with these two well respected academics!

We are down to editing the final manuscript and hope to turn it in to the publisher by February 15th.  Although, it is already available on pre-order from Amazon!  Click here to order (shameless self promotion)! I am working on a flyer for the book, which I will post soon.