Presented in partnership with the Mellon Environmental Stewardship, Place, and Community Initiative
 

As a follow-up to “Beyond Assimilation and Resistance: Očhéti Šakówiŋ Peoplehood Past, Present, and Future,” the recent IAS presentation with Christopher Pexa, Jim Rock, and Waŋblí Mayášleča (Francis Yellow), the IAS invites you to join us for an informal discussion on Chris Pexa’s book Translated Nation: Rewriting the Dakhóta Oyáte. 

Centering Indigenous archives, Translated Nation complicates ideas of how Dakhóta intellectuals translated and reframed settler-colonial ideals of Indigenous people in ways that protected core Dakhóta ethics. Join the IAS and author Christopher Pexa as we discuss together how his work illuminates Dakhóta histories and informs contemporary understandings of ongoing resistance and resurgence. This will be an informal conversation including small group break out rooms.

You can find Pexa’s book available digitally through the University of Minnesota Libraries, or purchase a copy through the University of Minnesota Press or Birchbark Books.