Western Scholars Talk: The Five Things that Indians Say

western scholars talk: the five things indians say

Thursday, August 14, 6:30-7:30p | Doors open at 6p

Join History Jackson Hole for a Western Scholar Talk with Philip J. Deloria the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University and Yankton Dakota Native American author.

Why do Native American people feel it important to remind others that “we are still here”? How did the massive land transfer from tribes to the United States take place, and how might we render an honest accounting of its costs and benefits? How should we understand the unique political status of tribal nations?

This talk will deal with these questions and more, offering an overview of issues surrounding Native American people in relation to the United States, looking closely at new histories, innovations in Native arts and cultures, and the emergent world of global indigeneity.

This talk is free and open to the public and will take place on the History Museum’s outside Deck (weather permitting). Doors open at 6 p.m. at 175 East Broadway Ave.

Philip j deloria

Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University

Philip J. Deloria (Dakota descent) is the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University, where his research and teaching focus on the social, cultural and political histories of the relations among American Indian peoples and the United States. He is the author of several books, including "Playing Indian" (Yale University Press, 1998), "Indians in Unexpected Places" (University Press of Kansas, 2004), "American Studies: A User’s Guide"(University of California Press, 2017), with Alexander Olson, and "Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract" (University of Washington Press, 2019), as well as two co-edited books and numerous articles and chapters. Deloria received the Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 1994, taught at the University of Colorado, and then, from 2001 to 2017, at the University of Michigan, before joining the faculty at Harvard in January 2018. Deloria was a long-serving trustee of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. He is former president of the American Studies Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the Society for American History, an elected member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of numerous prizes and recognitions.