And why a “nation”—not a band or a tribe—in an age when nations seem increasingly impermanent

and the theories of anthropology

leading Native scholars from diverse disciplines and communities offer uncompromising assessments of current scholarship on and by Indigenous peoples and the opportunities awaiting them in the Ivory Tower

the ancestral home of the author's family until the federal government's Bureau of Indian Affairs forcibly and permanently relocated its residents

Blaeser's second collection of poems

Animals Of Nimaamaa-Aki (Ojibwe Version) buffalo And why a “nation”—not aIntroduces animals in English Ojibwe. "The Animals of My Mother Earth is a story exploring the traits of our sacred animal relatives through imagination and wonder. It's an honor to teach my sons how to care for and respect all the amazing spirits of our beautiful homeland."Tara Perron