Gerald Vizenor
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- Gerald Vizenor satirically imagines the future of the White Earth constitution
MPR’s Euen Kerr reports on poet, novelist and academic Gerald Vizenor’s new novel “Treaty Shirts.” Book is a satirical novel examining the impact of the document in the future, blending Ojibwe history, tradition, and dream narratives with popular culture and science technology to create a surreal but pointed view of modern native life. Report includes interview and reading from Vizenor.
- Gerald Vizenor on the Columbus myth
American writer and scholar Gerald Vizenor discusses his book, The Heirs of Columbus. The book inverts the historical record by re-imagining Christopher Columbus as a descendant of Mayans and Sephardic Jews who now wants to return home.
- Gerald Vizenor on the Thomas Whitehawk case
MPR’s Marvin Granger and author/journalist Gerald Vizenor discuss the case of Thomas Whitehawk, as well as the civil right issues of Native Americans in the U.S. court system.
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