If the decolonization of Indian country is to be achieved, then federal Indian law must be replaced with independent Native nation sovereignty, says Eric Cheyfitz, Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters and professor of American Indian and Indigenous Studies.  

Join us in-person or via Zoom for a Chats in the Stacks book talk on his new book, The Colonial Construction of Indian Country: Native American Literatures & Federal Indian Law (University of Minnesota Press, December 2023) in which Cheyfitz mounts a pointed historical critique of colonialism through careful analysis of the dialogue between Native American literatures and federal Indian law, both arguing for illuminating how these literatures indict colonial practices, and providing a guide to the projected decolonization of Native America.  

This book talk is hosted by Olin Library. Light refreshments will be served.