In 2009, Gerald Vizenor, UNM Distinguished Professor of American Studies, was both a delegate and principal author of the first constitution to be ratified by a native group. The White Earth Nation of Anishinaabeg Natives of Minnesota ratified their new ...
University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor Gerald Vizenor, American Studies, is the author of a new novel that embraces both trickster stories and literary ingenuity. Chair of Tears, (University of Nebraska Press) is a novel that begins with ...
University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor of American Studies Gerald Vizenor is the recipient of the 2011 American Book Award for Shrouds of White Earth. The award is presented by the Before Columbus Foundation. The book is about contemporary ...