GERALD VIZENOR

Gerald Vizenor is a leading figure in Native American literature and critical thought. An enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe with roots in the White Earth Reservation, his work draws on tribal experience while challenging imposed narratives about Indigenous peoples. The author of more than thirty books spanning fiction and cultural theory, he directed Native American Studies at UC Berkeley and is now Professor Emeritus there and Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico.