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Mythological Figures and Hard Realities in Native American Culture, Past and Present

Native American Studies / Panel / Session 2I05

Friday, November 4, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Bossa Nova 1)

Presentations

Deathless Hunger: The Wendigo in American Pop Culture

Natalia Marie Zecca-Naples (Delaware Valley University)
Louise Erdrich’s The Round House and the Sobering Reality of Racial Discrimination Against Native Americans in American Healthcare

Brahma Mihir Mohanty (University of Pennsylvania)
Denying the Sovereigns within its Borders: New Jersey, Casino Politics & American Indian Tribes

Jeremy Newman (Stockton University)

Session chair

Ron Denson (Ithaca College)