Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz- An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (audio) - Free Audiobook

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz- An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States

19 May 2016

Tamiment Library, NYC

Sponsored by the Frederic Ewen Center

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will discuss her new book An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States at the Tamiment Library on Thursday May 19 (6:00 PM). This event is sponsored by the Frederic Ewen Center.

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, the daughter of a tenant farmer and part-Indian mother. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than four decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues.

After receiving her PhD in history at the University of California at Los Angeles, she taught in the newly established Native American Studies Program at California State University, Hayward, and helped found the Departments of Ethnic Studies and Women’s Studies.

Her 1977 book The Great Sioux Nation was the fundamental document at the first international conference on Indigenous peoples of the Americas, held at the United Nations’ headquarters in Geneva. Dunbar-Ortiz is the author or editor of seven other books, including Roots of Resistance: A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico. She lives in San Francisco.