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2019-09-25T20:03:53.000Z
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Video Title:
A Promise Kept: 13 – Dr. Philip J. Deloria
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Influential policy advocate, writer, curator, and 2014 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) is recognized for a lifetime of achievement in this symposium, “A Promise Kept: The Inspiring Life and Works of Suzan Shown Harjo.” A founding trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian, Harjo’s legacy of activism and artistic accomplishment continues to inspire Native Nations and people and influence U.S. policies about Native sovereignty and cultures. In this segment, Dr. Philip J. Deloria, Professor, Harvard University, speaks on "The Politics of Culture in a Culture of Politics: Fighting Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriations." Philip J. Deloria (Standing Rock Sioux) is Professor of History at Harvard University, where his research and teaching focus on the social, cultural, and political histories of the relations among American Indian peoples and the United States, as well as the comparative and connective histories of indigenous peoples in a global context. He is the author of Playing Indian (1998) and Indians in Unexpected Places (2004) as well as numerous other writings. His most recent book, co-authored with Alexander Olson is American Studies: A User’s Guide (2017). Deloria is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the past president of the American Studies Association, and a trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian. The symposium was webcast and recorded in the National Museum of the American Indian Rasmuson Theater on September 20, 2019.
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27 min 12 sec
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