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March 4, 2013 Linda LeGarde Grover | Associate Professor | Department of American Indian Studies | 218-726-7723| lgrover@d.umn.edu
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UMD American Indian Studies Research Showcase
DULUTH, MN – As part of UMD's Department of American Indian Studies 40 th
Anniversary Commemorative Year celebrations, a faculty and student research
showcase will be held on Tues., Mar. 12 from 5-7pm in the UMD Library Rotunda.
This showcase is free and open to the public.
Projects and publications will be displayed, and American Indian Studies faculty and
students will be available to share and discuss their research. "Our student scholars
are doing exciting work. This event is an opportunity for them to present examples
of their research interests, writing, and projects to a wider audience," said Associate
Professor Linda LeGarde Grover. Student presenters will be Mary Anderson, Ashley
Compton, Jay Gilpin, Elyse Lawrey, and Garrett Soper.
Among the faculty presenters will be Tadd Johnson, department head; Jill Doerfler,
assistant professor; Joseph Bauerkemper, assistant professor; Erik Redix, assistant
professor; Ed Minnema, assistant professor; and LeGarde Grover.
Faculty topics presented will include "Native Report" public television show, non-
fiction work, including "A Citizen's Guide to the White Earth Constitution: Highlights
and Reflections" co-written by Doerfler with Gerald Vizenor, published in The White
Earth Nation: Ratification of a Native Democratic Constitution, and fiction writing
including The Dance Boots by LeGarde Grover.
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