5/11/2023 0 Comments The inconvenient indian book“My job is to engage not just to answer questions but to open new avenues for discussion, to keep it going and lively.” “I'm probably as interested in what the students are thinking as they are in me,” King said. 14, in auditorium of Fisk Hall, 1845 Sheridan Road, Evanston. The free event, open to the public, takes place at 5 p.m. Rather than delivering a traditional keynote lecture, King will address the past and present treatment of Native Americans with Loren Ghiglione, chair of the One Book steering committee, former dean and a professor in the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. King’s provocative and unflinching book, “The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America,” was selected for the 2015-16 all-campus read and is the cornerstone for related programming throughout the academic year. Award-winning author Thomas King will discuss the disastrous relationship between white people and North American Indians in one of the first major events of Northwestern University’s One Book One Northwestern reading program.
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