In honor of Native American Heritage month, several departments on campus have asked award-winning Ojibwe author David Treuer to host both a one-time class visit and a public virtual lecture about returning national parks to Indigenous tribes.

Treuer is the recipient of several literary awards. His most recent book — a New York Times bestseller — “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee,” is an in-depth history of Indigenous history since 1890 and is being studied by Dr. Matt Hooley’s Indigenous Literature class. 

Treuer’s recently had an article published in “The Atlantic” about returning national parks to Indigenous tribes.

Treuer is from the Leech Lake Reservation and a current professor at University of Southern California. He graduated from Princeton University, where he was able to work with Toni Morrison, Paul Muldoon and Joanna Scott. Truer has been on four different podcasts, including one sponsored by NPR. He has been featured by The New Yorker, Granta, The New York Times and Harper’s Magazine.

The public lecture will be held via Zoom for an hour at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, Nov. 18.