The Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP) and the Harvard Art Museums present the lecture "The Trouble with Tragedy: Imagining the Native American Past, Present, and Future" with author David Treuer. David Treuer, an Ojibwe Indian, will offer a fresh and in-depth perspective on the current state of affairs for Native and Indigenous peoples in the Americas. Drawing from his experience growing up on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota and as an accomplished academic, Treuer’s work includes both nonfiction and fiction. A New York Times–bestselling author and critic, David Treuer has published four novels and three works of nonfiction. He is the winner of three Minnesota Book Awards, the California Book Award for Nonfiction, and the Housatonic Book Award, and he was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. His writing has appeared in Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post, among others. He divides his time between his home on the Leech Lake Reservation and Los Angeles, where he is a professor of English at the University of Southern California. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + Watch "Virtual Tour—This Land is Whose Land?" with Jacqueline Zoeller: https://vimeo.com/644041895 + Explore selection of objects from the Harvard Art Museums’ collections that aims to elevate the voices and perspectives of Indigenous peoples in the modern United States: https://bit.ly/3x6o6A2 + Learn more about Native American experiences and heritage at Harvard: https://www.harvard.edu/in-focus/native-american-heritage-month/ Speakers: + Dr. David Treuer, author and critic; + Joseph P. Gone, Faculty Director, Harvard University Native American Program; + Introduction by Martha Tedeschi, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome by Martha Tedeschi 02:22 Introduction by Joseph P. Gone 08:26 Lecture by David Treuer 53:51 Q&A --- This lecture is sponsored by the Harvard University Native American Program and the Harvard Art Museums, with generous funding from a private donor. --- All images and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and this channel does not claim any right over them. Copyright Disclaimer: Any use of copyrighted content on this channel constitutes “fair use” pursuant to 17 U.S. Code § 107 as it is utilized for the purpose of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Video Thumbnail Image: © David Treuer Video Recorded April 14, 2022. Videographer: John Neely. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu.