Translated Nation: Rewriting the Dakhta Oyte

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How authors rendered Dakhota philosophy by literary means to encode ethical and political connectedness and sovereign life within a settler surveillance state Translated Nation examines literary works and oral histories by Dakhota intellectuals from the aftermath of the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War to the present day, highlighting creative Dakhota respo

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"Christopher Pexa understands implicitly that kinship ties are essential to comprehending the values and symbols that drive tribal history, which is critical to correcting the misrepresentations that Indigenous people have had to endure. As such, Translated Nation, which includes interviews with relatives and community members, is a valuable contribution to Dakota studies, especially Pexas interpretations of Charles Eastmans intellectual legacy."David Martinez, Arizona State University

"A generous and generative work of scholarship, Christopher Pexas Translated Nation centers thipaye ethics as the source of thinking, writing, and performing Dakhta values by indigenous intellectuals from the nineteenth century to the present. Pexas insightful readings of literary, archival, and conversational texts reveal the constant pulse of thipaye consciousness flowing through Dakhta and English writings, rework the definition of archive, and show the power of translation to both illuminate and conceal. A most welcome and profound contribution. Hiy:tac!"Beth H. Piatote, author of Domestic Subjects: Gender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American Literature

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Christopher Pexa is an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Nation and assistant professor of English and affiliate of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota.