Soon to be full professor at texas a m university, an expert in American Indian history, representations of American Indian and popculture as well as intersection of American Indian and africanamerican lives. She received her phd from yale in 2007 and has held fellowships at the American Philosophical Society and the rare book and manuscript library, among others. Her first book was called indian settlers and slaves and the making of the american south. It was published in 2010 area her most recent book is, real native genius how an exslave and a white mormon became famous indians. It was just published from the university of North Carolina press. She is a dear friend and occasional mentor to me. I will dispense with any embarrassing stories and say it is an honor and pleasure to welcome her here today. [applause] angela thank you for that introduction. Thank you for coming this morning. I will tell you a story today about real native genius. Two of them actually. Like most stories it
Four years and as a form president and chief he must have realized that this before the war is going to take place if we fail. There mustve been a great sense of responsibility. Anybody else . Does anybody want to grab cspans attention with something outrageous . If not thank you so much, please get a copy of my book if its available outside. [inaudible] i would like to add real native genius thats a perfect conclusion to my talk. Thank you for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] our author today is Angela Hudson who is an associate and soontobe professor at texas a m university. Shes an expert in American Indian history, 19th century u. S. South, representations of American Indians and popculture as well as intersection of American Indian and africanamerican lives. She received her ph. D from yale in 2007, and has held fellowships at the newberry library, the american philosophical society, and the rare book and manuscript library, among others. Her first book was called cree