You don't need to know every single battle or every single treaty or every single Native American historical moment. Everything else will come to you as you want to learn more and just appreciate more of your own personal history. No matter where you are. And if you're occupying America, you're automatically interacting with Native American lineage and presence. We're still here and that needs to be acknowledged.

This is an excerpt of a 7,000 word interview which will be published and podcasted across a network of participating university journals and national arts/literary magazines.