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SPEAKER: Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

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Thank you for your presence.

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I want to introduce
Mr. Gerald Vizenor.

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Mr. Vizenor is a distinguished
professor of American Indian

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Studies at the University
of New Mexico Albuquerque,

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and a professor emeritus
of American Studies

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at the University of
California Berkeley.

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He is a citizen of the White
Earth Reservation in Minnesota.

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Mr. Vizenor is an author
of more than 30 books

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on native history, critical
studies, and literature;

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including The People Named the
Chippewa: Narrative Histories,

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and Manifest Manners: Narrative
on Postindian Survivance.

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He is also the principal writer
of the recent Constitution

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of the White Earth Nation.

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Vizenor won the American Book
Award for his novel Griever:

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An American Monkey
King in China,

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and received a distinguished
Achievement Award

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from the Western
literature association.

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His most recent books
include Fugitive Poses:

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Native American Indian Scenes
of Absence and Presence,

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and four novels:
Chancers, Hiroshima Bugi:

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Atomu 57, Father Meme,
Shrouds of White Earth.

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Native Liberty, a
selection of essays,

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Native Storiers, an anthology
of the native literature

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survivance, was
recently published.

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So thank you for being here.

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And with no further
ado, Mr. Gerald Vizenor.

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