Telling Our Stories Our Way: Angeline Boulley on the need to get beyond "trauma "in Native American literature

EPISODE 1464: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED, Angeline Boulley, about her Native American community, her traditional firekeeping father and the need to get beyond "trauma" in Native American literature

Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She is a former Director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Angeline lives in southwest Michigan, but her home will always be on Sugar Island. Warrior Girl Unearthed  is her latest novel.

Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

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