Episode 44: We Are the Stars – with author Dr. Sarah Hernandez

We Are the Stars – with author Dr. Sarah Hernandez

Our Guest

Dr. Sarah Hernandez

Sarah Hernandez (Sicangu Lakota) is an assistant professor of Native American literature and the director of the Institute for American Indian Research at the University of New Mexico. She is the literature and legacy officer for the Oak Lake Writers Society, an Oceti Sakowin-led nonprofit for Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota writers. Under Sarah’s leadership, the Society launched #NativeReads: Great Books from Indigenous Communities, a national reading campaign that increases knowledge and awareness of the Oceti Sakowin literary tradition. She has also published articles in the Wicazo Sa Review, Studies in American Indian Literature, English Language Notes, and Great Plains Quarterly.

Sarah’s book, We Are the Stars: Colonizing and Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition, was published February 2023 by the University of Arizona Press in the U.S. and the University of Regina Press in Canada. 

The Discussion

We Are the Stars by Sarah Hernandez
a map of North America showing the historical lands of Oceti Sakowin people in purple
a photo of Oceti Sakowin women with children, circa 1900
depiction of the Pond brothers, circa 1860’s
a photo of Stephen R. Riggs, circa 1862
Two-Spirit storyteller and author, Taté Walker
Valery Killscrow Copeland (Oglala-Lakota Sioux) storytelling on stage, circa 2023
Sarah Hernandez (front left) pictured with other members of the Oceti Sakowin Writer’s Society
a photo of Ella Deloria
a photo of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn

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