Louise Erdrich reads from The Round House

A brief introduction to the historical and legal issues at the heart of Erdrich's book

Métis Residential and Day School Survivors Speak

Sapsik'ʷałá is the Sahaptin word for teacher and a project of the UO College of Education

"Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian" in UO Libraries Special Collections

About the Book

• New York Times book review by Maria Russo
• The Burden of Justice: Louise Erdrich Talks About The Round House: Q&A with the author by John Williams, New York Times

Sexual Violence in Native America

• "Rape on the Reservation" on Native Americans and The Violence Against Women Act, by Louise Erdrich for the New York Times
• UO Today interview with Sarah Deer (Muscogee Creek Nation), author of The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America

Native American in Oregon

• "Native Community History of Eugene Area" by anthropologist and Native history researcher Dr. David G. Lewis (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde)
• "Making the Invisible Visible: Portland's Native American Community" by the Portland Indian Leaders Roundtable
• "Tribes See Name on Oregon Map as Being Out of Bounds" by Richard Pérez-Peña for the New York Times
• "Unmarked Graves Discovered at Chemawa Indian School" by Marc Dadigan for Al Jazeera
• "Dying Languages: Last of the Siletz Speakers" by Nikole Hannah-Jones for the Newhouse News Service
• "Tribal History is Our Shared History," opinion piece on Oregon Senate Bill 13, by UO Education Studies professor Leilani Sabzalian (Alutiiq) and Shadiin Garcia (Laguna Pueblo/Chicana) in The Oregonian

Reading & Discussion Questions

• Reading Guide by HarperCollins Publishers
• Reading & Discussion Guide by the Minnesota Book Awards & Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

Legacy of Colonization

• "The Ugly, Fascinating History of the Word 'Racism'" by Gene Demby for NPR's Code Switch
• "The Enduring Legacy of the Pocahontas Myth" by Gregory D. Smithers for The Atlantic
• "Donald Trump's Long History of Clashes with Native Americans" by Shawn Boburg in The Washington Post
• "A Loss for Words: Can a Dying Language Be Saved?" by Judith Thurman for The New Yorker
• Mni Wiconi: The Stand at Standing Rock, short film by Divided Films featuring water protectors from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and allies trying to stop the 1,100-mile Dakota Access Pipeline

Ojibwe Language, History, and Culture

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary, a searchable, talking Ojibwe-English dictionary that features the voices of Ojibwe speakers and is a gateway into the Ojibwe collections at the Minnesota Historical Society

UO Library Collections, Research Guides, and Museum Exhibitions

• North American Indigenous peoples materials in UO Special Collections and University Archives
• JSMA "Conversations in The Round House"

Curriculum Resources for Educators

• Honoring Tribal Legacies digital teaching resources developed by indigenous curriculum designers and allies. A project of UO, the National Park Service, and Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.