Lou Cornum is an assistant professor of Native American studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. Their writing on Indigenous art, politics, and critique can be found in Art in America, Frieze, The New Inquiry, Triple Canopy and elsewhere. Recent scholarly publications include "Seizing the Alterity of Futures: Toward a Philosophy of History across Afrofuturism and Indigenous Futurism" in the History of the Present Journal. They are an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation.
My people used to roam all over the place. -Homer, The Exiles As soon as he walked into the bar, I knew he was Native. He knew or knew that I knew and in no time, he was standing next … Continue reading “Reverse Manifest Destiny (Or, The Exiles and Me)”
