Bozeman event brings Ojibwe author into local conversation

Sovereignty and colonial legacy take center stage at Montana State

Bret Anne Serbin

October 27, 2026

On Tuesday, Oct. 27, Montana State University will host a free event on campus with Ojibwe author David Treuer from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. Treuer released a new book – The Savage Mind: An American Legacy – earlier this month. His last book, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, garnered awards including a Minnesota Book Prize and a California Book Prize.

The On Storied Ground: Voices of the Native West event will center tribal sovereignty, legacies of colonialism and storytelling that challenges popular narratives. The conversation takes place from 5:30–7:30 PM at the Great Hall inside the American Indian Hall on the university’s Bozeman campus.

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