This special symposium celebrates the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian’s landmark exhibition, Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations, and the notable book of the same title that accompanies the exhibition. In this segment, Jennifer Nez Denetdale speaks on the panel topic, "Bad Acts / Bad Paper." Jennifer Nez Denetdale (Diné [Navajo]) is the first citizen of the Navajo Nation to earn a doctorate in history, and is a commissioner on the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission. She is an associate professor of American studies at the University of New Mexico, specializing in Navajo history and culture; Native American women, gender, and feminism; and Indigenous Nations, colonialism, and decolonization. Denetdale has authored Reclaiming Diné History: The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita and two books on Navajo history for young adults.
This symposium was webcast and recorded in the Rasmuson Theater of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. on September 18. 2014.