Why Indigenous literature matters

AUDIO | Daniel Heath Justice is a Colorado-born Canadian citizen of the Cherokee Nation, a First Nations and Indigenous Studies professor at University of British Columbia and the current Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Expressive Culture. Justice is the author of Why Indigenous Literatures Matter, Our Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History and Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature.
Daniel Heath Justice was in Nanaimo, British Columbia, in February 2019 for a presentation sponsored by the campus Positive Space Alliance. He discussed Indigenous literature, identity and Two-spirit and queer belonging. He spoke with People First Radio a few days later.

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