Beth Piatote is a Nimi:pu: (Nez Perce) scholar and author. She is a member of Chief Joseph’s Tribe and the Colville Confederated Tribes. Piatote is an Associate Professor of Native American Studies in the department of Ethnic Studies at University of California, Berkeley.[1] Piatote holds a PhD in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University.

Life

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In the mid 1990s, Piatote worked as a reporter with the Eugene Register-Guard.[2] Her research interests include Nimi:pu: (Nez Perce) language and literature, Native American/Aboriginal literature and federal Indian law in the United States and Canada, as well as American literature and cultural studies, history and law.[3] Piatote now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her two children.[4]

Works

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Academic writing

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Short story collections

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Articles

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  • The News of the Day (2009, University of Nebraska Press)[14]
  • Our (Someone Else's) Father: Articulation, Dysarticulation, and Indigenous Literary Traditions (2010, Kenyon University)[15]
  • Domestic Trials: Indian Rights and National Belonging in Works by E. Pauline Johnson and John M. Oskiso (2011, The Johns Hopkins University Press)[16]
  • The Indian/Agent Aporia (2013, University of Nebraska Press)[17]
  • Indian Country: Between Native Claims and Modernist Desires (2017, University of Cambridge Press)[18]
  • “Stories Were Everywhere” (2018, University of North Carolina University Press)[19]

Awards

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  • MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, 2012-13 (honorable mention for Domestic Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Law in Native American Literature)[20]
  • University of California Regents Junior Faculty Fellowship, 2012
  • Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2009-2010
  • Hellman Family Faculty Fund Award, 2009
  • Whiting Dissertation Fellowship in the Humanities, 2006–07
  • Graduate Research Opportunity Grant, Stanford University, 2003
  • Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 2001–03

References

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  1. ^ "Beth Piatote". canada.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  2. ^ "Catching The Past A Journey Into Her Family's History Opens A New World For This Nez Perce Woman | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  3. ^ "SAMRU's Native Student Centre welcomes Dr. Beth Piatote". Students' Association of Mount Royal University. 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  4. ^ "BETH PIATOTE". Aspen Words. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  5. ^ Stanciu, Cristina (2014-03-16). "Domestic Subjects: Gender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American Literature by Beth H. Piatote (review)". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 26 (1): 110–115. doi:10.5250/studamerindilite.26.1.0110. ISSN 1548-9590.
  6. ^ Williams, Carol (July 2014). "Domestic Subjects: Gender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American Literature . By Beth H. Piatote . ( New Haven : Yale University Press , 2013 . x + 234 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00 .)". The Western Historical Quarterly. 45 (2): 200–201. doi:10.2307/westhistquar.45.2.0200.
  7. ^ Carpenter, Cari M. (2014-06-04). "Domestic Subjects: Gender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American Literature by Beth M. Piatote (review)". Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers. 31 (1): 145–148. ISSN 1534-0643.
  8. ^ Suzack, Cheryl (June 2015). "Native Acts: Law, Recognition, and Cultural Authenticity . By Joanne Barker. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism . By Jodi Byrd. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec . By Caroline Desbiens. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2013. Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations . By Mishuana Goeman. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013. Domestic Subjects: Gender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American Literature . By Beth Piatote. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 40 (4): 987–996. doi:10.1086/680331. ISSN 0097-9740.
  9. ^ "Fiction Book Review: The Beadworkers". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  10. ^ Burling, Alexis (October 11, 2019). "Review: Two provocative debut short story collections by Bay Area authors". San Francisco Chronicle's Datebook. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  11. ^ "Book Review - The Beadworkers by Beth Piatote". Book Page. 8 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  12. ^ "News Roundtable: Beth Piatote: The Beadworkers". KHSU. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  13. ^ "THE BEADWORKERS by Beth Piatote Read by Beth Piatote Christian Nagler Fantasia Painter Drew Woodson Phillip Cash Keevin Hesuse and a full cast | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  14. ^ Piatote, Beth (2009-07-30). "The News of the Day". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 21 (2): 71–74. doi:10.1353/ail.0.0082. ISSN 1548-9590.
  15. ^ Piatote, Beth H. (2010). "Our (Someone Else's) Father". The Kenyon Review. 32 (1): 199–217. ISSN 0163-075X. JSTOR 40600286.
  16. ^ Piatote, Beth H. (2011). "Domestic Trials: Indian Rights and National Belonging in Works by E. Pauline Johnson and John M. Oskison". American Quarterly. 63 (1): 95–116. doi:10.1353/aq.2011.0003. ISSN 0003-0678. JSTOR 41237533. S2CID 145733615.
  17. ^ Piatote, Beth H. (2013). "The Indian/Agent Aporia". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 25 (2): 45–62. doi:10.5250/studamerindilite.25.2.0045. ISSN 0730-3238. JSTOR 10.5250/studamerindilite.25.2.0045.
  18. ^ Piatote, Beth H. (December 2017). "Indian Country". American Literature in Transition, 1910–1920. pp. 45–58. doi:10.1017/9781316534397.005. ISBN 9781316534397. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  19. ^ Piatote, Beth H. (2018-10-11). "Stories Were Everywhere". Early American Literature. 53 (3): 917–920. doi:10.1353/eal.2018.0083. ISSN 1534-147X. S2CID 165644775.
  20. ^ "MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures,..." Modern Language Association. Retrieved 2020-04-14.