In April 2022, the IU Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences virtually hosted its 34th annual Paul V. McNutt Lecture with Harvard University Professor Philip J. Deloria.
American Indian people make up around 2% of the American population, and that’s about how much attention Indian pasts and presents receive in the popular narratives of the history of the United States. It doesn’t have to be that way, however, and in this talk Professor Deloria suggests ways that we might understand Native American history on its own terms while also seeing it as a critical part of American history writ large.
The Department of History’s annual McNutt Lecture honors Paul V. McNutt, who was dean of the IU School of Law from 1925 to 1933, then became Indiana's governor and later served as U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippines, director of the Federal Security Agency, and chairman of the War Manpower Commission during World War II.