David Treuer traces America's relationship with violence back to the frontier
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David Treuer traces America's relationship with violence back to the frontier

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Ojibwe writer David Treuer’s new book, The Savage Mind: An American Legacy, is written as a letter to his three children. It examines how the violence that shaped America's founding still influences who we are today. Treuer has spent much of his career challenging the idea that Native American history is a story of tragedy and disappearance, and that Native culture is a thing of the past. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about why he felt compelled to write the book now. Plus, rock critic Ken Tucker reviews an extended version of Stevie Wonder’s iconic 50 year-old album...

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This week on Up First, the midterms less than 15 days away. President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and former President Obama all crisscrossing the country, rallying voters in key races from Michigan to Georgia to North Carolina. Join us every morning as we guide you through the home stretch of this election season

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Up First on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Moseley. Here's a familiar line in writer David Troyer's new book that sounds almost like a warning.

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The call is coming from inside the house. He's talking about America and this belief that the violence we associate with our country's past isn't simply behind us. It's something we've learned to carry within ourselves.

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