"Language is a casualty of war": faculty affiliate Beth Piatote discusses her writing and Indigenous language revitalization

Beth Piatote, a Canadian Studies faculty affiliate and professor of Native American studies at UC Berkeley, was featured in an interview in the Los Angeles Review of Books this week. Dr. Piatote, who is Nez Perce and is enrolled with Colville Confederated Tribes, published her début short story collection, The Beadworkers, last year. She is involved in the revitalization of the Nez Perce language, and the stories, poems, and play included in The Beadworkers interweave Nez Perce language and form to tell the diverse stories of Native people facing conflicts that stretch back generations.

Read the full interview in the Los Angeles Review of Books.