Please join the Department of American Indian Studies in welcoming Dr. Ryan E. Emanuel, Associate Professor of hydrology at Duke University.

Dr. Emanuel will discuss and sign copies of his new book, On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice, on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in Old Main, room 124. To access the location, enter Old Main on the side next to the Quad and Lowry Bell Tower.

Environmental scientist Ryan E. Emanuel, a member of the Lumbee tribe, shares stories from North Carolina about Indigenous survival and resilience in the face of radical environmental changes. Addressing issues from the loss of wetlands to the arrival of gas pipelines, these stories connect the dots between historic patterns of Indigenous oppression and present-day efforts to promote environmental justice and Indigenous rights on the swamp.

In On the Swamp, Emanuel shares stories from North Carolina about Indigenous survival and resilience in the face of radical environmental changes. Addressing issues from the loss of wetlands to the arrival of gas pipelines, these stories connect the dots between historic patterns of Indigenous oppression and present-day efforts to promote environmental justice and Indigenous rights on the swamp. His scientific insight and deeply personal connections to his home blend into a book that is both a heartfelt and an analytical call to acknowledge and protect sacred places.