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Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris (1988-11-14)
About this film
Authors Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich are married; she is half Chippewa, and he is half Modoc. They are working together on a novel about Christopher Columbus, whose arrival in 1492 forever changed the destiny of Native Americans. Erdrich's most recent book is LOVE MEDICINE; Dorris's is A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER.
Directors & creators
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris, Bill Moyers, Gilbert McAllister, Christopher Columbus, Native American history, Chippewa, Modoc, colonialism, Native American sovereignty, Indigenous rights, smallpox, treaties, domestic dependent nations, 1492
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