Tucson Festival of Books

Amplifying Indigenous Voices


Andrea L. Rogers (Cherokee), Daniel W. Vandever (Diné), Stanley Milford Jr. (of Navajo and Cherokee descent), and Tom Holm (Creek/Cherokee) discuss their recent books, steeped in indigenous experiences past, present, and future.


Panelists
Tom Holm

Tom Holm is Professor Emeritus of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. Now retired, he taught there for 30 years. He has won several prestigious teaching and mentoring awards during his time at the university....

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Stanley Milford Jr.

Stanley Milford Jr. graduated from the United States Indian Police Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, NM, and worked continuously as a sworn law enforcement officer for over twenty-three years....

Andrea Rogers

Andrea L. Rogers is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but currently attends The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville as a doctoral student in English. Andrea graduated with an MFA from the Low Rez program at the Institute for American Indian Arts....

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Daniel Vandever

Daniel W. Vandever is an award-winning author and entrepreneur from Haystack, NM. He is the CEO of South of Sunrise Creative, a publishing and consulting firm that helps advance education initiatives using a community-based approach....

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Books:
Panther Creek
A Pawnee Country Mystery
Tom Holm
Fiction / Literature
University of New Mexico Press
August 2024
ISBN 9780826366474
264 pages
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The Paranormal Ranger
A Navajo Investigator's Search for the Unexplained
Stanley Milford Jr.
Nuestras Raices
HarperCollins Publishers
October 2024
ISBN 9780063371057
256 pages
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Andrea Rogers


October 2024
ISBN 9781646143788
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We Weave
Daniel Vandever
Children
South of Sunrise Creative
November 2023
ISBN 9781737496434
The author will make this book available for sale at the Indie Author Pavilion during the Festival.