Dian Million facts for kids
Dian Million is a respected scholar and a member of the Tanana Athabaskans, an Indigenous group from Alaska. She is a professor at the University of Washington, where she teaches about American Indian Studies.
Education and Career
Dian Million studied at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her master's degree in Ethnic Studies in 1998. Later, she completed her Ph.D. in 2004.
Today, she is a professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Washington. She also works with other departments, including Canadian Studies and the English Department. Currently, she leads the Department of American Indian Studies as its Chair. This means she helps guide the department's work and programs.
Important Research
Dian Million has written important books and articles. Her book, Therapeutic Nations: Healing in an age of Indigenous Human Rights, is well-known. This book talks about how Indigenous women work to help their communities. It explores how people heal from past difficulties and challenges.
She also developed something called "felt theory." This idea helps us understand how feelings and history are connected for Indigenous people. Her work often focuses on the experiences of First Nations women in Canada.
Some of her other writings include:
- Felt Theory: An Indigenous Feminist Approach to Affect and History
- Intense Dreaming: Theories, Narratives and Our Search for Home
- There is a River in Me: Theory from Life
Her work helps us learn about Indigenous cultures and their efforts to create a better future.
