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Blaire Topash-Caldwell
Blaire Topash-Caldwell is an enrolled member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Pokégnek Bodéwadmik). She is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at the Universi...view moreBlaire Topash-Caldwell is an enrolled member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Pokégnek Bodéwadmik). She is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico working on her dissertation about how natural resource management policy affects tribes in the Great Lakes area. She is a jingle dress dancer (a traditional healing dance originating from the Great Lakes area) and artist. Topash-Caldwell is an advocate for Indigenous issues within and outside of academia.
Aug 2016: Engaged Pedagogy Graduate Research Fellowship
Shortlist Northern California Book Award- Fiction 2015
Shortlist DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014
Longlist Dublin IMPAC Award 2014
Commonwealth Regional Prize Winner- Asia 2013
Blaire Topash-Caldwell is a Ph.D Student at The University of New Mexico.view less