David Maraniss, Ink in Our Blood

David continues the discussion with Suzan Shown Harjo, (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) recipient of a 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and renowned advocate for Native American rights. She is a poet, writer, lecturer, curator, and policy advocate who has helped Native peoples recover more than one million acres of tribal lands and fight against the use of racist mascots.

"Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe" is available at bookstores or online at:

https://davidmaraniss.com/library/path-lit-by-lightning-the-life-of-jim-thorpe/

David talks with Suzan Shown Harjo, (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) recipient of a 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and renowned advocate for Native American rights. She is a poet, writer, lecturer, curator, and policy advocate who has helped Native peoples recover more than one million acres of tribal lands and fight against the use of racist mascots.

"Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe" is available at bookstores or online at:

https://davidmaraniss.com/library/path-lit-by-lightning-the-life-of-jim-thorpe/

In this episode, David talks with James Kossakowski, the great-grandson of Jim Thorpe.

"Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe" is available at bookstores or online at:

https://davidmaraniss.com/library/path-lit-by-lightning-the-life-of-jim-thorpe/

In this episode of the "Ink in Our Blood" podcast, Norbert Hill joins David Maraniss to talk about the genesis of "Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe" — almost 20 years ago — and much more. Norbert S. Hill is an enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and has recently retired as Area Director of Education and Training for the Nation and co-editor of The Great Vanishing Act: Blood Quantum and the Future of Native Nations.

"Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe" is available at bookstores or online at:

https://davidmaraniss.com/library/path-lit-by-lightning-the-life-of-jim-thorpe/

In this episode, David talks with Patty Loew, a professor in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and the inaugural director of NU's Center for Native American and Indigenous Research. She is a documentary producer, author, and a citizen of Mashkiiziibii.

"Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe" is available at bookstores or online at:

https://davidmaraniss.com/library/path-lit-by-lightning-the-life-of-jim-thorpe/

In this third episode of the season, David and Sarah continue the conversation about David's research into his new book, "Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe" which is available at bookstores or online at:

https://davidmaraniss.com/library/path-lit-by-lightning-the-life-of-jim-thorpe/

David and Sarah continue the conversation about David's research into his new book, "Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe" which is available at bookstores or online at:

https://davidmaraniss.com/library/path-lit-by-lightning-the-life-of-jim-thorpe/

In this first episode of the season, David and Sarah begin the conversation about David's research into his new book, "Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe" which is available at bookstores or online at:

https://davidmaraniss.com/library/path-lit-by-lightning-the-life-of-jim-thorpe/

In this episode, David talks about researching the formative years of his father, Elliott Maraniss, whose ordeal before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and time in the crucible of the Red Scare are the subject of his latest book, A Good American Family.

In this episode, Sarah and David speak with actor Dan Lauria, who regales listeners with stories about his father, the truck driver whose childhood best friend was Yankee hall of famer Phil Rizzuto, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the Broadway run of LOMBARDI, based on David’s book, When Pride Still Mattered.