Great Plains Talk: Tom Gannon

Dr. Thomas C. Gannon, the winner of the 2024 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize for “Birding While Indian: A Mixed-Blood Memoir” spoke at the Center for Great Plains Studies on Oct. 15. The Center’s book prize celebrates the most outstanding work about the Great Plains during the past year, chosen by an independent group of scholars. Gannon is a Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Associate Director of Ethnic Studies. This marks the first time the book prize has been awarded to a UNL faculty member and current Great Plains Fellow. Gannon, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, specializes in Native American literatures, critical/eco-theory, and the representations of birds and other non-human animals in discourse.