In 2016 we initiated two new book series. We invite submissions year ’round.
Contemporary Voices of Indigenous Peoples
North Dakota State University Press initiated the Contemporary Voices of Indigenous Peoples Series (CVIP) in 2016. The series was first co-edited by Drs. Suzzanne Kelley and Michael Yellow Bird, a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota, identifies as Arikara (“The People”) and Hidatsa (“Willows”). Michael retired from our series–having served from 2016 to 2023–and relocated to Winnipeg. His successor is Corey Yellow Boy, who works with the Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1 as the Lakota Cultural Resources Director, where he supports Lakota Language teachers and develops cultural curriculum. Corey is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and he resides in the Calico community on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He holds a BA in Lakota Studies and an MA in Lakota Leadership and Management, both from Oglala Lakota College. For over a decade, Corey taught Lakota culture, language, history, and traditional art at the college. Corey’s contributions to the series will include consultation, advocacy, and assistance in our blind peer review process.
Suzzanne is a long-time teacher, historian, and publisher. She is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, an award-winning teacher and scholar, and—since her hire in 2015—the first woman publisher in the seventy-five-year history of NDSU Press. In her publishing career, Kelley has shepherded more than one hundred books through production, many of them from emerging authors that have gone on to win state, regional, and national awards.
The vision behind CVIP is to feature the authentic stories, poetry, and scholarly works of Native Americans, First Nations, Maori, Aborigines, Indians, and more to give voice to contemporary Indigenous peoples. Authors are asked to affirm their Indigenous identity and cultural connections. North Dakota State University Press adheres to a solemn commitment to avoid the damaging impact of cultural appropriation.
Published in the Series:
- Volume 1: Apple in the Middle, Young Adult novel by Dawn Quigley, August 2018
- Volume 2: Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors, nonfiction by Denise K. Lajimodiere, June 2019
- Volume 3: His Feathers Were Chains, poetry by Denise K. Lajimodiere, September 2020
- Volume 4: The Shining Hands of My Ponca Ancestors, literary essays by Clifford Taylor, May 2025
Heritage Guide
For this series, the North Dakota State University Press seeks traveler guides to the heritage landscapes of North Dakota and the northern plains. Guidebooks in the series should focus on particular regions or themes, directing travelers to salient features, informing them about the history and culture associated with them, and interpreting the regional experience. While writing to the literate public, authors are expected to draw on good scholarly literature and commend it to the public. They also are expected to have gone over the ground, so that they speak with authority and familiarity.
Editor for this series is Dr. Thomas D. Isern, University Distinguished Professor and founding director of the NDSU Center for Heritage Renewal. Dr. Isern works with authors in the formative and developmental stages of their work, advising them on crafting proposals and submissions that meet mission and guidelines for the series. Submissions for the Heritage Guide Series then go through the regular submission process of the press.
Published in the Series:
- Volume 1: The Bakken: An Archaeology of an Industrial Landscape, by William R. Caraher and Bret A. Weber, October 2017
- Volume 2: A Field Guide to Custer’s Camps: On the March to the Little Bighorn, by Don Weinell, August 2021
- Volume 3: History and Memory in German-Russian Country, by Jessica Clark, Thomas D. Isern, Carol Just, Debra Marquart, and Steve Martens, May 2025