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The author discusses how his first book, "Red Land, Red Power: Grounding Knowledge in the American Indian Novel," led to a second book project entitled "Cities of Refuge: Indigenous Cosmopolitan Writers and the International Imaginary." He states that his second book project focuses upon 19th century indigenous North American authors who opposed U.S. government plans to remove indigenous peoples from their lands via the U.S. Indian Removal Act and set in motion the legal and moral precedent for the social movement identified as Red Power. The article also states that the book project encompasses the 1887 U.S. legislation known as the Dawes Act and Oklahoma statehood in 1907.

This article presents the authors' experiences and challenges in teaching American Indian literature to Cheyenne and Arapaho students at the Redlands Community College in Oklahoma. The authors detail the history of attempts to improve educational outcomes for Indian students. They describe the week long course they taught and the reaction of the students to the content and presentation.