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By Daniel Cruse —
Kyle Mays from the University of California presented a lecture about the relevance of politics and culture in Native American and indigenous hip-hop in the Bingham Humanities Building October 11. It was his second presentation on indigenous studies so far this semester.
Mays has researched and written extensively about the effect of indigenous cultures on America. He has published two books on the subject: Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes: Modernity and Hip Hop in Indigenous North America and The Indigenous Motor City: Indigenous People and the Making of Modern Detroit.