Jimmy Sweet

I came back to share that I just did a podcast about the book for those interested. newbooksnetwork.com/mixed-blood-...

Cover: Background of stained brown textured paper. Title in brown at top, subtitle in white in middle, author name in maroon below.

Come see Mixed-Blood Histories by Jameson R. Sweet at ASA or online at z.umn.edu/amst25 #2025ASA #ASA2025

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Book cover of Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest by Jameson R. Sweet. Background of stained brown textured paper. Title in brown at top, subtitle in white in middle, author name in maroon below.

Book cover of The Prettiest Woman: Nostalgia for Late Industrial Capitalism by Grant Farred. Brown background with title, subtitle, author in fore and Forerunners series elements in detail throughout, in white.

Book cover of Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul: Three Cases Featuring Shadwell Rafferty by Larry Millett. Rear view of man in top hat and frock coat against painterly image of city street in yellow, brown, and green. Title in black, author in red.

More beautiful releases today! (2/2)

-Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest / Jameson R. Sweet
-The Prettiest Woman: Nostalgia for Late Industrial Capitalism / Grant Farred
-Now in PB: Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul / Larry Millett

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Mixed-Blood Histories An unprecedented study that puts mixed-ancestry Native Americans back into the heart of Indigenous history Historical accounts tend to neglect mixed-ancestry...

Today is publication day for my book, Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest, through the University of Minnesota Press!
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792034...

nor am I convinced that teaching this would actually be helping them. In fact, I see AI as a detriment to the students. We're only at the early stages, but we're already seeing studies come out concerning cognitive decline of people who rely on AI. AI is doing much more harm to students than good.

This would mean dropping a significant part of the curriculum (which is much more important) to spend time teaching about technology, which I'm not qualified to do. I'm also not convinced that there is an ethical way to use it in my field that's relevant to the classroom...

Mixed-Blood Histories An unprecedented study that puts mixed-ancestry Native Americans back into the heart of Indigenous history Historical accounts tend to neglect mixed-ancestry...

For those that are interested, my book is coming out in November. www.upress.umn.edu/978151792034...

It will hurt in the short term but our only path forward is to adopt zero tolerance rules on ai use immediately. You use ai, you fail. When half of all students end up with Fs on their transcripts in the first semester after this is adopted, they will learn ai is untenable. The alternative is worse.

The alternative to zero tolerance ai rules is that college degrees become worthless. Once employers fully realize that probably 90% of students got their degrees because they cheated using ai, they won't want to hire them. This will also be extremely destructive to higher ed in general.

I've come to the unsettling conclusion that pretty much all of our students are using AI. I've always tried to bend over backwards to make things easier for students, but I think the only way to stop this is if universities initiate zero tolerance policies on ai. You use ai in a class, you fail.

Roundtable: Native American Studies Today The Gilded Age and Progressive Era · Episode

I was on my first podcast! The latest episode of The Gilded Age and Progressive Era Podcast is out today, featuring a round table with myself, Cathleen Cahill, and Boyd Cothran on the field of Native American History. You can find it on Spotify, Apple, Acast, etc.: open.spotify.com/episode/4ycp...