I’m a researcher, writer, and collaborator specializing in culturally inclusive research and engagement with a particular focus on tribal communities. I have written for academic and public press as well as developed undergraduate courses focused on recognizing the importance of place to Indigenous communities. I provide local, state, and federal transportation and planning professionals with history and culture of American Indian communities.
Margret McCue-Enser, Ph.D.
I help project teams understand and incorporate Executive Order 13-24, Affirming the Government to Government Relationship between the State of Minnesota and Minnesota Tribal Nations: Providing for Consultation, Coordination, and Cooperation, April 4, 2019
https://mn.gov/governor/assets/2019_04_04_EO_19-24_tcm1055-378654.pdf
What I do
Research on conceptualizations of place
Instruction on Minnesota’s tribal communities and culture
Culturally-grounded engagement practices
Ethnographic and qualitative research methods
Projects
Rethinking I-94: Historic Contexts and Criteria for Evaluation
Assisted the project team with culturally centered engagement practices, research, and review of historical studies.
Education
Ph.D. University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa. May 2006 (Communication).
M.A. Colorado State University. Fort Collins, Colorado. May 2000 (Speech Communication).
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies. Colorado State University. Fort Collins, Colorado. May 2000.
B.A. College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University. Saint Joseph/Collegeville, Minnesota. May 1996 (Communication, German).
Selected Publications
“Genocide in the Sculpture Garden and Talking Back to Settler Colonialism,” Quarterly Journal of Speech, 106(2), 2020: 179-204.
“Intersectional Rhetoric and the Perversity of Form: Ada Deer’s 1993 BIA Confirmation Statement as Resistive Rhetoric.” Decolonizing Public Address: American Indian Rhetoric and the Struggle for Self-Determination Casey Kelly and Jason Black ed. New York: Peter Lang. Frontiers in Political Communication series. October 2018.
“Ada Deer and the Menominee Restoration: Rethinking Native American Protest Rhetoric.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 53(1), February 2016.
“Constituting the Diasporic Collective: Irish-Americans at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century.” Iowa Journal of Communication, 47(2), Fall 2015.
“From the Razing of ‘Scaffolds,’ an Opportunity to Build.” Pioneer Press, 11 July 2017. http://www.twincities.com/2017/06/11/mccue-enser-coleman-from-the-razing-of-scaffold-an-opportunity-to-build/ co-authored with Nick Coleman.
I research, write , and educate on land relations as points of conflict, compromise, and collaboration.
Why Land Relations?
margret@landrelations.com
651 319 2725