How Settlers Get Away with Murder: A Conversation with Liza Black

Speaking Out of Place · Oct 12, 2026 · 50m

Today is in a real honor to talk with Liza Black about her new book, How Settlers Get Away with Murder: The Killing of Indigenous Women and Two-Spirit People in the Americas. Tragically, by now the epidemic of murders of Indigenous women has been well established and well-documented. What has not been brought to light are the longstanding and widespread efforts that allow these murders to go unpunished. Driven by a commitment to tell the stories of the families of these women, Black not only delves into the often murky and incomplete archives of the state, but also assembles a new archive of…