Marc James Carpenter
Associate professor of history at the University of Jamestown and author of The War on Ilahi: Genocide, Complicity, and Cover-Ups in the Pioneer Northwest, researching Indigenous-settler warfare and memory in the Pacific Northwest.
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Feb 13, 2026 • 54min
Marc James Carpenter, "The War on Illahee: Genocide, Complicity, and Cover-Ups in the Pioneer Northwest" (Yale UP, 2025)
Marc James Carpenter, associate professor and historian of the Pacific Northwest, examines 1850s conflicts as settlers seized Illahee. He explores how violent campaigns against Indigenous nations were reframed into pioneer myths. The conversation covers use of the term genocide, patterns of violence and legal lynchings, and deliberate cover-ups that erased traumatic histories.
