Indigenous Writers Book Festival Celebrating Native Women Writers
If you’re interested in additional information, below is the agenda for the weekend:
Friday, June 22
5:00 PM–6:30 Writer’s Feast at Racing Magpie
6:30–8:00 PM—Free the Bird Poetry Night
Music:
Opening Song
Poetry:
Mary Black Bonnett, Geri Gutwein, Eileen Briggs
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Dances with Words
Waiting List:
Saturday, June 23rd“Second Annual Indigenous Writer’s Festival: Celebrating Native Women” at Alex Johnson
Schedule:
Breakfast on your own, Tally’s across the street, Starbucks on the first floor of the Alex Johnson
(Eric Zimmer and Lily Mendoza will MC)
8:30—Doors Open
9:00—Welcome and Opening Prayer (Jace DeCorey)
9:05–10:30—Native Women Historians on their Work and Careers
Jacki Thompson Rand
Leanne Howe
Brenda Child
Moderated by Geri Gutwein
10:45–12:15—Round Table: Native Women Poets
Geri Gutwein
Mary Black Bonnett
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Eileen Briggs
Karen Eagle
Moderated by Geri Gutwein
12:30–1:30—Lunch and Book Signings (at Racing Magpie, catered by Lakota Sewing Circle, Wiyan Omniciye)
1:45–3:15 PM—Native Women on Memoir and Fiction
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Jenna Lee Rooks
Charmain White Face
Moderated by Geri Gutwein
3:30–5:00—Native Women in Journalism
Ernestine Chasing Hawk
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
Karen Eagle’s Daughter
Avis Little Eagle
Moderator: Marnie Cook
5:15–5:45—Reading by Leanne Howe
6:00–6:30 Round Dance to Honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (Tiana Spotted Bear) at Racing Magpie
6:30–8:00—Additional poetry reading featuring Lucy’s Poetry, Art, and Place at Racing Magpie
