Previous Symposium
JUNE 14-16, 2007
JUNE 14-16, 2007
Native Voices: Indigenous Language and Poetry
with keynote speaker Leslie Marmon Silko
with keynote speaker Leslie Marmon Silko
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Native Voices: Indigenous Language and Poetry Symposium
June 14 - June 16 2007
Keynote Address by Leslie Marmon Silko
WITH FEATURED ARTISTS
SHERWIN BITSUI, BRICEIDA CUEVAS COB, NORA MARKS DAUENHAUER, JOY HARJO, REX LEE JIM, DANNY LOPEZ, SIMON ORTIZ, LUCI TAPAHONSO, LAURA TOHE, OFELIA ZEPEDA
SHERWIN BITSUI, BRICEIDA CUEVAS COB, NORA MARKS DAUENHAUER, JOY HARJO, REX LEE JIM, DANNY LOPEZ, SIMON ORTIZ, LUCI TAPAHONSO, LAURA TOHE, OFELIA ZEPEDA
The Poetry Center, in partnership with American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI), presented Native Voices to explore themes of indigenous language from the perspective of storytellers, poets, and scholars. This national symposium brought together more than a dozen distinguished writers and storytellers who presented their work, led classes, and engaged in discussion with one another.
PANELS
Re-weaving Indigenous Voices: Using Linguistics as a Tool for Translating Indigenous Texts
Dr. Akira Yamamoto, Dr. Mary Ann Willie, Dr. Susan PenfieldContemporary Indigenous Mexican Women Poets
Javier Duran and Briceida Cuevas CobStorytelling for Children
Danny LopezThe Sestina and Saad: Fixed Forms and Diné Literary Traditions
Luci TapahonsoUsing Indigenous Models for Language Arts in Schools
Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard DauenhauerPicking Up Words, Creating Poems, Writing Stories
Laura ToheBeauty of Sound and Meaning: American Indian Oral Tradition
Frances WashburnA Language of Journey
Ofelia ZepedaImage Speak
Sherwin BitsuiA Filmic Language Documentation of the Nez Perce and Sahaptin Languages
Phil Cash CashApproaches to Indigenous Literature
Simon OrtizO'odham Doesn't Rhyme, But It Has Meter: Writing Poetry in an American Indian Language
Ofelia ZepedaPanel Discussion: Indigenous Language and Poetry
Moderator: Leslie Marmon SilkoPanelists: Briceida Cuevas Cob, Javier Duran, Nora Dauenhauer, Rex Lee Jim, Luci Tapahonso, & Ofelia Zepeda
Tohono & Akimel O'odham Songs as Poetry
Daniel Lopez, Regina Siquieros, Ronald Geronimo, Mary Pablo, Mary Makil, Gwen PaulTranscribing, Translating, and Publishing Tlingit Oral Tradition
Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard DauenhauerOral Tradition and Reader Response
Rex Lee JimTelling Our Stories: American Indian Fiction
Frances WashburnGetting the Word Out: Creating Literature in Native Classrooms
Kit McIlroyYoeme History and Literature
Felipe Molina and Herminia Valenzuela
