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Gwen Westerman & Linda LeGarde GroverDate: May 18, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Location: Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center AICHO’s Indigenous Writer Series continues with the next event featuring Minnesota Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman and Linda LeGarde Grover. In their session, Westerman and LeGarde Grover will each talk about their books, read an excerpt, participate in a Q&A segment, and sign books. Parking for the event is free and is located in the parking lot across from the gallery.
Westerman was named Minnesota’s Poet Laureate in 2021, and she is the first Native American to hold this title. Westerman is the co-author of Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota which won a 2013 Minnesota Book Award, and a 2014 Hognander Minnesota History Award. She is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate and is Cherokee. LeGarde Grover is a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe and a professor emeritus of American Indian Studies Department at University of Minnesota-Duluth. She is an award-winning writer who has authored fiction, poetry, research articles, newspaper columns and essays. LeGarde Grover’s most recent novel, A Song Over Miskwaa Rapids, is the fourth book in her series about the fictional Mozhay Point Band of Ojibwe reservation and people in northeastern Minnesota. |
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About the Series |
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AICHO is excited to host our first ever Indigenous Writer Series. These free and open to the community sessions will span over 13 months. Mark your calendars and join us as we celebrate, lift up, and showcase local and regional Indigenous writers. Events will include writer presentations, book readings, Q & A from the audience, book signings, and refreshments. All events will be in-person at AICHO’s Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center at 212 W. 2nd St in Duluth, MN except for Dr. Michael Sullivan’s which is via Zoom. We are grateful to the McKnight Foundation for sponsoring this series and for their ongoing support.
Future EventsFebruary 10, 2024: Tashia Hart & Staci L. Drouillard
May 18, 2024: Gwen Westerman & Linda LeGarde Grover August 24. 2024: Marcie Rendon & Denise Sweet November 9, 2024: Dennis Staples & Jesse Switters |