Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the appointment of Joy Harjo as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-2020. Harjo will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season on Sept. 19 with a reading of her work in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress.
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Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert grew up in a community of running. Even as a child growing up in Flagstaff, he said he would run with his family in Buffalo Park. The Hopi people have a long history of running, and in his new book, "Hopi Runners: Crossing the Terrain Between Indian and American," he tells the story of some of the Hopi runners who made history in the early 1900s.
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- The University of Illinois is joining in a celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day on Monday, with UI graduate Charlene Teters as the keynote speaker.
- The American Indian Studies Program (AIS) at the University of Illinois welcomes Associate Professor Dustin Tahmahkera as its newest faculty member.
- Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, a professor of history, has been appointed by the College of LAS to direct the American Indian Studies Program at Illinois.
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AIS 285There are two popular narratives about Native Americans. The first is that their ancestors reached the Americas via the Bering Strait some 13,000 years ago. The second is that the majority died from infectious diseases when Columbus et al.
AIS 277In Encounters in Native America, students will explore the complex history of cross-cultural encounters between Native peoples and other groups in North America.
AIS 459Representations of American Indians have played a significant role in the formation of popular culture and science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres.
