The Institute for American Indian Research at the University of New Mexico hosts its fourth Indigenous Book Festival on March 3-4, celebrating the work of contemporary Indigenous poets, novelists, scholars and writers, according to a UNM Newsroom press release.
This festival is supported by The Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies and through a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council, according to the press release.
Some activities for the festival include: a keynote address by Professor C. Matthew Snipp, film presentation of Mekko and 12 dialogue presentations featuring writers/scholars, according to the press release.
According to the press release, the events are free and open to the public.
The inaugural festival in 2010 brought together more than 300 students, faculty and community members in order to experience, discuss and celebrate Native American literature, according to the press release.
The Indigenous Book Festival provides a stimulating forum on “utilizing storytelling to transform positive change,” according to the press release.
According to the press release, the 2016 Indigenous Book Festival features: C. Matthew Snipp (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma), Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Scott Manning Stevens (Akwesasne Mohawk), Kiara Vigil, Robin Minthorn (Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Apache, Nez Perce, Umatilla and Assiniboine), amongst others.
For more information, visit the IFAIR website at ifair.unm.edu, access our twitter account @IFAIRbookfest, or contact Dr. Lloyd L. Lee at (505) 277-1822 or triplel@unm.edu, according to the press release
