Name: Writing Indigenous Experiences
Start: 2016-10-12T19:00:00-0700
End: 2016-10-12T21:00:00-0700

Writing Indigenous Experiences

Indigenous, First Nations, Native Americans, or American Indian—whichever words you use, a new wave of literature is bringing their issues to the forefront. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Alison Owings, Kim Shuck, Lindsie Bear, and Greg Sarris discuss the unique challenges faced by writers who communicate indigenous realities for a wider audience. $10

Moderators/Hosts

Lindsie Bear

Director of Nature and Environmental Publishing, Heyday

Participants

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Professor, California State University

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a writer, historian, and socialist activist. The stories of her grandfather inspired her to lifelong social justice activism. Her account of life up to leaving Oklahoma is recorded in Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie. Doctorate in History from University of California... Read More →

Dina Gilio-Whitaker

American Indian Studies Lecturer, California State University San Marcos

I am a Native American studies scholar and writer who lives in a Southern California beach town and surfs. You can talk to me about anything relating to indigenous cultures/politics and surfing. I co-authored a book titled "'All the Real Indians Died Off' and 20 Other Myths about... Read More →

Alison Owings

The title of Alison Owings's latest book, Indian Voices/Listening to Native Americans, reflects her inclination to conduct lengthy interviews with people who are marginalized, stereotyped, or disregarded. The voices in Indian Voices include Passamaquoddy, Lumbee, Hopi, Yupik, and... Read More →

Greg Sarris

Greg Sarris received his Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University, where he was awarded the Walter Gore Award for excellence in teaching. He has published several books, including Grand Avenue (1994), an award-winning collection of short stories, which he adapted... Read More →

Kim Shuck

Urban Native identities, definitions of culture, poetry, indiginerds.

Wednesday October 12, 2016 7:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
San Francisco Center for the Book

Type: Book Sales & Signing Type: Panel Discussion Type: Reading Venue: Ticketed Venue: Wheelchair Accessible

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