Join our #LanguageBack workshop and fill our participant’s from here:
November 9th, 2024
Menominee and Mohican Language and Poetics
College of the Menominee Nation
N172 HWY 47/55 Keshena WI 54135.
Worksop will be held in Shirley Daly Hall, rooms 227 and 228.
9:15 AM - 7:00 PM
Language Experts:
Richard Oshkeshequoam
(Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin)
Brock Scheiber
(Mahican)
Site Coordinator:
Dr. Ryan Winn (College of the Menominee Nation)
Menominee and Mohican Language and Poetics
Schedule
9:15: Gather with Coffee & breakfast snacks
9:30: Sign in & Receive Workshop Materials
9:45: Welcome & Opening Comments on #LanguageBack, In-Na-Po Founding Director, Kimberly Blaeser
10:00: Facilitator/Language Expert(s) Intro Comments
10:25: Activity & Introductions with Indigenous Languages
10:45: PowerPoint: Poetry in and with Indigenous Languages & Traditions featuring Poems by Regional and National writers. Offer Poetic Foundation with Definitions.
11:45 Box Lunch (provided) View “Poem for a Tattered Planet” and Ambient Language Videos Courtesy of CMN
12:45: Language Expert(s) offer Mini-Tutorial(s) and Provide “Language Bank.”
1:45: Poetry Play with Language & Prompts, Fun with Collaborative “Jazz” Poem. (Workshop Leaders with assistance from Language Experts)
2:30: Writing Time. Language Expert(s) and Workshop Leaders available for assistance.
3:00: Coffee/Tea & Snacks
3:15-3:45 Share/workshop Poems in Groups
4:00-5:00 Outside for Filming (PLEASE NOTE: The filming time is light-dependent and may vary a few minutes in either direction at the different locations.
5:20: Reading with Participants & Community. Meal served.
6:30: Final Comments from Language Experts & IN-NA-PO Director (includes information opportunities for publication, on-line community, & on-line performance).
7:00: Departure
November 23rd, 2024
Oneida and Anishinaabemowin Language and Poetics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
203 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211.
Workshop will be held in Curtin Hall, Room 368 and Special Collections Golda Meir Library on the 4th floor.
Language Experts:
Dr. Yekuhsi•yó Rosa King
(Oneida Nation)
Wayne Valliere
(Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe)
Site Coordinator:
Dr. Michael Wilson (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
December 7th, 2024
Anishinaabemowin Language and Poetics
510 Old Abe Rd, Lac Du Flambeau, WI 54538.
Workshop will be held in the Ojibwe Room, second floor of the hotel.
Language Expert:
Wayne Valliere
(Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe)
Site Coordinator:
Carol Amour, (First Nations Traveling Resource Center)