Last Updated: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 2:55 PM CDT
Community : Poet Laureate to speak at storytelling workshop Saturday
Storytelling is the oldest form of telling history and that is how we learn what has gone on in the past. This is how we know our identity - where we have come from and who we are.
Because storytelling is so important, the Potawatomi Traveling Times and the Indian Springs Lodge and Conference Center in Carter are hosting an event called “Traveling Voices.”
“Sometimes our stories have been lost. Either there was no one to hear them, or, if they did, they didn't think it was important enough to pass them on,” said Teri Korbas, organizer of the event. “This event is our way of being able to work with the youth and surrounding communities involved in literature.”
“Traveling Voices” will take place on Saturday at the Indian Springs Lodge starting around 9:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast. The opening prayer will be at 10 a.m. with drumming to follow from the FCP Walking 4 Directions Youth Singers.
The first presenter will be Kathleen Tigerman. Tigerman is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin Platteville. She also developed a permanent course offered at UW-Platteville on Wisconsin Indian Literature. Tigerman will be talking about “Wisconsin Indian Literature, Anthology of Native Voices,” which is a collaboration of stories from tribes all over Wisconsin that she edited.
Also, with great honor, the Wisconsin State Poet Laureate for 2004-08, Denise Sweet, will give a presentation at the event. Sweet is an Associate Professor of Humanistic Studies, Creative Writing, and First Nations Studies at UW-Green Bay. Her presentation is entitled, “Who We Are, What is Ours: Literary Traditions of the 1st Nations.” Since earning her BA and MA in English from UW-EC, Denise Sweet has had more than 20 years of experience as an innovative educator, award-winning author, widely acclaimed presenter and creative communications consultant. Sweet has authored five collections of poetry including “Songs of Discharming,” which has earned multiple awards.
Governor Doyle had this to say upon choosing Sweet as the Wisconsin Poet Laureate for 2004-08: “Denise is well-educated, well-published and well-admired by the community of poets and educators; she is a skilled teacher and performer and has a proven ability to reach diverse groups: from children to elders, from Native American to Caucasian, from urban to rural, from the barely literate to the well-educated.”
Unfortunately, the other scheduled presenter, Laurie Hovell McMillin, author of “Buried Indians, Digging up the Past in a Midwestern Town,” had to cancel. However, her book will be available to view and/or purchase.
A light lunch will be served to those in attendance.
To learn more about this event, call the Potawatomi Traveling Times office at (715) 478-7437 or visit their Web site at www.fcpotawatomi.com for the calendar of events page.
If you are interested in reading the books, books will be for sale at the Potawatomi Traveling Times office, 201 W. Pioneer, Crandon, WI 54520, and at the Indian Springs Lodge Gift Shop in Carter.
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