Ofelia Zepeda in Portland OR, October 13

[CARMIN Jim]

The Natural Way, Indigenous Voices, a program of Earth & Spirit Council,
invites you to a special presentation (see below) by MacArthur award
winning poet and linguist Ofelia Zepeda on October 13th at 7pm at the
Native American Student and Community Center on the campus of Portland
State University (SW Broadway and Jackson, Portland OR). Cost is $10-$20
sliding scale. 


O'odham Poems as Stories of a People 

Ofelia Zepeda is a poet and former director of the American Indian
Studies Program at the University of Arizona. She was born and raised
near the Tohono O'odham (Papago) and Akimel O'odham (Pima) reservations
of Arizona and received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of
Arizona. She is currently a professor of linguistics there and is
considered the foremost authority in Tohono O'odham language and
literature. In 1999, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her work
as a linguist, poet, editor, and community leader devoted to maintaining
and preserving Native American languages and to revitalizing tribal
communities and cultures. 

Co-sponsored by Ecotrust and the American Indian Science and Engineering
Society. 

More information at
http://www.earthandspirit.org/NaturalWay/ofeliaZepeda.html 


     Jim Carmin
     John Wilson Special Collections Librarian
     Multnomah County Library
     801 SW 10th Avenue
     Portland, OR 97205
     jimc at multcolib.org
     phone: 503-988-6287
     fax: 503-988-5226