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<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase;background:white;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://media.newmexicoculture.org/release/1/museum-of-indian-art"><span style="color:#0000B2">MUSEUM
OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h2 style="margin-top:5.25pt;px"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#9E3106;background:white;font-weight:normal">MIAC Announces Indigenous Storytelling Speaker Series<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white"><br>
November 04, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">MEDIA CONTACT</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white"><br>
Cisco Tapia<br>
505-795-1908<br>
<a href="mailto:cisco.tapia@state.nm.us"><span style="color:#0000B2">cisco.tapia@state.nm.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is excited to announce a new virtual speaker series called "Indigenous Storytelling in Literature and Arts." The first of
these weekly presentations will begin at 1 p.m. MST on Thursday, November 5, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">According to Dr. Debbie Reese (Nambé Owingeh), “Children are inundated with stereotyped and biased images of Native people in the fiction, non-fiction, and textbooks
they read. As a result, Native children’s’ self-esteem is harmed and non-Native children are miseducated. Recent years have shown a small but steady increase in books by Native writers that counter harmful imagery, though there is still significant work to
be done.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">These conversations are an extension of MIAC’s ongoing work with local schools and educators and are meant to serve as a resource for New Mexicans to learn about Indigenous
communities throughout the Southwest. Their critical work is expanding the knowledge and understandings of Indigenous voices in literature and the arts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">“We are enthusiastic to host such an accomplished group of speakers,” said MIAC Executive Director Della Warrior (Otoe-Missouria). “This series is timely for MIAC
as we continue to develop programs focused on showcasing the diversity of Indigenous educators and artists.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">Please check MIAC’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IndianArtsCulture/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000B2">Facebook Page</span></a> on Thursdays at 1 p.m.
MST for the weekly link.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">Below is a schedule of speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">Who</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">: Dr. Debbie Reese (Nambé Owingeh)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">When</span></strong>: Thursday, November 5, 2020, 1 p.m. MST<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">About the speaker</span></strong>: Enrolled at Nambé Owingeh, Dr. Reese’s research on Native peoples in children’s literature is taught in English, Library Science, and Education classrooms in the United States
and Canada. Dr. Reese’s education started at the day school at Nambé. She became a teacher and taught at Albuquerque Public Schools, Pojoaque Elementary School, and Santa Fe Indian School. She has a B.S. in Education from the University of New Mexico, an M.A.
in Education from the University of Oklahoma, a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Illinois, and an MLIS from San Jose State University. Her blog, “American Indians in Children’s Literature,” is widely recognized as a leading resource for teachers,
librarians, parents, writers, and professors. She is a co-adaptor of “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People,” which won an Honor Award from the American Indian Library Association and was on numerous "Best of" book lists in 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">Who</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">: Laurel Goodluck (Mandan and Hidatsa & Tsimshian)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">When</span></strong>: Thursday, November 12, 2020, 1 p.m. MST<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">About the speaker</span></strong>: Laurel Goodluck writes picture books with modern Native themes that reflect Native children’s cultural experiences and everyday life, showing Native children that they have
a perspective that is unique and powerful. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Laurel comes from an intertribal background of Mandan and Hidatsa from the prairies of North Dakota, and Tsimshian from a rainforest in Alaska. Laurel received both a B.A. in
Psychology and an M.A. in Community Counseling and Family Studies from the University of New Mexico. She began writing by crafting a curriculum for community advocacy involving Native teen leadership and later for children newly diagnosed with mental health
challenges. Laurel lives with her Navajo husband in Albuquerque, where they raised two children also bent on storytelling in journalism and filmmaking. She was a recipient of the 2019 We Need Diverse Books Picture Book Mentorship and was paired with award-winner
author Traci Sorell. She also received a competitive funding grant from New Mexico Writers to support new works in progress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">Who</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">: Daniel W. Vandever (Navajo)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">When</span></strong>: Thursday, November 19, 2020, 1 p.m. MST<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">About the speaker</span></strong>: From Haystack, New Mexico, Daniel W. Vandever,(Navajo) is the Communications Director of Navajo Technical University, where he also serves as an adjunct instructor. Vandever
obtained his undergraduate degree in Strategic Communication from the University of Missouri and his graduate degree in Community and Regional Planning from the University of New Mexico. Vandever volunteers for the Crownpoint Navajo Rug Auction, providing
technical support and helping local weavers sell their rugs. Vandever comes from a long line of educators and is the grandson of Navajo Code Talker Joe Vandever Sr. He is the author of “Fall in Line, Holden!” (2017), which follows a young Navajo Boy through
his day at a boarding school.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">Who</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">: Melissa Henry (Navajo)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">When</span></strong>: Thursday, December 3, 2020, 1 p.m. MST<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">About the speaker</span></strong>: Filmmaker Melissa Henry spent her childhood herding sheep, caring for livestock, and playing in the forest. Today, she makes innovative Navajo-language films that appeal to
people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. Often featuring her pets and animals on her family’s land on the Navajo reservation, Henry’s films employ voiceovers to animate the thoughts and meanderings of the animals through the reservation landscape. Her
short animated film, “This is a Hogan,” was produced for MIAC as part of the upcoming renovated “Here, Now and Always” exhibit. Henry has received a National Geographic All Roads Seed Grant and a Sundance Institute Fellowship, and has won the People’s Choice
award in the PBS Online Film Festival.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">Who</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">: Arigon Starr (Kickapoo)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">When</span></strong>: Thursday, December 10, 2020, 1 p.m. MST<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">About the speaker</span></strong>: Arigon Starr is a Kickapoo singer, actor, playwright, and comic book writer known for her one-woman shows. She has won numerous awards for her music, art, and plays, including
the Native American Music Awards for Best Independent Recording in 1999 and Songwriter of the Year in 2007. In 2016, Starr edited the graphic novel “Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers,” which was named one of the American Library Association’s 2018 Great Graphic
Novels for Teens. Starr has stated that her writings are intended to counter negative Indigenous stereotypes. She is the first Native American woman to have her own record label: "Wacky Productions" and has created four albums under this label.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">This series is generously funded by the Continuous Pathways Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">About the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white"><br>
</span></b><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white">The </span></em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white"><a href="http://www.indianartsandculture.org/" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#0000B2">Museum
of Indian Arts and Culture</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> is a division of the </span></em><a href="http://www.newmexicoculture.org/" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#0000B2">Department of
Cultural Affairs</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">, under the leadership of the Board of Regents for the Museum of New Mexico. Programs and exhibits are generously supported by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and our donors. The
mission of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology is to serve as a center of stewardship, knowledge, and understanding of the artistic, cultural, and intellectual achievements of the diverse peoples of the Native Southwest.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#222222;background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Here’s a
<a href="https://media.newmexicoculture.org/release/1214/miac-announces-indig">link</a> to the latest news release on the Department of Cultural Affairs
<a href="https://media.newmexicoculture.org/">Media Center</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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