Indigenous Mesoamerica: Connection to Land and Language

Words of the People is hosting Mexican-Nicaraguan scholar, Juana de los Ángeles Mejía Marenco, for a lecture centering gender and language rights for Indigenous women in Mesoamerica. This lecture will be paired with clips from her documentary, Nacuachi, which highlights the loss of Indigenous languages in the state of Morelos in central Mexico. Juana's presentation will also feature a Writing Workshop and Open Mic facilitated by the multilingual literary organization Voces y Versos.

Free to the public.

Presented in Spanish with English interpretation.

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Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity, 910 South Boston Avenue, Tulsa, United States

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