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In celebration of our Peoria Reads titles, Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley and Berry Song, by Michaela Goade, we invite you to join us at Columbia Park (next to McClure Branch) to explore and learn about Indigenous culture and history. This family-friendly event features guest speakers as well as local artists and creators. We will also have food tastings and field games for everyone.
Free and open to all.
About our presenters:
** Chef Jessica Walks First (Pamonicutt), Ketapanen Kitchen
Executive Chef and owner of Ketapanen Kitchen
Chicago's first Native American Pop-Up Kitchen and catering Company
Born on the Menominee Indian Reservation in northern Wisconsin, but has spent many years in Chicago, home to one of the largest urban Indian populations in the country (100,000+).
** Dr. Nataka Moore, Mbwakowen Harambee Collective
Licensed clinical psychologist with 20+ years of clinical and academic experience
Faculty, Adler University, Dept. of Psychology
Human Rights Activist with experience leading social justice initiatives, nationally and internationally
** Jay Young, Executive Director of the American Indian Center in Chicago, one of the oldest urban Native centers in the U.S.
Enrolled citizen of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Thunder clan
Visual Storyteller
Promoter/teacher of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
** Brooke Morgan, Curator of Anthropology & NAGPRA contact, Illinois State Museum Research & Collections Center
North American archaeologist, museum professional and NAGPRA practitioner
Specializes in the Paleoindian and Plains Village (Late Prehistoric) periods
Helped facilitate return of 42 culturally significant objects from the Illinois State Museum to Indigenous Australians
Editor of North Dakota Archaeology, a peer-reviewed journal
** Logan Pappenfort, Director of Tribal Relations, Illinois State Museum
Former Second Chief for the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Curator of Anthropology and Interim Director - Dickson Mounds Museum
Descended from tawaahkwakinanka (Trail of the Storm), also known as George Washington Finley, a hereditary chief of the Piankashaw
Helped coordinate the Peoria Annual Pow-wow from 2015 to 2021
** Kim Sigafus McIver, Illinois Humanities Road Scholar and author
Award-winning Ojibwa author of more than 20 books of Native American fiction and nonfiction, young adult (YA) and children’s books
Her family is from the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, but she lives in Freeport now
CEO of Quiet Souls Events and Education, a nonprofit promoting native culture through educational programs and special events.
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Columbia Park, 300 McClure Avenue,Peoria,IL,United States
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