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Native American Historian at Malpass Library Nov. 6; Wurth Nov. 7 Reading Canceled
November 4, 2008
MACOMB, IL -- In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Western Illinois University Libraries, WIU's English and journalism department and the Native American Indian Organization are sponsoring a talk by Native American historian Stephen Warren at the Leslie F. Malpass Library at 3 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 6 in Malpass 180.
Warren will present "Chopping Wood: Being and Becoming Shawnee in a Global Age." Warren is a professor of history at Augustana College in Rock Island (IL), author of " The Shawnees and Their Neighbors, 1795-1870" and serves as a historical consultant for the Miami and Absentee Shawnee tribes.
The 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7 reading at Malpass by Erika Wurth, assistant professor in WIU's English and journalism department and author of "Indian Trains," a book of poems published last year by West End Press, has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances.
"Chopping Wood: Being and Becoming Shawnee in a Global Age" is open free to the public. For more information, contact Penny Kelsey, assistant professor in WIU's English and journalism department, at (309) 298-1111 or P-Kelsey@wiu.edu.
Posted By: Teresa Koltzenburg (WIUNews@wiu.edu)
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