A reading series curated by multidisciplinary storyteller D.A. Navoti to honor Indigenous storytellers, writers, and poets.
AWP 2023
March 2023 - In collaboration with Seattle City of Literature and Hugo House, We the Indigenous returned for the AWP 2023 conference in Seattle, WA. The event was hosted by Brandi Douglas (Puyallup Tribe) with a land acknowledgment from Ken Workman (Duwamish Tribe).
(The event starts at 33:44 mark)
Featured writers and storytellers include:
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Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest (Lhaq'temish Nation)
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Queer poet and folk artist Arianne True (Choctaw, Chickasaw)
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American Book Award winner Laura Da' (Eastern Shawnee)
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Memorious co-founder and poet Rob Arnold (Chamoru)
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Truman Capote Literary fellow Sara Marie Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo)
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Pacific Northwest Book Award winner Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe (Upper Skagit, Nooksack Indian Tribe)
Native American Heritage Month
November 2021 - In partnership with Hugo House, We the Indigenous featured:
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Poet Kalehua Kim
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Haida language warrior, singer, and writer Sondra Segundo
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Made-at-Hugo-House fellow Scott Bentley.
Produced with support from Potlatch Fund.
At Get Lit! Festival
April 2021 - In partnership with Get Lit! Festival, We the Indigenous featured:
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Elissa Washuta (Cowlitz)
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Jake Skeets (Navajo Nation)
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Tiffany Midge (Standing Rock Sioux Nation)
Produced with support from Get Lit! Festival.
Keep Portland Indigenous
March 2021 - Sasha LaPointe (Upper Skagit/Nooksack) hosted a special Portland, Oregon, edition of We the Indigenous.
Featured writers included:
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Demian DinéYazhi’ (Diné)
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Jessica Mehta (Cherokee)
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Blake Hausman (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)
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Trevino L. Brings Plenty (Citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe).
Produced with support from NDN Collective.
Worlds & Myths
July 2021 - In partnership with Clarion West, We the Indigenous featured:
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New York Times Bestselling author of Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson (Cherokee)
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Cartoonist and author of Prism Stalker Sloane Leong (Choctaw/Cherokee/Hawaiin/Chinese/Mexican/European).
Produced with support from NDN Collective.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 2020 - In partnership with Hugo House in Seattle, WA, We the Indigenous debuted on Indigenous Peoples' Day 2020 and featured:
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Laura Da' (Eastern Shawnee)
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Sasha LaPointe (Upper Skagit/Nooksack)
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Arianne True (Choctaw, Chickasaw),
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Hailey Tayathy (Quileute Nation).
The reading's theme was Indigenous Empowerment.