The Lake Superior College Diversity Committee is co-sponsoring a guest speaker on Thursday, March 5 and an American Indian Storytelling Conference on Saturday, March 7.

Guest Speaker Rosemary Christensen will give a speech titled “The Four Colors, Gifts to Humankind.” Christensen is an assistant professor of First Nation Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Christensen is a founding member of the National Indian Education Association, and in recent years, with colleagues, worked with the Ojibwe language, writing and producing 5 units for family use. She’ll be discussing “The Fires and Storytelling, an Oral Traditional Teaching Device That Works.”

What: Guest speaker Rosemary Christensen
When: Thursday, March 5 / 6-8:30 p.m.
Where: 4th Floor, UMD Library Rotunda
A soup supper will be served.

The American Indian Storytelling Conference will feature storytellers Sean Fahrlander, Richard LaFortune, Roxanne Delille and Lee Staples.

What: American Indian Storytelling Conference
When: Sat., March 7 / 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Where: 4th Floor, UMD Library Rotunda
A continental breakfast will be provided.

Questions? Call the UMD American Indian Learning Resource Center @ (218) 726-6379.

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