Brown Bag Author Event: Winona LaDuke at Gichi-Ziibi Center for the Arts

Name: Brown Bag Author Event: Winona LaDuke at Gichi-Ziibi Center for the Arts
Start: 2024-06-17T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-06-17T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 602 S 5th St, Brainerd, MN 56401, United States

Schedule

Mon Jun 17 2024 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

602 S 5th St, Brainerd, MN 56401, United States | Brainerd, MN

Join us for a free author event at Gichi-Ziibi Center for the Arts! Meet the author, hear their work, and ask questions. On Monday, June 17, Winona LaDuke will discuss the 25th anniversary edition of her novel "Last Standing Woman."
In this highly anticipated new edition of her debut novel, LaDuke weaves a nonlinear narrative of struggle and triumph, resistance, and resilience, spanning seven generations from the 1800s to the early 2000s. Born at the turn of the 21st century, The Storyteller, also known as Ishkwegaabawiikwe (Last Standing Woman), carries her people’s past within her memories. The White Earth Anishinaabe people have lived on the same land for over a thousand years. Among the towering white pines and rolling hills, the people of each generation are born, live out their lives, and are buried. The arrival of European missionaries changes the community forever. Government policies begin to rob the people of their land, piece by piece. Missionaries and Indian agents work to outlaw ceremonies the Anishinaabeg have practiced for centuries. Grave-robbing anthropologists dig up ancestors and whisk them away to museums as artifacts. Logging operations destroy traditional sources of food, pushing the White Earth people to the brink of starvation. Battling addiction, violence, and corruption, each member of White Earth must find their own path of resistance as they struggle to reclaim stewardship of their land, bring their ancestors home, and stay connected to their culture and to each other.
Brought to you by the Friends of the Brainerd Public Library.