Wi Ap Ishākat, Voices and Stories from Indigenous/Afro-Indigenous Louisiana

Schedule

Sat Nov 22 2025 at 01:00 pm to 05:15 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

1204 Johnston St., Lafayette, LA, United States, Louisiana 70503 | Lafayette, LA

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Join us for an event celebrating Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous voices on Saturday, November 22nd. The Center for Louisiana Studies, That Painted Horse Press, the Flora Levy Humanities Series, and the UL Department of English present an afternoon of stories, poetry, performance, and fellowship with Indigenous and Creole folks from across Louisiana! Come hear speakers, writers, and language revitalization experts from the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, Choctaw-Apache Tribe, United Houma Nation, Atakapa-Ishak, and Louisiana Creole communities. The event opens at 1 p.m. with an Elder blessing and the first session of storytellers and authors will be from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. The second session starts at 3:20. The closing blessing is at 5 p.m. Join us!
To help us best prepare for this event, please register at the link below.

There is limited parking in the Roy House lot. Spaces are available across the street at Martin Hall Circle, and along University Avenue in ParkMobile lots.
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