Schedule

All events are held at the MSU Union

Thursday, March 13th

6 pm Registration Table Opens on 2nd Floor Concourse at the Union
7-10pm Invited Readings at the MSU Union Ballroom presented by:
- Eric Gansworth
- Qwo-Li Driskill
- Jim Northrup
- Richard Van Camp
- Pun Plamondon
- Charlene Bearskin
- Daniel Heath Justice
- LeAnne Howe
- Debbie Reese
- David Treuer

Friday, March 14th

8 am Registration Table Opens on 2nd Floor Concourse at the Union
9 - 10:30 am workshops
- Debbie Reese: With Blogs and Children's Books: "We Talk, You Listen"
- Charlene Bearskin: The Storyteller: The Union of the Spoken and Written Word of an American Indian
- Brenda Child: Locating a Middle Ground in Academic Writing: Engaging Tribal Audiences
10:30 - 11 am Coffee Break
11 am - 12:30 pm workshops
- Bill Penn: Fidgey: Saying what you have to tell
- Ellen Cushman: Digital Storytelling: Composing Our Lives with Pictures, Words and Sound
- Jim Northrup: The Writer's Life (How I saved Minnesota)/Ingii Ozhibii'ige ezhiwaybak ishkoniganing
12:30 - 2 pm Lunch and Wordcraft Awards Ceremony in Ballroom
2 - 3:30 pm workshops
- Helen Roy: The Culture Embodied in Our Words
- LaVonne Ruoff: My Life, My Nation, My Culture: American Indian Life Histories and Autobiographies
- Eric Gansworth: The Reading as Rock Concert or Designing an Inviting Set List
3:30 - 4 pm Coffee Break
4 - 5:30 pm workshops
- LeAnne Howe: Ghostwriting, or Writing with Ghosts
- Pun Plamondon: Our Stories are Healing Stories
- Richard Van Camp: The Portrayal of Aboriginal People in Comic Books and Graphic Novels
5:30 pm - 8 pm Dinner on your own in East Lansing
8 - 10 pm Open-Mic Night in the MSU Union Ballroom

Saturday March 15th

8 am Registration Table Opens on 2nd Floor Concourse at the Union
9 - 10:30 am workshops
- Daryl Baldwin: myaamiaataweenki: aapoosi iilaataweenki / The Miami Language: Spoken Again - CANCELLED
- Pun Plamondon: Self Publishing - How I Did It
- Daniel Heath Justice: Imagining Otherwise: Expanding the Boundaries of Indigenous Speculative Fiction
10:30 - 11 am Coffee Break
11 am -12:30 pm workshops
- David Treuer: Making Believe: Creating Culture on the Page
- Janet Marie Rogers: Down There: Using Writing Prompts to Stimulate the Pen
- Scott Lyons: Beyond the Moccasin Telegraph: Commentary, the Essay, and the Public Intellectual
12:30 - 2 pm Lunch on your own in East Lansing
2 - 3:30 pm workshops
- Dylan Miner: Aboriginality, Art, and Anti-Colonialism: Writing About Contemporary Native Art
- Anton Treuer: Traditional Ojibwe Literature: Definition, Meaning and Use
- Asani: Song Creating
3:30 - 4 pm Coffee Break
4 - 5:30 pm workshops
- Angela Haas: Inscribing the World: Memory and Meaning in Traditional Rock Art
- Qwo-Li Driskill: Idigalvladi ale Nanadvnehv/ Stories and Performance
- Malea Powell: Academic Publishing, NDN-style
5:30 - 6:30 pm Break
6:30 pm Banquet Reception in MSU Union Ballroom
- Dinner Service at 7 pm, followed by Asani performance