Native American women from the American Southwest have always used basket weaving to maintain relationships with nature, their spirituality, tribal histories, sovereignty, and their ancestors.
Programs and Events
The Newberry offers programming in the humanities for scholars, teachers, and the general public. Unless otherwise noted, events are free, and no reservations are required. Many of our programs are recorded, and you can listen to them on our website.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Reel Injun – Search for the Hollywood Indian, Directed by: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, and Jeremiah Hayes
The history of the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.
More Than a Word, directed by Kenn Little and John Little
Directors: Kenn Little and John Little
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Colonial History Lecture Series: Peter C. Mancall
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
In the sixteenth-century Atlantic world, nature and culture swirled in people’s minds to produce fantastic images.
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Kissed by Lightning, Directed by Shelley Niro
“Kissed by Lightning” is a story of woman trying to keep the stories of her late husband alive while also
working through her grief and learning to love again.
Run time: 1 hour 29 minutes
She is Water, Directed by Darlene Naponse
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Native women are overwhelmingly ignored in research on gender-based violence. Native women residing in urban locales are particularly marginalized, as they are viewed as “less Native” by both non-Native researchers and at times by Native people living on reservation lands.
Thursday, March 7, 2019
This presentation, a dissertation chapter-in-progress, compares Hopi ideas about preservation with reigning best practices in language revitalization initiatives and archival practice.
Saturday, March 9, 2019
#stillhere, Directed by Desmond Hessing (Oklahoma Choctaw)
Short Video Art piece which challenges traditional representations of Indigenous people as being trapped in the
past.
Run time: 1 minute 20 seconds
Nothing about Moccasins, Directed by Eden Mallina Awashish