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STUDENTS & ALUMNI April 13, 2010 through April 15, 2010 7:00 pm  The Institute of American Indian Arts hosts a creative cultural exchange, “Threads of Kinship: Dialogues with Native Siberian Writers” during the second week of April. Two of the events that week are free and open to the public: a reading on Tuesday, April 13 at 7:00 p.m. at IAIA’s Library and Technology Center auditorium and a roundtable discussion on Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. at IAIA’s Center for Lifelong Education Commons Room (the IAIA campus is located at 83 Avan Nu Po Road). Both events feature Native Siberian writers Yeremai Aipin (Khanty), Maria Vagatova (Khanty), Yuri Vaella (Forest Nenets), with scholar/translator Dr. Alexander Vaschenko of Moscow State University along with Native American writers Dr. N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa), James Thomas Stevens (Akwesasne Mohawk), Evelina Zuni Lucero (Isleta Pueblo/Ohkay Owingeh Pueblos), d.g. nanouk okpik (Inupiat-Inuit) and Sherwin Bitsui (Diné). Dr. Andrew Wiget will join in on the roundtable discussion on April 15, as well. “Threads of Kinship” has been made possible by the Lannan Foundation. The exchange promises to open new dialogues about the striking and enduring parallels between Indigenous peoples' literature, arts and life ways in North America and Russia. In the last decade there has been an unprecedented amount of writing being done by Indigenous authors in the United States, Canada and Russia; however, due to historical and political circumstances, seldom could these writers speak directly to their counterparts across the planet. Now that this exchange is possible, valuable discussions about the struggles of maintaining traditional ways of life, languages and lands amid the onslaught of globalization will be carried forth through poets and storytellers. “Threads of Kinship” will inspire students and members of American Indian communities through the unique dialogue about similarities that nourish—through oral tradition and ritual practice—youth who are seeking direction in their own life journeys. Related initiatives are a forthcoming book The Way of Kinship: An Anthology of Native Siberian Literature and a documentary film Voices of Kinship: N. Scott Momaday's Journeys to Siberia. For more information, please call 505.424.2365 or email jdavis@iaia.edu.
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