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Anishinaabe poet Jim Northrup speaks on Feb. 21
The speaker series of UNC Pembroke’s Department of American Indian Studies presents Anishinaabe poet Jim Northrup (Chibenesi indigoo Ojibwemong) on Tuesday, February 21, at 7 p.m. in the University Center Annex.
The event is free and open to the public.
Northrup is an Anishinaabe author, performer and satirist from the Fond du Lac Indian reservation in Minnesota. His syndicated column, the Fond du Lac Follies, won the award for the best column by the Native American Journalists Association in 1999.
Northrup also has won awards for his memoirs, which use humor to discuss and heal the darker sides of life, including his surviving abuse at a government boarding school and posttraumatic stress disorder from his service in the Marines during the Vietnam War.
Northrup will read from his most recent book, “Anishinaabe Syndicated: A View From The Rez,” released in 2011 by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. He will talk about his current project, a work of fiction titled “Dirty Copper.”
The speaker series is sponsored by the Department of American Indian Studies, the Office of Academic Affairs, the Department of History, the Office of Multicultural and Minority Affairs, the Office for Community and Civic Engagement and the Teaching and Learning Center.
Northrup's books will be available for purchase and for him to sign at the event. For more information, contact Dr. Rose Stremlau at rose.stremlau@uncp.edu.
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