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Plains Indian Sign Language – Indigenous Language Acquisition Method and History – Dr. Lanny Real Bird
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
There is an intertribal movement of acquiring traditional languages. The practices of revitalization and renaissance are being complemented by the movements and action-based techniques of learning words and phrases while exercising the motions of the traditional Plains Indian Sign Language. This language has a vast bac , ...
Plains Indian Sign Language – Indigenous Language Acquisition Method and History – Dr. Lanny Real Bird
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
There is an intertribal movement of acquiring traditional languages. The practices of revitalization and renaissance are being complemented by the movements and action-based techniques of learning words and phrases while exercising the motions of the traditional Plains Indian Sign Language. This language has a vast bac , ...
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Jeannette Rankin: American Conscience with Mary Jane Bradbury
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Humanitarian, pacifist, and tireless advocate for social reform, Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to U.S. Congress, and the only member of Congress to vote against U.S. entry into both world wars. Bradbury, as Jeannette, discusses her journey from grassroots suffragist to being the first woman to participat , ...
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Writers in Conversation: Nicholas Triolo and Tami Haaland
6:00 am - 7:30 pm
When poetry meets memoir, two distinctive Montana writers come together for a wide-ranging conversation about place, memory, and the ways we make meaning from the lives we’ve lived. There will be books for sale at the event.   , ...
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Connecting to Land Through a Tribal Lens with Lailani Upham
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
This place-based talk explores how Indigenous stories, history, and lived relationships with land shape conservation in real and practical ways. Drawing from her field-based storytelling and visual storytelling (photo & video) work with Iron Shield Creative, Lailani shares how Indigenous knowledge systems are not s , ...
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Montana’s Poet Laureate Program with Allen Morris Jones
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
We live surrounded by stories. They shape our lives and tell us who we are, where we come from, and where we might be going. Some stories unite us as communities while personal stories inform our sense of self. Who has impacted our lives? What places have shaped us? Montana Poet Laureate Allen Morris Jones has used sto , ...
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One Book Montana Kickoff Event with Nicholas Triolo’s “The Way Around”
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us in celebrating the release of the paperback edition of “The Way Around” by Nicholas Triolo. Nicholas Triolo will be in conversation about his story as well as his enthusiastic love of libraries. The book will be for sale and there will be time for author signing. One Book Montana is Humanities MontanaR , ...
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Bridging the Worlds with Buck Hitswithastick
6:00 pm
The Selis Qlispe Culture Committee once stated that: “We seek to guard and protect the culture and language of our ancestors so that it will not end or be lost.” “Bridging the Worlds” addresses this concern as a knowledge-based discussion centered on Salish-Bitterroot history and experience, which focuses on Native war , ...
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Historical Cowboy Music and Authentic Storytelling with Philip Page
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Program Description Through Cowboy Music and Authentic Storytelling, Philip Page educates audiences about Montana’s early rich history. It’s been said music is a bridge between emotions and actual thoughts and endless visions of the mind. For instance – Who were some of the first ones to come to the Montana Territory a , ...
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Connecting to Land Through a Tribal Lens with Lailani Upham
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Program Description This place-based talk explores how Indigenous stories, history, and lived relationships with land shape conservation in real and practical ways. Drawing from her field-based storytelling and visual storytelling (photo & video) work with Iron Shield Creative, Lailani shares how Indigenous knowled , ...
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