Events

Oscar Hokeah’s debut novel is Calling for a Blanket Dance. This “electric debut takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle, whose family—part Mexican, part Native American—is determined to hold onto their community despite obstacles everywhere they turn.” The novel was recently nominated for a Pen/Hemingway Award and , ...

Burgess tells the story of Evelyn, a woman-child who came out to eastern Montana in 1911 and, at the age of fifteen, married a homesteader named James Moore. She immediately became pregnant, but they lost their homestead before she could give birth. James and Evelyn spent the next ten years living in shacks on rented l , ...

Sqelixʷ ‘Salish’ Storytelling incorporates Salish Language, Plains Indian Sign Language, and storytelling to discuss Salish culture, identity, and values. This presentation teaches Indigenous understandings about native storytelling, and Indigenous connection with the land. Aspen and Cameron Decker focus on Coyote stor , ...

Join Humanities Montana staff for a one-hour informational session about our grantmaking process and opportunities. This meeting will provide an overview for applicants interested in our regular grant opportunities and the April 20, 2023 deadline. Contact: Contact Megan Sundy at 406-243-6067 Pre-register using this lin , ...

Sqelixʷ ‘Salish’ Storytelling incorporates Salish Language, Plains Indian Sign Language, and storytelling to discuss Salish culture, identity, and values. This presentation teaches Indigenous understandings about native storytelling, and Indigenous connection with the land. Aspen and Cameron Decker focus on Coyote stor , ...

Location: Lincoln County Libraries -Troy Branch, 207 3rd St, Troy, MT 59935 Dates/times: Second Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m. This book club, focused on women’s social justice issues, takes place at the Lincoln County Libraries -Troy Branch the second Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m. To learn more about joinin , ...

This book club, hosted at the Great Falls Public Library, is held the second Saturday of each month at 10:00am. The book club is themed around Montana, either Montana authors or books about Montana. To learn more about joining and participating, please contact Debbie Stewart at 406-453-0349. , ...

Dr. Penny Hughes-Briant is the Wedsworth Memorial Library Book Club discussion leader. These book club meetings will occur monthly from August 2022-May 2023. To learn about participating, please contact Nancy Royan at 406-468-2848.   The March 13, 2023 meeting will focus on Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. , ...

A̓stqʷ: Salish Cedar Bark Baskets incorporates Salish Language, Plains Indian Sign Language, and cedar bark basket making to discuss Salish cultural identity and values. This presentation teaches holistic Indigenous understandings about native plants, and connection with the land and local ecosystems. Aspen and Cameron , ...

The Bozeman Public Library Book Club is meeting from 3:00 – 4:00 PM during the renovation of the Library Third Wednesday of the month at Gallatin Valley Mall Join in to discuss current fiction such as The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel, The Fire Keeper’s Daughter by Angelina Boulley in February, Les , ...

Against the backdrop of the social and political reform of the early 1900s, Nancy Cooper Russell was a woman ahead of her time. A self-taught business woman with the ability to take charge, Nancy helped Charles M. Russell become the highest paid living artist of his time. Art historians consistently give her credit for , ...

Sqelixʷ ‘Salish’ Storytelling incorporates Salish Language, Plains Indian Sign Language, and storytelling to discuss Salish culture, identity, and values. This presentation teaches Indigenous understandings about native storytelling, and Indigenous connection with the land. Aspen and Cameron Decker focus on Coyote stor , ...

Location: Daniels County Library at 203 Timmons St., Scobey, MT 59263 Dates/times: Third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. This book club meets year-round at the Daniels County Library in Scobey the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. To learn more about joining and participating, please contact Val Landeraaen, , ...

Montana’s rural museums are vital to the state’s rural populations. Rural communities have unique histories that are embedded in the culture and context of broader regions. As such, rural museums foster community experience and history as meaningful and personal, while also nurturing regional identity and connection to , ...

Location: Thompson Falls Public Library, 911 Main Street, Thompson Falls, MT 59873 Dates/times: 4:00 p.m. third Friday of each month (except December) This book club gathers at the Thompson Falls Public Library in Thompson Falls, MT the third Friday of every month (except December) at 4:00 p.m. To learn more about join , ...

An outdoor workshop for writers and non-writers based on close observation of the natural world and exploration of the historical, cultural, and geological background of the area. The goal is to push past boundaries and create work in any genre, including poetry, fiction, and personal reflection. Beginning with a brief , ...

American Indian peoples have lived and thrived in Montana since the close of the last great Ice Age, some 15,000 years ago. Their ancient presence here is widely appreciated but the archaeological details of their long Indigenous histories are less well known, partly due to the pace of recent statewide research. This p , ...

Location: Rosebud County Library, 201 N. Ninth Ave., Forsyth, MT 59327 Dates/times: Last Tuesday of each month at 3:00 p.m. This book club gathers at the Rosebud County Library in Forsyth, MT the last Tuesday of each month at 3:00 p.m. To learn more about joining and participating, please contact McCamey Hanhe at (406) , ...

Rafael Chanchari Pizuri and Juan Carlos Galeano will be at the Audubon Center at 5:00 on March 28. Join them for a walk to the Yellowstone River and a discussion of river stories from Amazonia, focusing on the plants, animals, and spiritual beliefs of traditional and Indigenous Amazonian cultures, especially Rafael’s S , ...

This talk by Indigenous philosopher Rafael Chanchari Pizuri and poet, filmmaker, and folklorist Juan Carlos Galeano is part of both the Watershed People of Montana and Amazonia Program and the Sue Hart Memorial Lecture Series at Montana State University Billings. Location information:  LA 205, Liberal Arts Building , ...

Juan Carlos Galeano has directed two documentaries, the award winning El Rio and The Trees Have A Mother, both featuring Rafael Chanchari Pizuri. Rafael and Juan Carlos will be on hand for this showing and discussion. Location:  La Plaza (LA 203) Montana State University Billings, 1500 University Drive Billings, MT , ...

Poetry by Bernard Quetchenbach with response and Spanish translations by Juan Carlos Galeano, Corinne Fournier Kiss and Laura Parces. LA 205 (3:00 p.m.). Presentation by Amazon trip participants, following International Food Fair. SUB Beartooth Room (6:30 p.m.) Location information:  LA 205, Liberal Arts Building an , ...

Poet laureate Mark Gibbons is a lifelong resident of the state who began writing poetry in high school, married young, and has worked a variety of jobs to remain in Montana. His presentations will explore the power of poetry, how it reveals through personal experience and human emotion what it’s like to be a human bein , ...