Dr. Margaret Noodin will address the way archives, like language (and some stories) are living entities undergoing constant change. Using the example of Indigenous language preservation, she will discuss the way archives can be sites of both trauma and healing and why we need to understand this difference. Following her presentation, Dr. Noodin will welcome questions and open conversation.
Margaret Noodin received an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in English and linguistics from the University of Minnesota. She is professor of English and American Indian studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she also serves as the associate dean of the humanities and director of the Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education. She is the author of
Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature, and two bilingual books of poetry in Anishinaabemowin and English:
Weweni: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English, and
What the Chickadee Knows. To hear her work, visit
Ojibwe.net.
