Tompkins County Public Library will host Yvonne Wakim Dennis, co-author of the “Native American Almanac: More than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples,” Wednesday, November 1 at 6 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.
A
contributor to the Library’s Local Voices collection, Dennis, is the education
director for the Children’s Cultural Center of Native America. She is the
recipient of numerous awards, including the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs and Lotus Service to the Native Community Award and the Arab
American National Museum’s Best Children’s Book of the Year Award for her book,
“A Kid’s Guide to Arab American History.”
Dennis’
Library program is being held in conjunction with the Library’s 2017 Community
Read of Sherman Alexie’s “Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories,” and will
include a look at information about Native American culture, history,
environmental justice and living in a multi-cultural world.
This
event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Tom Burns
at tburns@tcpl.org.
Now in its 15th year, the Community Read
encourages readers to experience the bond of literature by reading and
discussing the same title. Copies of the book are available to borrow from the
Library’s collection and limited copies are available for local book groups and
not-for-profit organizations.
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