Category: poetry
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Monthly Rematriation Writing Support Group
Join us on Friday, October 10th for our monthly Rematriation Writing Support Group. This is a hybrid event with limited in person seating at Four Mothers’ Collective in Tulsa, OK. Register for the event here: https://forms.gle/dZ17DkdWR7xN2Tmd7
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Upcoming Virtual Event
Rematriation Writing Support Group August 25th 6:30pm CST Register here: https://forms.gle/iLzJSj5UAbLRDKp48 Virtual: meet.google.com/kai-bbxc-mab Donation: $10 suggested Rooted in the concept of rematriation—the return to Mother Earth, cultural restoration, and the re-centering of Indigenous women and matrilineal knowledge—this group nurtures creative expression as an act of healing, resistance, and sovereignty.
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Welcome our Executive Director
Claire Campo is a Kanienʼkehá:ka (Mohawk) member of the Six Nations of the Grand River. Raised in Tulsa, OK (Muscogee, Osage and Cherokee lands). As Executive Director of Words of the People, they empower Indigenous language creative production and lead initiatives that bring Indigenous language and creative production into contemporary spaces- because fluent futures demand…
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‘Words of the People’ hosts rematriation retreat for Indigenous language learners
The Words of the People Rematriation Retreat brings together Indigenous language learners for a transformative experience focused on healing, cultural empowerment, and revitalizing endangered languages. Source: ‘Words of the People’ hosts rematriation retreat for Indigenous language learners
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WTP on TV News
Check out a news segment on rematriation on Tulsa’s News on 6! https://www.newson6.com/story/67f9211f3c2df0b5fac8fa12/words-of-the-people-rematriation-retreat-indigenous-language
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Language readings upcoming
𐒹𐒰𐓏𐒷 𐓒𐒰𐓁𐒻 Hawe Zani Hello All! Greetings and congratulations to any of you who may be competing and supporting Indigenous youth of your tribes at the Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair! Words of the People would like to send our appreciation for your work. We also want to bring some upcoming readings featuring Indigenous…
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A Reading & Reflection on Rematriation
Hawe 𐒹𐒰𐓏𐒷 Zani, You are invited to join a reading and reflection on rematriation by Joy Harjo, featuring an introduction by Lily Painter and Kinsale Drake of the NDN Girls Book Club. The reading and reflection will be in Downtown Tulsa on Saturday, April 19 at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship’s Flagship space from 1-2 p.m.…
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Rematriation Retreat in Tulsa
Hawe Zani! Words of the People is so happy to present a rematriation retreat with Ndn Girls Book Club and support from the Poetry Foundation! Please register at the link here as space is limited and you all are officially the first to know: https://forms.gle/AgszLn957zfsrs1C7 Hope to see you there. Words of the People
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Waleze (Markings) Open June 21
Hawe! Waleze (Markings): Wahzhazhe ie poetic forms is an Indigenous language-inspired visual art show that will open at TAF’s Flagship space June 21 through August 10, featuring works by Osage artists meditating upon Waleze, the Wahzhazhe ie word for the written Osage language, as well as the Wahzhazhe ie word for “photos,” “designs,” “patterns,” “books,” and “markings.”…
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