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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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Call for Submissions
Hawe Zani, After the bad news of event cancellations and loss due to Oklahoma weather, Words of the People is hoping to bring a bright spot into your summer planning and schedules. With Abalone Mountain Press, we are calling for submissions of Indigenous language creative writing, open now through August 10, 2024. Preference will be…
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Indigenous Language Open Mic at Woody Guthrie Center 4/27
Hawe Zani, You are invited to an Indigenous language open mic night this Saturday, April 27 at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Okla., historic Indian Territory. If you join us this Saturday at Woody Guthrie, you will get to enjoy Indigenous poets Claire Collins, Talee Redcorn, Sarah-Joy Milner and Carmen Wiley, and following–a performance…
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𐓍𐒰𐒿𐒻͘ Thank you, AWP
Hawe Zani! Thank you to the writers who shared their words this week: Inés Hernández-Avila Beth Piatote Casandra M. Lopez Nicola Andrews Kimberly M. Blaeser Byron F. Aspaas Manny Loley Amber McCrary Aimee Inglis WTP encourages you to learn more about each of these Native people, and their work. For those who would like to…
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Indigenous Poetry Opportunities & Updates
Hawe, There is one day remaining to submit your Indigenous language poetry or songs to Words of the People, in order to be considered for a featured artist spot at our upcoming open mic night this April at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Those who submit by tomorrow, January 6 at 6 p.m.,…
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Join WTP at AWP 2/7/24!
Hawe, You are invited to join Words of the People at the 2024 AWP conference in Kansas City, Missouri. Words of the People will host a reading on the first night of the conference, on Wednesday, February 7 from 7:30-9 p.m., featuring work by Indigenous writers who create in their their ancestral, Indigenous languages. Stay…
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Giving Tuesday
Hawe Zani! Words of the People needs to raise $5,000 to establish a fiscal sponsorship, and achieve formal 501c3 status via our partner Tulsa Community Foundation. We are hosting a fundraiser here: https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=875574534219901&source_name=SHARE_LINK. We invite you to donate or share! The funds will be used to put on a reading with ten Indigenous language writers…
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Tribal Poetics Panel: Happening Tonight
Hello, This is a reminder to listen in to the panel discussion tonight held at Whitty Books in Tulsa at 7 p.m. CST. In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations Poets) Fellow Aimee Inglis will ask poets and singers of her own tribe questions which pertain to the development of their poetics, including queries around writing poems with their…
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Oct. 19 Offerings
Hawe Zani, Words of the People has postponed our Oct. 20-22, 2023 Rematriation gathering due to insufficient funding. Our sponsors were not able to provide what they had projected; so, in addition to working on fundraising, we are making plans to reschedule the retreat, tentatively planning to host our writers and rematriation leaders in spring…
