Tonya on our list just sent me this and it sounds great! It's free and should be very interesting! Sandi In Celebration of Native American Heritage Month SONGs and StoriEs of My PeoplE a public performance by Navajo Storyteller Geri Keams October 19, 2006 7:00 - 8:30 pm Garrett Conference Center Ballroom Geri Keams is a Navajo storyteller, educator, actress, and author born and raised in the Painted Desert of Arizona. Her Clan is Streak-of-Black-Forest, born for Manygoats. As a child Geri grew up without television, living on the Navajo reservation with her nine brothers and sisters. Her grandmother, a rugweaver and storyteller, inspired Geri to remember the stories and songs of her people. Geri graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in drama and film. She toured with the Native American Theatre Ensemble and co-wrote Nahaszan, a play about the Navajo Creation. Geri co-starred as Moonlight with Clint Eastwood in the classic western The Outlaw Josie Wales. She served as a consultant on the Disney animated feature Pocahontas and television's The X-Files. She has been on television programs such as Northern Exposure, Twin Peaks, and The Secret of Lizard Woman. She reflects the culture of her people in her work and is dedicated to telling the stories and sharing the ways of her people. Geri has toured the world with her children's show. She has been featured at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institute, National Storytelling Festival, and Los Angeles Music Center. She has traveled to Europe and Australia and has performed in hundreds of schools, libraries, churches, and museums. She is the author of Grandmother Spider Brings The Sun and Snail Girl Brings Water, two beautifully illustrated children's books published by Rising Moon/Northland Publishing. The former will be available for sale ($10) following the performance. Sponsored by the Western Kentucky University Provost's Initiatives for Excellence, Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, Office of Diversity Programs, and Department of Art Free and Open to the Public For more information contact Dr. Darlene Applegate, Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology 745-5094, darlene.applegate@wku.edu Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/