Ten Native American writers from around the country
will read from their work and participate in panel discussions Oct.
7-9 in the mountain town of Telluride, Colo. The Native American
Writers Forum will take up the appropriation of Native American
lore by non-Indian writers and how Native American literature and
tribal oral histories can be used in the classroom. During the week
before the conference, 45 Native American children from regional
high schools will participate in workshops led by visiting writers.
Cost of the weekend conference is $110, or $60 with student
identification. This is the fourth Native American Writers Forum
organized by the Telluride Institute, a nonprofit group whose aim
is meeting writer Wallace Stegner’s challenge to Westerners: “To
build a society to match its scenery.” For more information, call
the Telluride Institute at
303/728-4402.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Peak writing experience.
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