From Wilder's Little House on the Prairie to Harjo's American Sunrise

263 College Avenue,Holland MI 49423

10 November, 2021

Description

Words Matter with Dr. Debbie Reese Joy Harjo writes that in 1830 with “the American soldiers at our backs,” her people left their homelands for Indian Territory. Thirty-nine years later, Charles Ingalls took his family — including his two-year-old daughter, Laura — from their cabin in Wisconsin to Indian Territory. In this lecture, Dr. Debbie Reese talks about the works of these two women and ask that we consider how their words shape what readers know about the place called America and the people that call it home. NEA BIG READ​ LAKESHORE​ is a Hope College program in collaboration with many partneringinstitutions and organizations including Herrick District Library, Howard Miller Public Library, WesternTheological Seminary, Holland Museum, Ottawa Area Intermediate School District, City of Holland, SaugatuckCenter for the Arts, Saugatuck-Douglas District Library, Loutit District Library, Fennville Library, Alliance forCultural and Ethnic Harmony, CultureWorks, Holland Area Arts Council, Ready for School. Partial funding forour program comes from the NEA Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American popular culture.