Nick Estes’s One Book South Dakota KICK-OFF begins in Sisseton
Wednesday, July 20, Sisseton 5:30 p.m. – Sisseton Wahpeton College (Rooftop of Vocational Education Building, or SWC Library in case of inclement weather), 12572 BIA Road 700. For more information, contact coordinator Delphine Hagel, 605-742-1104
Thursday, July 21, Aberdeen 7 p.m. – K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library, 215 Southeast 4th Ave. For more information, contact coordinator Cara Perrion, 605-626-7097
You’re invited! Part of the mission of the Oak Lake Writers’ Society is to support the efforts of our members before, during, and after the writing process. Please attend if possible.
Nick Estes (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe), Ph.D., is a scholar of American Indian studies currently teaching in the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota, activist for social justice, co-founder of Red Nation and Red Media, and member of the Oak Lake Writers’ Society, also serving as an OLWS Board Member.
Thank you to the South Dakota Humanities Council for recognizing the outstanding work of this tribal writer and working with OLWS to spread the word and provide materials.
For more information about One Book South Dakota and Nick’s tour, please visit the South Dakota Humanities Council blog.