Native American Studies is pleased to welcome to U-M the Toronto-based Curve Lake Ojibway playwrite, journalist, and humorist, Drew Hayden Taylor.  Taylor, who will be Artist-in-Residence at the Residential College for Fall, 2006, will be teaching courses, working on a new play, and presenting work to the university. 

On Wednesday, September 20, 2006 (4:00pm, 3512 Haven Hall) David Treuer will present  "The Clouds Overhead: Learning How to Read Native American Fiction." Treuer, Associate Professor of English, University of Minnesota, author of Native American Fiction: A Users Guide.

On Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007 (time and venue to be announced) Jonathan Lear will present "Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation: Chief Plenty Coups and the Crow Nation."  Lear, a University of Chicago philosopher and psychoanalyst, seeks an understanding of human suffering, human creativity, and the possibilities for hope.

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