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Chicago American Indian Community in Action! The Making of the White Cedar Room, getting to know the new multimedia library
The White Cedar Room will be a multimedia resource center for Chicago families to research contemporary Native culture. It will also beopen to members of the Native American Chicago community, Kateri Center constituents as well as the
public in general. The White Cedar Room is named for Grandma Peggy
Desjarlait (White Cedar), a respected member of the Native American community in Chicago and one
01/14/2015
10/07/2014
Save the date! On Oct 13th, you won't want to miss Charlene Teters!!
08/14/2014
This is last minute, but if anyone is interested call our office 773-534-2735 or email [email protected]
09/26/2013
1st Annual St. Kateri Powwow Oct. 19, 2013 at Bevin Hall. Stop by Kateri Center to pick up the flyer or join us today for Senior & Community luncheon!
Join the conversation! Several book club will form out of the WCR this summer!
Sign up for the following clubs!
- Conquest by Andrea Smith
-The Assassination of Hole in the Day by Anton Treuer
Also, T7 is looking for parents to review two books over the summer . The book are, "Ease the Teasing" along side, "Everything You Want to Know about Indians" this book will be reviewed by several culturally responsive teachers as well, and a focus group will form. This will lead to the development of several publications for teachers.
06/16/2012
Great additions to the WCR collection!
06/14/2012
Another great read!
The Assassination of Hole in the Day On June 27, 1868, Hole in the Day (Bagonegiizhig) the Younger left Crow Wing, Minnesota, for Washington, DC, to fight the planned removal of the Mississippi Ojibwe to a reservation at White Earth. Several miles from his home, the self-styled leader of all the Ojibwe was stopped by at leas...
06/14/2012
More!
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask “I had a profoundly well-educated Princetonian ask me, ‘Where is your tomahawk?’ I had a beautiful woman approach me in the college gymnasium and exclaim, ‘You have the most beautiful red skin.’ I took a friend to see Dances with Wolves and was told, ‘Y...
06/14/2012
Just in David Treuer's newest book! Rez Life join the White Cedar room book club! Come and read in the court yard
garden!
Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life Celebrated novelist David Treuer has gained a reputation for writing fiction that expands the horizons of Native American literature. In Rez Life , his first full-length work of nonfiction, Treuer brings a novelist’s storytelling skill and an eye for detail to a complex and subtl...
06/14/2012
B/W- Photo at the White Cedar Room
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