In Spring of 2018, Furman University hosted 3 Native authors and/or poets to read their work and speak about their culture and their experiences. Recordings of these lectures are available as part of the Libraries’ digital collections. Feel free to give them a listen!
Cherokee Life Through Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s Short Stories
This is a video of the lecture that Cherokee fiction writer and journalist Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle gave at Furman University on March 20, 2018. She discusses aspects of her life as a Cherokee woman and the way she represents Cherokee life and culture through her short stories.
Inspired Resistance: The Poetry of Liliana Ancalao
This video presents a poetry reading given by Mapuche-Argentinian poet Liliana Ancalao on March 22, 2018. This was the third in a series of lectures on First Nations at Furman University. Each poem is introduced by a summary in English read by Furman students Lizbeth Gonzalez and Michael Anthony. Liliana reads her poems in Mapuzungun and in Spanish.
First Nations In Dialogue: Cherokee and Mapuche Perspectives
This video presents the conversation between Cherokee fiction writer and journalist Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Mapuche-Argentinian poet Liliana Ancalao, which happened on March 21, 2018. This was the second in a series of lectures on First Nations at Furman University. Through a comparative perspective, they share important aspects of their cultures through three topics: their respective culture’s relationship to the natural world, gender representations in their writing, and current social and political issues of the Cherokee and Mapuche First Nations.