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Multimedia ResourcesHaving trouble viewing this video? You can download it by right clicking this link and choosing 'Save Target As' or check out our help page for assistance. To view the video in full screen mode, right click the player and select Zoom - Full Screen. Panel Discussion IBriceida Cuevas Cob About this videoQuestion and answer session with symposium participants To view this video, you need to have Windows Media Player installed. You can download this for free here. This video is part of a seriesThis video is part of the Native Voices: Indigenous Language and Poetry Symposium series. About Briceida Cuevas CobBriceida is a Maya poet who is published in several literary magazines and newspapers. Her poetry has appeared in two anthologies "Flower and Song" (1993) and Modern Poetry in the Maya Language (1994). In 1995, she published her collection The Lament of the Dog in Its Existence. In 1996, she received a scholarship from Mexico's National Fund for the Culture and the Arts for writers in indigenous languages. She is a founding member of the Association of Writers in Indigenous Languages in Mexico as secretary for professional education. About Leslie Marmon SilkoLeslie Marmon Silko grew up on the Laguna Pueblo Reservation, and is former professor of English and fiction writing, is the author of Almanac of the Dead, Ceremony and other novels, short stories, essays, poetry, articles, and film scripts. She has won prizes, fellowships, and grants from The National Endowment for the Arts, The MacArthur Foundation and The Boston Globe. Ms. Silko lives in Tucson, Arizona. About Ofelia ZepedaOfelia Zepeda, a member of the Tohono O'odham nation, grew up in Stanfield, Arizona, near the Tohono O'odham reservation in southwestern Arizona. She received her Master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona where she is now a professor of linguistics and former director of the American Indian Studies Program. She is currently co-director of the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI), an annual summer institute for American Indian Teachers, where she has taught for the entire period of its existence. Ofelia has recently been recommended for a position as Regent's Professor, an honor awarded only to full professors whose exceptional achievements have brought them national and international distinction. About Luci TapahonsoLuci Tapahonso, Navajo, (b. 1953) is originally from Shiprock, NM, where she grew up in a family of 11 children. Navajo was her first language but she learned English at home before starting school at the Navajo Methodist Mission in Farmington, NM. She majored in English at the University of New Mexico, as an undergraduate and graduate student. She stayed on there as an Assistant Professor of English, Women's Studies and American Indian Studies for a few years. She has been an Associate Professor of English at the University of Kansas and is now Professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson where she teaches Poetry Writing and American Indian Literature. More titles featuring Briceida Cuevas CobComments:Comments:There are currently no comments on this item. |
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