Thelma Sheche from Zuni Pueblo will be featured at a brown bag discussion and storytelling event on Monday, November 7, from noon to 1 p.m. in room 102 at Zimmerman Library on the UNM main campus. She will also participate in a panel discussion from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman. Sheche is a cultural liaison at Zuni and teaches cultural studies in the Zuni Schools.
Photo: Thelma Sheche
Lloyd Tortalita from Acoma Pueblo will join her for both events. Tortalita is the Johnson O’Malley and higher education director at Acoma. He travels the state telling Acoma grandma and grandpa stories.
The stories the two will tell at the two events involve tribal creation, moral teachings and historical information. For more about the events, contact April Hale at (505) 277-7422. Both events are free and open to the public.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627, kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at November 1, 2005 11:34 AM