Over the past several months, Indigenous community members have been working with poet Amber McCrary and the Labriola National American Indian Center at ASU Library to share, preserve, and honor their family histories through storytelling, community archiving, creative writing, and zines. Celebrate the talented voices of the community with a panel and reading!
ASU Library Labriola Center
NEA Big Read Partner 2021
About ASU Library Labriola Center
The Labriola National American Indian Data Center's primary purpose is to support scholarship and instruction on Indigenous knowledge across all disciplines at ASU. Since its inception in 1993, the Labriola Center has become a pivotal service for the ASU Indigenous community. Its collection supports the ASU American Indian Studies department and the Center for Indian Education, as well as faculty and students teaching and learning from an Indigenous perspective across all disciplines. The Labriola Center frequently partners with various ASU programs such as American Indian Student Support Services, the Office of the President on American Indian Initiatives, and Indigenous student groups. The Labriola Center also reaches out to the greater Phoenix Indigenous community to provide research support, host special events and exhibits, and provide community-driven archives services. The center now resides on two campuses, Tempe and West, and delivers virtual library services. You can learn more about the Labriola Center at https://lib.asu.edu/labriola.
Find Events with ASU Library Labriola Center
Labriola Community Celebration
ASU Library Labriola Center, Amber McCrary, Alex Soto, Abalone Mountain Press
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2021 - 4:00pm
Location: Zoom
Type & Genre: Conversation, Panel, Q&A, Reading, Talk; American Indian, Community, Family History, Fiction, Flash, Indigenous, Memoir, Mixed Genre, Personal Essays, Poetry, Short Stories, Visual Art
Location: Zoom
Type & Genre: Conversation, Panel, Q&A, Reading, Talk; American Indian, Community, Family History, Fiction, Flash, Indigenous, Memoir, Mixed Genre, Personal Essays, Poetry, Short Stories, Visual Art
Labriola Zine Workshop
Amber McCrary, ASU Library Labriola Center, Abalone Mountain Press
Date: Saturday, February 27, 2021 - 1:00pm
Location: Zoom
Type & Genre: Craft Class, Generative Workshop, Workshop; American Indian, Creative Nonfiction, Family History, Indigenous, Mixed Genre, Personal Essays, Poetry, Short Stories
Location: Zoom
Type & Genre: Craft Class, Generative Workshop, Workshop; American Indian, Creative Nonfiction, Family History, Indigenous, Mixed Genre, Personal Essays, Poetry, Short Stories
Write about your loved ones and make a zine with Amber McCrary and the Labriola National American Indian Data Center at ASU Library.
Labriola Scanning Day
ASU Library Labriola Center
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2021 - 9:00am
Location: Palabras Bilingual Bookstore, 906 W Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ 85007
Type & Genre: Community Event, Professional Development, Workshop; American Indian, Community, Family History, Indigenous
Location: Palabras Bilingual Bookstore, 906 W Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ 85007
Type & Genre: Community Event, Professional Development, Workshop; American Indian, Community, Family History, Indigenous
Preserve photographs, documents, and other aspects of family history with the Labriola National American Indian Data Center at ASU Library.
Labriola Show and Share
ASU Library Labriola Center
Date: Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 1:00pm
Location: Zoom
Type & Genre: Community Event, Conversation, Meet and Greet; American Indian, Creative Nonfiction, Family History, Indigenous, Storytelling
Location: Zoom
Type & Genre: Community Event, Conversation, Meet and Greet; American Indian, Creative Nonfiction, Family History, Indigenous, Storytelling
Learn how to become a community archivist and share stories about mementos, photographs, or other objects in your home with the Labriola National American Indian Data Center at ASU Library.
About NEA Big Read
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. This event is presented as part the NEA Big Read: Phoenix, celebrating Indigenous literary arts and culture in the Valley with over 25 talks, workshops, performances, book clubs, art exhibits other virtual events inspired by The Round House by Louise Erdrich. NEA Big Read: Phoenix is presented by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University with additional support from Arizona Humanities, Phoenix Public Library, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Humanities Division at ASU. Find events, meet our partners, and start reading today at http://piper.asu.edu/big-read.
Support Indigenous Communities
The Phoenix Indian Center is the oldest American Indian non-profit organization of its kind in the United States, providing workforce development, cultural enrichment, and other vital services to Indigenous communities throughout the Valley for over 70 years. To support their work, visit their website at https://phxindcenter.org/financial-support/, click the donate button, enter an amount, and enter "NEA Big Read" in the description. Please consider making a gift to the Phoenix Indian Center today.