The
Indigenous
Speakers
Series
presents
renowned
author
and
teacher
Lee
Maracle,
who
will
be joined
by
choreographer
Bill
Coleman
for an
integrated
lecture/dance
performance.
Lee
Maracle
is
a
member
of
the
Sto:Loh
Nation;
grandmother
of
four
and mother
of
four
who
was
born
in
North
Vancouver,
BC.
Her
works
include the
novels,
Ravensong,
Bobbi
Lee, and
Sundogs; short
story
collection,
Sojourner’s
Truth; poetry
collection,
Bentbox; and
non-fiction
work
I
Am
Woman.
She
was a
Co-editor
of
My
Home
As
I
Remember and
Telling
It:
Women
and
Language
Across
Cultures,
editor
of
a
number
of
poetry
works,
Gatherings journals
and
has
been
published
in
dozens
of
anthologies
in
Canada
and
the
U.S.
An
award
winning
author
and
teacher,
she
is
currently
a
mentor
for
Indigenous
students
at
University
of
Toronto
where
she
teaches
Indigenous
studies.
Ms. Maracle acts
as
the
Traditional
Cultural
Director
for
the
Indigenous
Theatre
School
and also
functions
as
the
schools part-time
cultural
instructor.
Bill
Coleman
is
a
choreographer
and
performer
whose work
has
transcended
traditional
theatrical
settings
to
include
mountain
tops,
rainforests,
prairies
and
urban
construction
sites. He
has
created
a
bold
collection
of
large-scale,
site-specific
works,
collaborating
with
diverse
groups
including
WWII
veterans,
Aboriginal
communities,
fishing
villages,
ranching
towns
and
urban neighbourhoods.
He
uses
dance
as
a
means
to
unite
communities
within
their
natural
environment
and
past
locations
include
Banff,
Gros Morne and
Grassland
National
Parks,
the
steppes
of
western
Mongolia,
Long
Plain
First
Nation
Pow
Wow
in
Manitoba,
the
Great
Bear
Rainforest
in
BC
and
Toronto’s
Regent
Park neighbourhood.
This Indigenous
Speakers
Series
event
is
co-presented
by
the
Waterloo
Indigenous
Student
Centre, the
Faculty
of
Arts,
the
Department of
History,
and
the
Department
of
Communication
Arts.
The
Series
highlights
the
voices
of
Indigenous
artists,
writers,
activists,
and
leaders
from
across
Turtle
Island,
offering
UWaterloo
students,
faculty
and
staff
opportunities
to
learn
from,
understand,
and
engage
with
Indigenous
issues.
Bill
Coleman
photo
by Sarah
Abbott.
Lee
Maracle illustration
by
Catherine
Dallaire.
