What's Up with the Juvenile Wall?

Are you wondering about the “Juvenile Wall” on the first floor of Schafer Hall? Wonder no more ...

The "Juvenile Wall" is a place where students, faculty, and staff can put drawings (or photos) of themselves at the age of 14 (the same age as Arnold, the lead character in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian). Some of the drawings that are already on the wall came out of the "Campus Conversation" events held earlier this week. Others came out of class activities related to Campus Read.

This is YOUR invitation to add your own self-portrait at age 14 (or thereabouts) to the wall. What did you look like then? How did you feel?

Let's Talk! Campus Conversations

• Wh0: YOU
• What: Campus Conversations
• When: Wednesday, October 22, noon and 3 p.m.
• Where: Prairie Room, Student Union Building
• Why: To get together with others from across campus to talk about Sherman Alexie's book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

Hope to see you there!

Native American Writers

In today's presentation, A History of Native American Writers: Where Does Sherman Alexie Fit?, Dr. Brian Palecek focused on two main ideas:

1. The oral tradition meeting a print and writing tradition


2. An American Indian renaissance since the 1960s

Brian also talked about several writers and their works, including:

• William Apess
• Black Hawk
• Geronimo
• Buffalo Bird Woman
• Pretty Shield
• Black Elk
• Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa)
• Luther Standing Bear (Ota K'te)
• Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)
• D'Arcy McNickle
• N. Scott Momaday
• Leslie Marmon Silko
• James Welch
• Louise Erdrich
• Michael Dorris
• Joseph Bruchac
• Joseph M. Marshall III
• Vine Deloria, Jr.
• Sherman Alexie

The BSC Library has works by all of these Native American writers. Check them out!