BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Free,Diversity and Multiculturalism,Native Americ
 an,Lectures & Presentations
DESCRIPTION:UO NAIS and UO Comics and Cartoon Studies are excited to welcom
 e Arigon Starr (Kickapoo) as the final speaker in our year-long Indigenous 
 Comics Speaker Series highlighting and celebrating Indigenous comics artist
 s and storytellers. We invite the campus and community to join us for a pub
 lic lecture entitled "Storyteller for Life" from 4:30-5:45 pm in the Knight
  Library Browsing Room on the UO campus. In partnership with local comics v
 endor Books with Pictures\, Arigon will also be selling and signing copies 
 of her work from 5:45-6:15 pm following the public talk and Q&A.\n\nArigon 
 Starr (Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma) is the creator of Native American superh
 ero “Super Indian.” The character began as a radio theater project in 2007\
 , with Arigon transforming her radio plays into comic art which were eventu
 ally compiled into three graphic novels. Her work as an artist and writer r
 anges across many genres\, including the historical comic “Tales of the Mig
 hty Code Talkers” to political/social commentary comics for “The Nib.” In 2
 023\, she teamed with Cherokee Nation writer Traci Sorell for the children’
 s picture book Contenders: Two Native Americans\, One World Series. Additio
 nally\, Arigon is a singer\, songwriter\, musician\, actor\, and playwright
 \, and was recently profiled on the PBS series “Native America.”\n\nThis se
 ries is made possible by generous support from: UO NAIS\, Comics and Cartoo
 n Studies\, English\, Oregon Humanities Center\, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of
  Art\, Museum of Natural and Cultural History\, History\, Office of the Pre
 sident\, Division of Equity and Inclusion\, Center for Environmental Future
 s\, Center for the Study of Women and Society\, Environmental Studies\, Com
 parative Literature\, and Political Science.
DTEND:20240423T003000Z
DTSTAMP:20260416T213053Z
DTSTART:20240422T233000Z
GEO:44.043178;-123.077726
LOCATION:Knight Library\, Browsing Room
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Indigenous Comics Speaker Series: Arigon Starr
UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45880468286112
URL:https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/indigenous-comics-speaker-series-ari
 gon-starr
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR