Get your copy of "Rediscovering Turtle Island: A First People's Account of the Sacred Geography" by Chautauqua scholar Taylor Keen, and discuss it with other readers.  "While Western accounts of […]

5th-6th graders have the opportunity to learn paper weaving with instructor Sue Burns. Class size limit: 20 (Second class for 7th & 8th graders at 1:30 p.m) Registration required: https://norfolk-ne.libcal.com/event/12626632 […]

Speaker: Taylor Keen Location: Norfolk Public Library, Room C While Western accounts of North American history traditionally start with European colonization, Indigenous histories of North America—or Turtle Island—stretch back millennia. Drawing on comparative analysis, firsthand Indigenous accounts, extensive historical writings, and his own experience, Omaha Tribal member, Cherokee citizen, and teacher Taylor Keen presents a […]

7th-8th graders have the opportunity to learn paper weaving with instructor Sue Burns. Class size limit: 20 (Earlier class for 5th & 6th graders.) Registration required: https://norfolk-ne.libcal.com/event/12626632  

Speaker: Jessica Downing-Ford Norfolk Public Library Room A Abigail Adams Five years after Abigail Smith married John Adams, the American colonies adopted the British law of coverture. This law held that no female person had a legal identity. At birth she was “covered” by her father’s identity and, when she married, by her husband’s. The husband […]

Speaker: Linda Garcia Location: Norfolk Public Library, Room A An experienced storyteller, Garcia-Perez draws on her experiences as a young girl in Omaha’s Mexican-American barrio. Her stories convey a universal message of humor, wonder and tradition. Linda M. Garcia-Perez, a 1971 College of St. Mary graduate and a retired Children’s Librarian, is an artist, instructor, […]

Speaker: Sara Crook Location: Norfolk Public Library, Room B/C This session will discuss the history and politics of Nebraska's admittance as the 37th state in the Union. As the first state admitted after the Civil War, Nebraska not only faced the politics within the state, but Reconstruction politics as well. Dr. Sara Crook is professor […]

Speaker: Angel Vigil Location: Norfolk Public Library, Room A Why is there the rodeo? Why are there cowboys? Why are there horses in America? Where did the word cowboy come from? Where did the Stetson cowboy hat come from? Why was there John Wayne, Roy Rodgers, Gene Autry and Hopalong Cassidy? Why were there TV […]