Sarah Hernandez (Sicangu Lakota) is a professor of Native American Literature and the director of the Institute for American Indian Research at the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on early and contemporary Native American literature. Hernandez is a member of the Oceti Sakowin Writers Society, a nonprofit for Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota writers. Together they launched #NativeReads, a community-based reading campaign and podcast series to increase knowledge and appreciation of the Oceti Sakowin literary tradition.

Featured title: We Are the Stars: Colonizing and Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition

Website: https://english.unm.edu/about-us/people/faculty/hernandez-sarah.html

SARAH’S EVENTS:

• Friday, Sept. 20 @ 3:15 p.m. – Remembering Elizabeth Cook-Lynn – The Oceti Sakowin Writers Society – Briggs Library
• Friday, Sept. 20 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept 21 @ 11:30 a.m. – Community Reading of New & Recently Published Work – Oceti Sakowin Writers Society – The Oscar, Founders Recital Hall (101A), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept 21 @ 2:00 p.m. – Indigenous Literary Sovereignty – The Oscar, Founders Recital Hall (101A), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept. 21 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings

View the full schedule here!