[Michlib-l] Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness travelling exhibit

[Sarjeant, Bruce C]

Northern Michigan University’s Olson Library has been selected to host a new traveling exhibition, Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the free exhibition explores the connection between wellness, illness and cultural life through a combination of interviews, artwork, objects and interactive media. It will be on display at NMU Feb. 3-March 17.   The exhibit will be available for viewing during Olson Library’s regular hours of operation, which can be viewed at www.nmu.edu/library.  In addition to the library, NMU sponsors of the exhibition include the Center for Native American Studies, the School of Nursing and the department of Sociology and Anthropology.

Two programs are scheduled, both open to the public.  A panel discussion, "A Lifetime of Native Health" will be held on February 18th from 4-5:50.  This will serve as our official opening  with reception to follow.  The second program is a decolonizing diet cookbook release party on March 8th from 4-6  http://library.nmu.edu/nativevoices/ 

We aren’t the only library in Michigan to be hosting this exhibit (just, surprisingly, the first).  The Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library is scheduled in October 2017, and Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College is scheduled in April 2019.  

If you are in the Marquette area over the next month and a half, please stop by.

Thank you.

Bruce Sarjeant
Reference, Documents & Maps Librarian
Lydia M. Olson Library
Northern Michigan University
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette, MI  49855
bsarjean at nmu.edu
906-227-1580