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Greetings.

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My name is Khara Ellasante,
and I'm a first-year master's

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student in American
Indian studies

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here at the
University of Arizona.

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I am honored to introduce
tonight's author and privileged

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to be her student.

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Luci Tapahonso is Diné and
the author of five volumes

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of poetry and three
children's books.

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She is a professor of American
Indian studies and English,

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and a--

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excuse me-- she is a professor
of American Indian studies

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and English at the
University of Arizona,

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having previously taught
at the University of Kansas

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and the University
of New Mexico.

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Professor Tapahonso
has been honored

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with a number of awards,
including the 2006 Lifetime

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Achievement Award from
the Native Writers'

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Circle of the Americas, the
2007 Lawrence Clark Powell

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lecture, and the 2002
American Indian Leadership

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Award received from the
University of Kansas

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for her integral role in
establishing the Indigenous

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Nation Studies
Graduate Program there.

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She was also awarded the
Kansas Governor's Art Award

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and Distinguished Woman
of the Year awards

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from both the
National Association

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of Women in Education and the
Girl Scouts Council of America

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in 1998.

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Professor Tapahonso
has also received

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the honor of
Storyteller of the Year

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by the Wordcraft Circle
of Native Writers

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and was invited to
serve twice as the Grand

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Marshal of the
Northern Navajo Fair

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in her home community
of Shiprock, New Mexico.

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Her book "Blue
Horses Rush In" was

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awarded the Mountain and Plains
Booksellers Association's award

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for poetry in 1998.

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And in 2008, her latest
book "A Radiant Curve,"

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was selected for the Arizona
Book Award for poetry.

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Professor Tapahonso's
work has appeared

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in many print and media
productions in the US

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and internationally
and, in fact,

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has been translated in
at least four languages.

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She has served on many
advisory and editorial boards

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and demonstrates her
strong commitment

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to her community from the
national to the local levels.

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She is widely sought
after as a speaker,

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and we are honored to
have her with us tonight.

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Please join me in
welcoming Luci Tapahonso.

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[APPLAUSE]

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