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Boozhoo, everyone.

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Kim Blaeser nindizhinikaaz.

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Anishinaabekwe ndaaw.

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Gaa-waabaabiganikaag
nindonjibaa.

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Mgizi

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nindoodem.

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So I'm Kim Blaeser.

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I'm Anishinaabe from
the White Earth Nation

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of Northwestern Minnesota.

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I'm founding
director of In-Na-Po,

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and Indigenous Nations
Poets was launched in 2020.

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We are a national
Indigenous poetry community

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committed to mentoring
emerging writers,

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nurturing the growth of
Indigenous poetic practices,

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and raising the visibility
of all native writers.

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Past, present, and future.

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In-Na-Po recognizes
the role of poetry

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in sustaining tribal, sovereign
nations and indigenous

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languages.

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Ask us about this.

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We'd be happy to tell you more.

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Visit our website, which is
indigenousnationspoets.org.

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So Boozhoo, nwiijkiwenhak,
boozhoo, indinawemaaganidog.

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Hello my friends.

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Hello my relatives.

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We're delighted to
have you and delighted

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to be here in this space.

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We're incredibly blessed to
have our fifth annual mentoring

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retreat for emerging
indigenous poets,

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in partnership with
the Amerind Museum

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and the University of
Arizona Poetry Center.

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And Tyler thanked a lot of
the people, I would think,

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but I want you to join
me in thanking Tyler.

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And Paola, both of them--

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They won't tell you this,
but they've done everything

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from driving vans, to raising
money to support the retreat,

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and they've done it
with joy and warmth.

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So we're really delighted
to have this partnership.

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We've had a beautiful
run of days at Amerind.

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And again, ask us about it.

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And if you were there last
night for the moon ceremony,

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you know what I'm talking about.

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So I also want to just say that
the places that Tyler mentioned,

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the several, we counted them up.

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7 Arizona organizations,
including Arizona Humanities.

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I'm not sure if that
was on your list,

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but we have a lot
of Arizona support,

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so give yourselves
around of applause.

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And then I hope you will
allow me to name publicly

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some of our other
funders, and one

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of our supporters for this
retreat was Trio House Press.

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We have been funded and continue
to be funded by the Henry Luce

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Foundation, Academy of American
Poets, Mellon Foundation,

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Hawthornden Foundation, Amazon
Literary Partnership, The Poetry

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Foundation, and many
individual donors

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who sponsor fellows
to attend the retreat

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or make small or
large contributions

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to our organization
that helps us continue.

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And if you would like to
be one of those funders,

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we would welcome you.

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And again, it's
indigenousnationspoets.org.

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So In-Na-Po is really delighted
to host and share this space

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tonight.

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And as Tyler said, we have
a group of dynamite readers.

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We have both our fellows,
the emerging fellows.

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We have a new group of
fellows, and then we

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have returning fellows.

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And our returning fellows help
to mentor the newest fellows.

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And then we also have a core
faculty and visiting writers.

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So we bring together a really
wonderful group of people.

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And this year has seemed
particularly special.

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And I don't want to say
goodbye to any of these people,

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but tonight we don't have to.

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You get to meet them.

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So we have one of our
own, Andrew Blue Sky,

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who is our
communications director.

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He is a member of
the Oneida Nation.

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He is an artist, a
writer, and a filmmaker,

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and he will serve
as tonight's emcee.

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So please help us welcome the
indispensable Andrew Blue Sky.

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