WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.240 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.240 --> 00:00:02.400 align:middle line:90% Oh my gosh. 00:00:02.400 --> 00:00:04.109 align:middle line:90% Boozhoo, everyone. 00:00:04.109 --> 00:00:05.359 align:middle line:90% Boozhoo, niijii, niijiikwewag. 00:00:05.359 --> 00:00:06.484 align:middle line:90% Boozhoo, indinawebaginadog. 00:00:06.484 --> 00:00:10.480 align:middle line:90% 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.120 align:middle line:90% Hello, my friends. 00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:13.840 align:middle line:90% Hello, my relatives. 00:00:13.840 --> 00:00:17.280 align:middle line:84% It's really, really been good and right to be 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:19.940 align:middle line:90% with you this whole week. 00:00:19.940 --> 00:00:21.520 align:middle line:90% It's been beautiful. 00:00:21.520 --> 00:00:25.780 align:middle line:84% The Fellows, the faculty, the staff, 00:00:25.780 --> 00:00:28.000 align:middle line:84% and all the people at the places that 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.340 align:middle line:84% have helped make us feel at home have been wonderful. 00:00:32.340 --> 00:00:33.440 align:middle line:90% The weather? 00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:34.180 align:middle line:90% Oh my gosh. 00:00:34.180 --> 00:00:36.980 align:middle line:84% I kind of feel like we might have brought that to you. 00:00:36.980 --> 00:00:39.160 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:39.160 --> 00:00:42.520 align:middle line:84% But it's all been just a stunning, stunning week. 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:44.084 align:middle line:90% But Kim Blaeser nindizhinikaaz. 00:00:44.084 --> 00:00:44.959 align:middle line:90% Anishinaabekwe ndaaw. 00:00:44.959 --> 00:00:45.625 align:middle line:84% Gaa-waabaabiganikaag nindonjibaa. 00:00:45.625 --> 00:00:46.291 align:middle line:90% Mgizi nindoodem. 00:00:46.291 --> 00:00:47.290 align:middle line:84% Ingi [mazina'iganis?] In-Na-Po...niishtana 00:00:47.290 --> 00:00:47.790 align:middle line:90% niishtana. 00:00:47.790 --> 00:01:01.240 align:middle line:90% 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:02.740 align:middle line:90% My name is Kim Blaeser. 00:01:02.740 --> 00:01:05.280 align:middle line:84% I'm Anishinaabe from the White Earth Nation 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:07.400 align:middle line:90% of Northwestern Minnesota. 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:13.230 align:middle line:84% I'm Migizi or Eagle Clan, and Indigenous Nations Poets 00:01:13.230 --> 00:01:15.250 align:middle line:90% was founded in 2020. 00:01:15.250 --> 00:01:16.610 align:middle line:90% Can you believe it? 00:01:16.610 --> 00:01:18.002 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHS] 00:01:18.002 --> 00:01:19.790 align:middle line:90% [CLAPPING] 00:01:19.790 --> 00:01:24.110 align:middle line:84% In-Na-Po is a national Indigenous poetry community 00:01:24.110 --> 00:01:28.210 align:middle line:84% committed to mentoring emerging writers, 00:01:28.210 --> 00:01:32.110 align:middle line:84% nurturing the growth of Indigenous poetic practices, 00:01:32.110 --> 00:01:35.430 align:middle line:84% and raising the visibility of all Native writers 00:01:35.430 --> 00:01:40.030 align:middle line:90% past, present, and future. 00:01:40.030 --> 00:01:44.070 align:middle line:84% In-Na-Po recognizes the role of poetry 00:01:44.070 --> 00:01:49.230 align:middle line:84% in sustaining tribal, sovereign nations and Indigenous 00:01:49.230 --> 00:01:51.390 align:middle line:90% languages. 00:01:51.390 --> 00:01:56.110 align:middle line:84% So we double down on all the thank yous 00:01:56.110 --> 00:01:57.890 align:middle line:90% that Tyler already gave. 00:01:57.890 --> 00:02:00.030 align:middle line:84% We are so grateful for all the support 00:02:00.030 --> 00:02:03.830 align:middle line:84% we've gotten from various organizations and individuals 00:02:03.830 --> 00:02:06.250 align:middle line:90% in Tucson, in Arizona. 00:02:06.250 --> 00:02:09.009 align:middle line:84% I'm not sure, did you mention Arizona Humanities? 00:02:09.009 --> 00:02:11.910 align:middle line:90% Arizona Humanities also. 00:02:11.910 --> 00:02:13.690 align:middle line:84% I feel like there's one other-- oh, 00:02:13.690 --> 00:02:16.950 align:middle line:84% and today, University of Arizona Press 00:02:16.950 --> 00:02:20.490 align:middle line:84% gave us a beautiful workshop, invited our writers. 00:02:20.490 --> 00:02:23.550 align:middle line:84% So now, you're going to not only hear some of them, 00:02:23.550 --> 00:02:26.090 align:middle line:84% just keep watching because you might have books coming out 00:02:26.090 --> 00:02:28.130 align:middle line:90% of your very own press. 00:02:28.130 --> 00:02:33.070 align:middle line:84% So I want to thank those organizations and then 00:02:33.070 --> 00:02:35.850 align:middle line:84% if you'll allow me to say the names of some 00:02:35.850 --> 00:02:38.850 align:middle line:84% of the other organizations that support us because we 00:02:38.850 --> 00:02:41.010 align:middle line:90% like to always thank them. 00:02:41.010 --> 00:02:45.770 align:middle line:84% Henry Luce Foundation, Academy of American Poets, 00:02:45.770 --> 00:02:51.370 align:middle line:84% Mellon Foundation, Hawthornden Foundation, Amazon Literary 00:02:51.370 --> 00:02:54.930 align:middle line:84% Partnership, The Poetry Foundation, 00:02:54.930 --> 00:02:58.450 align:middle line:84% and many other individual donors who 00:02:58.450 --> 00:03:05.850 align:middle line:84% have made this retreat and In-Na-Po, in general, viable. 00:03:05.850 --> 00:03:10.650 align:middle line:84% And if you would like to support us and become one of our donors, 00:03:10.650 --> 00:03:14.070 align:middle line:84% visit us at Indigenousnationspoets.org. 00:03:14.070 --> 00:03:17.170 align:middle line:90% 00:03:17.170 --> 00:03:20.570 align:middle line:84% So we have an incredible, incredible lineup 00:03:20.570 --> 00:03:22.570 align:middle line:90% of performers tonight. 00:03:22.570 --> 00:03:27.470 align:middle line:84% We have new Fellows-- so the first time with us-- 00:03:27.470 --> 00:03:30.090 align:middle line:84% we have returning Fellows, who are coming back 00:03:30.090 --> 00:03:33.510 align:middle line:84% and helping to mentor as well as to continue 00:03:33.510 --> 00:03:36.350 align:middle line:84% to grow their own poetry practices, 00:03:36.350 --> 00:03:39.950 align:middle line:84% and we have an incredible, incredible group of faculty 00:03:39.950 --> 00:03:41.550 align:middle line:90% and visiting writers. 00:03:41.550 --> 00:03:43.830 align:middle line:90% So we have a wonderful lineup. 00:03:43.830 --> 00:03:47.830 align:middle line:84% And then don't leave your seats because we have 00:03:47.830 --> 00:03:50.610 align:middle line:90% a very, very special closing. 00:03:50.610 --> 00:03:53.010 align:middle line:84% I'm just going to leave that hanging out there. 00:03:53.010 --> 00:03:55.390 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:03:55.390 --> 00:03:58.790 align:middle line:84% We've been concentrating on sacred spaces in Indigenous 00:03:58.790 --> 00:04:01.910 align:middle line:84% poetry, so some of the readers may 00:04:01.910 --> 00:04:04.750 align:middle line:84% aim in that direction with their performances. 00:04:04.750 --> 00:04:08.270 align:middle line:84% But I am now having the delight to turn over 00:04:08.270 --> 00:04:13.350 align:middle line:84% the podium to Rob Arnold, who is one of our board members. 00:04:13.350 --> 00:04:18.310 align:middle line:84% He's the executive director of Poets House in New York City. 00:04:18.310 --> 00:04:19.810 align:middle line:90% He's tomorrow. 00:04:19.810 --> 00:04:25.150 align:middle line:84% He is an incredible poet, art supporter, 00:04:25.150 --> 00:04:27.810 align:middle line:84% and he has a new book coming out, 00:04:27.810 --> 00:04:30.870 align:middle line:84% which I'm not allowed to talk about, but he might be able to. 00:04:30.870 --> 00:04:35.230 align:middle line:84% But he's been one of our faculty members as well. 00:04:35.230 --> 00:04:37.950 align:middle line:84% And please help me welcome, because he 00:04:37.950 --> 00:04:40.870 align:middle line:90% has been awesome all week long. 00:04:40.870 --> 00:04:44.000 align:middle line:90% [CHEERING]