M.L. Library celebrates Aboriginal Storytelling Month
Tomorrow is the start of Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling month (SAS) and the Meadow Lake Library has planned a full-slate of events.
Each of the SAS events planned throughout February are free of charge. Tawn Marshall, programming clerk, explained there’s four different events happening throughout the month. Harold Johnson, a lawyer based in La Ronge is one such speaker coming to talk about his newest book Fire Water: How Alcohol is Killing My People and Yours.
“I’m really excited, he’s a great speaker so we’ll have him do some reading and we’ll have some discussion,” Marshall said adding Johnson will be in Meadow Lake on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.
Robert Gladue Sr. will be at the library to kick the schedule off on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Gladue Sr. is a hand drummer who will tell stories through music during two different sessions. One for children at 5:30 p.m. and another for adults at 7 p.m.