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M.L. Library celebrates Aboriginal Storytelling Month

Jan 31, 2017 | 11:27 AM

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.

On Saturday, Feb. 11., the library hosts a Cree language class. There is, once again, sessions available for kids and adults at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., respectively.

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Metis fiddlers and storytellers will finish the month on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.

In the Battlefords, storyteller Lyndon Tootosis will be at Battleford Elementary from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Tootosis has worked as a carver and sculptor, integrating his traditional teachings, and his cultural and spiritual practices into whatever he does.

The official provincial launch of Aboriginal Storytelling Month is scheduled for Feb. 2 in Moose Jaw at the city’s public library.

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