
Singing Bird and the Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History
Dressed in her native regalia, Kim gives a history of Natives in Illinois with a focus on Native women, or what was considered “The Hidden Half.” Her primary focus is women such as Singing Bird (Blackhawk’s wife), and Hononegah

Honor the Mounds Powwow
Ojibwa author Kim Sigafus will be giving the history of the mounds and a presentation on MMIW during the 27th annual gathering.
Kim will have her books and crafts.
Find more information here.

Native Author Book Fair
Native Authors Book Fair on August 12 at Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley. The afternoon will include two panel discussions with our guest authors, an opportunity to meet the authors, and time to peruse and purchase books.

Cherokee Days - book signing
Join us for Cherokee Days at the Cherokee Artisan Marketplace downtown Tahlequah, OK.
Meet Cherokee author Brad Wagnon who will be autographing his five Cherokee picture books.
Other Cherokee culture titles will be on sale. Come visit and find your next favorite book!

Cherokee Days - book signing
Join us for Cherokee Days at the Cherokee Artisan Marketplace downtown Tahlequah, OK.
Meet Cherokee author Brad Wagnon who will be autographing his five Cherokee picture books.
Other Cherokee culture titles will be on sale at our booth. Come visit and find your next favorite read!

Native Harvest
Kim Sigafus will be presenting a program on Native Harvest. Her talk will include planting Native foods like The Three Sisters, wild ricing, maple syrup tapping, and how natives stored food.
She will also be discussing how the native people lived in the early 1800’s, from gardening, harvest, and fall into winter time activities.

Story Time with Brad Wagnon Book Reading and Author Signing
Story time with Brad Wagnon, Cherokee author at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian July 25th.
Brad will be reading Cherokee stories and signing his popular books.
Level 3, imagiNATIONS Activity Center Story Room
Visit Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian website here for more details.

Story time with Brad Wagnon Book Reading and Author Signing
Story time with Brad Wagnon, Cherokee author at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian July 26th.
Brad will be reading Cherokee stories and signing his popular books.
Level 3, imagiNATIONS Activity Center Story Room
Visit Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian website here for more details.

Story Time with Brad Wagnon Book Reading and Author Signing
Story time with Brad Wagnon, Cherokee author at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian July 25th.
Brad will be reading Cherokee stories and signing his popular books.
Level 3, imagiNATIONS Activity Center Story Room
Visit Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian website here for more details.

Story Time with Brad Wagnon Book Reading and Author Signing
Story time with Brad Wagnon, Cherokee author at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian July 26th.
Brad will be reading Cherokee stories and signing his popular books.
Level 3, imagiNATIONS Activity Center Story Room
Visit Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian website here for more details.

Singing Bird and the Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History
Dressed in her native regalia, Kim gives a history of Natives in Illinois with a focus on Native women, or what was considered “The Hidden Half.” Her primary focus is women such as Singing Bird (Blackhawk’s wife), and Hononegah

Singing Bird and the Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History
Dressed in her native regalia, Kim gives a history of Natives in Illinois with a focus on Native women, or what was considered “The Hidden Half.” Her primary focus is women such as Singing Bird (Blackhawk’s wife), and Hononegah

Singing Bird and the Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History
Dressed in her native regalia, Kim gives a history of Natives in Illinois with a focus on Native women, or what was considered “The Hidden Half.” Her primary focus is women such as Singing Bird (Blackhawk’s wife), and Hononegah

Singing Bird and the Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History
Dressed in her native regalia, Kim gives a history of Natives in Illinois with a focus on Native women, or what was considered “The Hidden Half.” Her primary focus is women such as Singing Bird (Blackhawk’s wife), and Hononegah.
Kim will bring the audience into these women’s day-to-day lives, including courting, marriage, and child-rearing. She will also talk about their role in their husbands’ lives, and how those lives affected the history of Illinois.
Kim will discuss the role women played within the family unit. The audience will learn Native language and music, and get the chance to play native instruments in this interactive experience.

MMIW - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Two Spirit Honoring Event
MMIW - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Two Spirit Honoring Event
At 1 p.m the gathering will begin to honor those missing and murdered. The ceremony will include a blessing, a pipe ceremony, drumming and singing, a healing jingle dress dance, and the Red Dress ceremony.
The event is open to the public. Come dressed in red or wear your MMIW t-shirt to support the indigenous people. Please bring lawn chairs or blankets.

Book Signing at the Spring Market
Visit Kim Sigafus at the Starved Rock Lodge Spring Market, Sunday, from 10am - 3pm.
Book signing, gifts, and more.

Water Cress Fest
Watercress Fest centers around celebrating our relationship to land and water. Our connection to the environment has a positive impact on the well-being of Cherokee Nation citizens and the tribe as a whole. Our hands are guiding the stewardship and shaping the conservation of our reservation.

Native Gardening with Kim Sigafus
Dressed in her Native regalia, Kim Sigafus will be talking about The Three Sisters Planting and companion planting. She will discuss other ways of planting, what the native people planted, and all participants will receive seeds to start in their own garden. A Q and A will follow.

Singing Bird and the Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History
Dressed in her native regalia, Kim gives a history of Natives in Illinois with a focus on Native women, or what was considered “The Hidden Half.” Her primary focus is women such as Singing Bird (Blackhawk’s wife), and Hononegah.

Singing Bird and the Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History
Dressed in her native regalia, Kim gives a history of Natives in Illinois with a focus on Native women, or what was considered “The Hidden Half.” Her primary focus is women such as Singing Bird (Blackhawk’s wife), and Hononegah.

NATIVE AUTHORS & ARTISTS SERIES
Dressed in her native regalia, Kim is one of the guest speakers who will be introducing K-12 educators and librarians to her Ojibwa books for the classroom. There will be an interview and Q&A with the her, and time in the Perpich Library to peruse her books.

Singing Bird and the Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History
Dressed in her native regalia, Kim gives a history of Natives in Illinois with a focus on Native women, or what was considered “The Hidden Half.” Her primary focus is women such as Singing Bird (Blackhawk’s wife), and Hononegah.
Singing Bird and the Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History
Dressed in her native regalia, Kim gives a history of Natives in Illinois with a focus on Native women, or what was considered “The Hidden Half.” Her primary focus is women such as Singing Bird (Blackhawk’s wife), and Hononegah.

Meet the Author Podcast with Brad Wagnon
Brad Wagnon, Cherokee, will be speaking with Joan and Rob Carter of Indie Book Source about his writing, future projects and more. Meet the Author podcast on YouTube, Wednesday, Feb 26th, 7pm Eastern time.