In December 2015 Daniel Heath Justice began a Twitter campaign to share the names of Indigenous writers. The reason for his efforts was to: “…push back against the frequent assumptions that our literary history is any less complex, robust, or diverse than that of other peoples (Daniel Heath Justice, Why Indigenous Literatures Matter?)
In solidarity with his efforts, Honouring Indigenous Writers is a yearly event to increase awareness and coverage of Indigenous literature.
This year the organizing team has put together a schedule of free events and activities designed for virtual participation throughout the month of March 2022. The events include:
- Author readings by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Dallas Hunt, Joshua Whitehead, Kim Senklip Harvey, and more
- An interactive workshop and walk with Peter Morin, titled “Words to Give Back: Words that have lifted us up“
- Self-paced Weekly Wikipedia Challenges to increase the coverage of Indigenous authors
- Wikipedia training and drop-in Zoom sessions
- A presentation by Dr. Aubrey Hanson and Dr. Erin Spring on Books to Build on: Indigenous Literatures for Learning
- And a social media campaign on Twitter
These events and activities are free and open to anyone to participate. Please join us at our kickoff event and reading on March 7, 2022 and learn more about the other events we have planned!
For more information and to register for events, visit the HIW website.