Please join us as we celebrate International Womens Month at Gathering Tribes' Third Annual Evening of Poetry by Native Women!
Celebrate the book release of the long awaited anthology Turtle Island to Abya Yala and enjoy the songs and stories on love and resilience, collectively and singularly interweaved by these fierce First Nations women from the Bay.
Maylei Blackwell (Cherokee)
Mica Valdez (Mexica)
Sherry Wilson (Dine, Pee Posh)
Nizhoni Ellenwood (Nimi'ipuu Nez Perce, Apache)
Karina Gonzalez Amaya (Maya Pipil)
Nanette Bradley Deetz (Dakota, Cherokee)
Pennie Opal Plant (Yaqui, Cherokee, Choctaw)
Naomi Quinonez (Mexica, Tarahumara)
Brianna Lea Pruett (Cherokee)
Maya Chinchilla, Guatemalan
Desirae Harp (Wappo, Dine)
Jaynie Weye Hlapsi (Yaqui)
Nazbah Tom (Navajo)
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Song performance by: Nizhoni Ellenwood, Desirae Harp and Brianna Lea Pruett
The anthology contains art in full color and poetry by over 60 Native American and Latina women and is printed sustainably. Copies will be available for purchase ($28.00). All donations will fund the 2nd anthology by Malinalli Press, which will give a platform to indigenous voices on global climate change to protect mother earth.