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Youth Book Club
August 14, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT
Free
Be a part of our Kids Book Club and celebrate Native authors and children’s literature at St. Kateri August 12th and 14th from 12:00-4:00 pm. The afternoon of entertainment and enriching activities will feature book readings from Author Maria Des Jarlait and art with Negwes White, pizza and ice cream, and more! Members from Northwestern’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research will also be present to conduct surveys, researching the importance of Native authored children’s literature.
For more information about this program, please contact:
Josee – jstarr@gichigamiin-museum.org or Negwes – nwhite@stbenedict.com
This is a part of the Native Cover-to-Cover Project.
The six Native-authored books are available at no cost to participating families.
Who Can Participate?
About the Research Study
Participating families will be asked to take part in surveys asking questions about you, and about stories and books. Families of all backgrounds with children aged 5-11 are eligible to participate.
A legal guardian needs to be present with children to be eligible. Surveys will take between 15 minutes and an hour, and you will be invited to 2 community events in total and asked to participate in the survey at or after each event.
Title of Study: Advancing a New Narrative Through Native Representation and Culturally Responsive Programs; Study # STU00219880. Principal Investigator: Stephen Hersh