Identity, Resilience, and Shared History: Tommy Orange and Greg Sarris
Sunday, June 2 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PMNative California Stage
- Fiction
- Identity
This conversation between celebrated novelists Tommy Orange and Greg Sarris will span the intersection of historical trauma, identity, and resilience within Indigenous communities, as explored in their respective works. Orange has explored the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in his new novel, Wandering Stars, and Sarris, who’s serving his sixteenth term as Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, examines themes of identity and belonging in his new story collection, The Forgetters. Both authors know well how literature and storytelling can serve as powerful tools for confronting and processing intergenerational trauma, as well as for reclaiming and preserving Indigenous cultural heritage and identity. They will speak to the power of storytelling as a means of resistance, reconciliation, and cultural revitalization within Indigenous communities.
Book signing information: Books inc (between Native California Stage and Fountain Stage)