Indigenous Peoples Day poetry reading set for Oct. 14

By Sequim Gazette Staff • October 11, 2024 1:30 am
Photo courtesy of North Olympic Library System / The Indigenous Peoples Day Poetry Reading on Oct. 14 will be held at ʔaʔkwustəŋáw̕txw House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse on the Port Angeles campus.
Photo courtesy of North Olympic Library System / The Indigenous Peoples Day Poetry Reading on Oct. 14 will be held at ʔaʔkwustəŋáw̕txw House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse on the Port Angeles campus.

Peninsula Collage and the North Olympic Library System co-host the fourth-annual Indigenous Peoples Day Poetry Reading, scheduled for 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at ʔaʔkʷustəŋáw̕txʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse on the Port Angeles campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

The Native Poets Group will begin the event with a reading, followed by an open mic for Indigenous community members to share their poetry. Native poets of all experience levels are welcome to share their poetry.

A sign-up sheet will be available near the entrance for open mic participation.

Indigenous Peoples Day is a national holiday that honors the Indigenous peoples of what is now known as North America. First celebrated in 1992 on the second Monday in October, Indigenous Peoples Day was officially proclaimed a national holiday in 2021.

Those unable to attend in person can join via livestream; information about how to watch is posted at pencol.edu/events.

This program is presented by Peninsula College and the North Olympic Library System and is supported in part by the Port Angeles Friends of the Library and the Peninsula College Foundation.