SCHOOL VISIT: Perspectives and Poetry with Marcie R. Rendon
Rendon's appearance is a school visit only.
Through poetry and her new picture book, Stitches of Tradition, Marcie Rendon (White Earth Nation) brings the voices and teachings of her ancestors forward into the new Millennium.
"Noozhishenh, bimadiziwin," Nookomis says. "My granddaughter, live a good life." An Ojibwe grandmother carefully measures and selects just the right colors of fabric, and her sewing machine hums whirr, whirr, whirr late into the night.
In the morning, her growing granddaughter has a beautiful new ribbon skirt to wear, a reminder of her nookomis and the cultural traditions that stitch together her family with love.
Marcie R. Rendon
Marcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, author, playwright, poet, and freelance writer. Also a community arts activist, Rendon supports other native artists / writers / creators to pursue their art, and is a speaker for colleges and community groups on Native issues, leadership, writing.
She is an award-winning author of a fresh new (adult) murder mystery series, and also has an extensive body of fiction and nonfiction works. Stitches of Tradition is her first picture book, and Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium is her new poetry collection.
The creative mind behind Raving Native Theater, Rendon has also curated community created performances such as Art Is… Creative Native Resilience, featuring three Anishinaabe performance artists, which premiered on TPT (Twin Cities Public Television), June 2019.