Dawn Karima Pettigrew at AIFF

Dawn Karima Pettigrew

Photograph of Dawn Karima Pettigrew. The Boundary of Moab
Date: Thursday, Nov 5th 12:30 pm &
Friday, Nov 6th, 11:30 am
Carlson Theater

Dawn Karima Pettigrew is Creek/Cherokee and belongs to the Panther/Tiger and Red Paint Clans. She is the host of Rezervations with Dawn Karima, a Native American talk show that airs on Native Voice One. She is the author of two novels. She is the co-author of a book about multiculturalism and spirituality in children's literature.

She is an accomplished journalist, whose work appears regularly in Indian Life, News from Indian Country, and Whispering Wind, who is also widely published as a poet and fiction writer. A former Ms. Native American Worldwide winner, she has a B.A. from Harvard and the Master's of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Ohio State University. She is the first full-time writer-in-residence at Western Carolina University.

She is a member of the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas, The Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, National Indian Education Association, and the Native American Journalists' Association. Featured in Who's Who and Who's Who Among Native Americans, she teaches Native American Studies, is an accomplished beadworker and women's traditional (Southern Cloth) powwow dancer and is active in modeling, film, television and the arts.

Source: http://www.nativewiki.org/Dawn_Karima_Pettigrew

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