Stories and Voices

The Pierce County Library offers opportunities to experience these cultures with events and activities.  Highlights include:

What is a Chief? How Native Values Can Teach Resilience
Learn Washington State history from a Native American perspective, and how that history can teach resilience. A Humanities Washington program. Ages 9 and up.

Saturday, Nov.  1, 1–2 p.m.
Eatonville Pierce County Library, 205 Center St. W.

Wednesday, Nov.  5, 6-7:30 p.m.
University Place Pierce County Library, 3609 Market Place W., Suite 100

Virtual “Flourishing in the Seasonal Rounds”*
Join Washington State Poet Laureate Emeritus Rena Priest as she shares a special essay celebrating our region’s historic abundance. Ages 13 and up.

Wednesday, Nov.  5, 4-5 p.m.
Virtual Pierce County Library

Conversation Cafe: Coast Salish
Enjoy thoughtful conversation and community connection. Explore different perspectives on everyday topics. Listen to others and ask questions in a relaxed, friendly setting. Ages 18 and up.

Tuesday, Nov.  4, 4-5 p.m.
University Place Pierce County Library, 3609 Market Place W., Suite 100

Beads, Knots and Culture*
Explore the beading style of the Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma and learn about this beautiful material seen on powwow regalia, jewelry and more.

Tuesday, Nov.  4, 5-6:30 p.m.
Interim Lakewood Pierce County Library, 10202 Gravelly Lake Drive SW

Wednesday, Nov.  19, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
DuPont Pierce County Library, 1540 Wilmington Drive

Indigenous Voices: Movie Afternoon
Join us for a special movie marathon celebrating Native American and Alaska Native Stories and Voices. Ages 18 and up.

Tuesday, Nov.  4, 5-7 p.m.
Summit Pierce County Library, 5107 112th St. E., Tacoma

Virtual Author Talk: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity with Award-Winning Journalist Joseph Lee*
Learn from journalist and author Joseph Lee as he discusses his stirring memoir, Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity.

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 11 a.m.
Virtual Pierce County Library

Virtual “Coming Home: How Nez Perce Tribe Regained Their Cultural Heritage”*
Hear the remarkable story of how the Nez Perce Tribe purchased the largest and oldest collection of tribal belongings from a museum over 2,000 miles away from their homeland. A Humanities Washington program. Ages 18 and up.

Sunday, Nov.  16, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Virtual Pierce County Library

How Coyote Lost His Sight and Found a New Passion
Hear Muckleshoot Tribal member John Halliday explain how he lost his sight but found a new passion for art. Ages 13 and up.

Tuesday, Nov.  18, 5-6 p.m.
Steilacoom Pierce County Library, 2950 Steilacoom Blvd.

Burke Box: Native Peoples of the Northern Northwest Coast
Wednesday, Nov.  19, 3-7 p.m.
Bonney Lake Pierce County Library, 18501 90th St. E.

Burke Box: Native Peoples of the Mid-Columbia Plateau
Tuesday, Nov.  25, 2-5 p.m.
Buckley Pierce County Library, 123 S. River Ave.

Explore Burke Boxes including museum-quality objects, artifacts and activities. Discover living traditions still practiced today such as woodworking, weaving, foods, fishing and more! Ages 18 and up.

View recorded author talks from Native American and Alaska Native authors at mypcls.org/virtual-author-talks. Authors include Joy Harjo, Stanley Milford, Jr., Mona Susan Power and Waubgeshig Rice.

                

Register for events and find more information at mypcls.org/calendar.