In this NEA Big Read keynote event, playwright Vera Starbard, poet Joan Naviyuk Kane, and novelist Don Rearden discuss the power of art in a colonized, indigenous Alaska. Through an examination of their own work and the Big Read selection, Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel, the panel will discuss the notion that “survival is insufficient” in the wake of widespread cultural and social upheaval.
This live, onstage conversation preceded a Q and A session and book signing.

Bob King: Sailboats in the Bristol Bay fishery
Mug Up with Katie Ringsmuth
Atomic Island with Ben Huff
The Spirit Wraps Around You Closing Event
Weaving with Sea Otter Fur – Kathy Rado
A History of Native Textiles on the Northern Northwest Coast
The Spirit Wraps Around You Welcome
The Salmon Way
Walter Harper: Alaska Native Son
Cruising the Fossil Coast Line Part II
The Case for Tranquility Base: Proving the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Reflections on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act