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Let’s Talk About It: “The Removed” Book Discussion
November 2 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
November 2 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Join Let’s Talk About It, a book club for people who love to read and discuss great literature! Read The Removed and participate in a discussion led by Joshua Nelson. In the 15 years since their teenage son, Ray-Ray, was killed in a police shooting, the Echota family has been suspended in private grief. Drawing deeply on Cherokee folklore, The Removed seamlessly blends the real and spiritual to excavate the deep reverberations of trauma — a meditation on family, grief, home and the power of stories on both a personal and ancestral level. This is part of a five-part series connecting book discussion with the Museum’s exhibition Cheyenne Ledger Artists of Fort Marion.
President’s Associates Presidential Professor Joshua B. Nelson, Ph.D., is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and associate professor of English and affiliated faculty with film and media studies, Native American studies and women’s and gender studies focusing on American Indian literature and film at the University of Oklahoma. He is also lead organizer of the Native Crossroads Film Festival and Symposium.
Books are provided and may be checked out at the Museum; contact gjeane@nationalcowboymuseum.org.
Refreshments provided.
Interested in the Book Club? Explore the entire series of books and events.
Sept 14: Firekeeper’s Daughter
Oct. 12: There, There
Nov. 2: The Removed
Nov. 18: Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir
Dec. 16: The Round House
Books, services, and other materials for this series are provided by Let’s Talk About It, a project of Oklahoma Humanities. Generous funding and support for this series was provided by Kirkpatrick Family Fund, McCasland Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, and Oklahoma City University. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of Oklahoma Humanities.
