Bellevue University Employee Book Forum Special Event

 Author Visit and Book Signing, in conjunction with the

        Celebration of Student Writing, Tuesday, May 14, 2013

 

The One Book One University Committee and Bellevue University’s Writing Center are excited to offer a special community building program to Bellevue University’s faculty and staff. 

 Come join One Book One University to read, discuss, and meet the author of

 “I AM A MAN” Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice by Joe Starita followed by dinner during the Celebration of Student Writing.     

 

In 1877, Chief Standing Bear’s Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched to what was then known as Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in what became the tribe’s own Trail of Tears. “I Am a Man” chronicles what happened when Standing Bear set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to return the body of his only son to their traditional burial ground. Along the way, it examines the complex relationship between the United States government and the small, peaceful tribe and the legal consequences of land swaps and broken treaties, while never losing sight of the heartbreaking journey the Ponca endured. It is a story of survival---of a people left for dead who arose from the ashes of injustice, disease, neglect, starvation, humiliation, and termination.

Book Discussion and Book Signing is Tuesday, May 14, 2013 from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. in the Library (Classroom 460).  Mr. Starita will be joining us around 5:00 p.m. for discussion, to answer any questions, and to sign copies of our books.

 All participants in the forum are invited to join us for the Celebration of Student Writing and Research at 6 p.m.  There will be a dinner and awards presentation in the Multi-purpose room of the ASB, followed by the keynote address by Joe Starita.

To participate, please give $5.00 (cash) to Lorraine Patrick in the Library on or before May 1, 2013.  The cost includes your own personal copy of the book and tasty refreshments.