Conference Schedule at a Glance
Friday, April 8, 2016
11:00 am Registration Opens
1:00-1:30 pm The Next Step in Research
Launching with a States and American Indian studies module, PebbleGo Next from Capstone Press is carefully aligned to curriculum objectives for grades 3-6. It is simple to navigate and offers key reading supports, along with a variety of downloadable content, including prompts to inspire critical thinking. Demonstration by Carrie Ehlert Newman.
Break: Book Sales, Zen Corner, Displays
2:00-3:30 pm Indigenize Your Library
Presenter Debbie Reese is tribally enrolled at Nambe Pueblo in northern New Mexico. A former schoolteacher and professor, her book chapters and articles are taught in Library Science, English, and Education courses in the US and Canada. Debbie Reese will suggest ways librarians can revisit their libraries and their collection development guidelines so that the work they do creates an atmosphere where Native people feel welcome and where everyone can locate accurate information about Native peoples of the U.S. and Canada. A Skype lecture.
Break: Book Sales, Zen Corner, Displays
3:45-4:30 pm War on the Prairie
Carrie Ehlert Newman, author of War on the Prairie, spends a great deal of her time on history. A graduate of Pelican Rapids High School, she presently teaches history to middle school students at Murray High School in Saint Paul, Her novel. War on the Prairie, is set during the 1862 Dakota Uprising.
4:30-6:00 pm Book sales, cash bar, check-in
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner
7:00-9:00 pm Lightning Round
Join us for a fast paced interactive demonstration of the region’s best and brightest librarians and educators. Learn something new, be inspired by local talent, and win a few prizes.
1:00-1:30 pm The Next Step in Research
Launching with a States and American Indian studies module, PebbleGo Next from Capstone Press is carefully aligned to curriculum objectives for grades 3-6. It is simple to navigate and offers key reading supports, along with a variety of downloadable content, including prompts to inspire critical thinking. Demonstration by Carrie Ehlert Newman.
Break: Book Sales, Zen Corner, Displays
2:00-3:30 pm Indigenize Your Library
Presenter Debbie Reese is tribally enrolled at Nambe Pueblo in northern New Mexico. A former schoolteacher and professor, her book chapters and articles are taught in Library Science, English, and Education courses in the US and Canada. Debbie Reese will suggest ways librarians can revisit their libraries and their collection development guidelines so that the work they do creates an atmosphere where Native people feel welcome and where everyone can locate accurate information about Native peoples of the U.S. and Canada. A Skype lecture.
Break: Book Sales, Zen Corner, Displays
3:45-4:30 pm War on the Prairie
Carrie Ehlert Newman, author of War on the Prairie, spends a great deal of her time on history. A graduate of Pelican Rapids High School, she presently teaches history to middle school students at Murray High School in Saint Paul, Her novel. War on the Prairie, is set during the 1862 Dakota Uprising.
4:30-6:00 pm Book sales, cash bar, check-in
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner
7:00-9:00 pm Lightning Round
Join us for a fast paced interactive demonstration of the region’s best and brightest librarians and educators. Learn something new, be inspired by local talent, and win a few prizes.
Saturday, April 9, 2016
7:00-8:30 am Breakfast
7:30 am Registration & Book Sales
8:30-9:00 am Conference Welcome & Regional Author Showcase
9:15-10:15 am Eric Rohmann
The author and illustrator of many books for children. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for My Friend Rabbit and a Caldecott Honor for Time Flies. Rohmann was born in Riverside, Illinois in 1957. He grew up and presently lives in a suburb of Chicago. As a boy, he played Little League baseball, read comic books, and collected rocks and minerals, insects, leaves, and animal skulls. With degrees in Art and in Printmaking, Rohmann taught printmaking, painting, and fine bookmaking at Belvoir Terrace in Massachusetts and introductory drawing, fine bookmaking, and printmaking at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, His most recent book is Bulldozer’s Big Day with Candace Fleming
10:15-11:00 am Book Signing & Displays
11:00 am-Noon Anton Treuer
Anton Treuer spent 12 years on the faculty at Bemidji State University teaching Ojibwe language courses and classes on Ojibwe culture, history and literature, before being named executive director of the American Indian Resource Center. He has recently given up that position to return to teaching, his true passion. Dr. Treuer is the author of 14 books and is also the editor of the Oshkaabewis Native Journal, the only academic journal of the Ojibwe language. In 2002. His book The Assassination of Hole in the Day was named a Minnesota Book Award Finalist. The Center for the Book named two of his titles, “Minnesota’s Best Read of the Year” for Ojibwe in 2010 and for Aweslinyensag in 2011. Treuer’s Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask has been recommended for all libraries by Debbie Reese. His latest work, Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe is a highly readable book tracing the history of Red Lake through its leaders.
Noon-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00-2:00 pm Candace Fleming
Candace Fleming states that she has always been a storyteller. Even before she could write, she could always tell a good tale. Her parents encouraged her to put her stories down on paper. In second grade, she discovered a passion for language and began to really listen to words. Fleming went to college and discovered that she also had a passion for history. While reading to her own children, she discovered the joy of children’s books. Today Candace Fleming is a versatile and acclaimed author of more than 30 books and her numerous awards include the Children’s Book Guild annual 2014 Nonfiction Award for her substantial body of consistently high-quality nonfiction books for children of various ages. In 2015, The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of the Russian Empire was a finalist for YALSA’s Award for Excellence in Nonfiction which honors the best nonfiction book for young adults each year.
2:00-2:45 pm Book Signing & Displays
2:45-3:15 pm Author Panel: Eric Rohmann, Anton Treuer, Candace Fleming
3:15-3:30 pm Conference Closing
7:30 am Registration & Book Sales
8:30-9:00 am Conference Welcome & Regional Author Showcase
9:15-10:15 am Eric Rohmann
The author and illustrator of many books for children. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for My Friend Rabbit and a Caldecott Honor for Time Flies. Rohmann was born in Riverside, Illinois in 1957. He grew up and presently lives in a suburb of Chicago. As a boy, he played Little League baseball, read comic books, and collected rocks and minerals, insects, leaves, and animal skulls. With degrees in Art and in Printmaking, Rohmann taught printmaking, painting, and fine bookmaking at Belvoir Terrace in Massachusetts and introductory drawing, fine bookmaking, and printmaking at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, His most recent book is Bulldozer’s Big Day with Candace Fleming
10:15-11:00 am Book Signing & Displays
11:00 am-Noon Anton Treuer
Anton Treuer spent 12 years on the faculty at Bemidji State University teaching Ojibwe language courses and classes on Ojibwe culture, history and literature, before being named executive director of the American Indian Resource Center. He has recently given up that position to return to teaching, his true passion. Dr. Treuer is the author of 14 books and is also the editor of the Oshkaabewis Native Journal, the only academic journal of the Ojibwe language. In 2002. His book The Assassination of Hole in the Day was named a Minnesota Book Award Finalist. The Center for the Book named two of his titles, “Minnesota’s Best Read of the Year” for Ojibwe in 2010 and for Aweslinyensag in 2011. Treuer’s Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask has been recommended for all libraries by Debbie Reese. His latest work, Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe is a highly readable book tracing the history of Red Lake through its leaders.
Noon-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00-2:00 pm Candace Fleming
Candace Fleming states that she has always been a storyteller. Even before she could write, she could always tell a good tale. Her parents encouraged her to put her stories down on paper. In second grade, she discovered a passion for language and began to really listen to words. Fleming went to college and discovered that she also had a passion for history. While reading to her own children, she discovered the joy of children’s books. Today Candace Fleming is a versatile and acclaimed author of more than 30 books and her numerous awards include the Children’s Book Guild annual 2014 Nonfiction Award for her substantial body of consistently high-quality nonfiction books for children of various ages. In 2015, The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of the Russian Empire was a finalist for YALSA’s Award for Excellence in Nonfiction which honors the best nonfiction book for young adults each year.
2:00-2:45 pm Book Signing & Displays
2:45-3:15 pm Author Panel: Eric Rohmann, Anton Treuer, Candace Fleming
3:15-3:30 pm Conference Closing