American Indian storytelling in many guises comes to UW-Madison

Storytelling elders from American Indian nations in both the United States and Canada will be on hand for traditional American Indian storytelling at UW–Madison on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10 and 11.

The storytelling will begin informally on Friday as the elders talk about their lives at a brown bag session starting at noon in 8417 Social Sciences. Creation stories will have the spotlight at 7 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater.

Children’s stories will be the feature at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Pres House, 731 State St. Adults must accompany children. That rascal Trickster will be the subject of tales told at 7 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater.

All sessions will be free and open to the public. Elders will tell the stories in indigenous languages followed by English translations. Live traditional music will accompany the stories. For more information, contact the American Indian Studies Program at 263-5501, 263-3106 or aisp@mailplus.wisc.edu.