By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
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Kim Sigafus Melver, accomplished writer and speaker, will present a program on Native Culture and History at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16, at the Geneseo Public Library.
Information received from the Geneseo Library states: “Kim believes that education is an ongoing process for everyone, and she enjoys teaching curious listeners about her heritage. She will be dressed in her native regalia and will give a history of natives in Illinois with a focus on native women, or what was considered ‘The Hidden Half’.”
She has written non-fiction, children’s and young adult books and has traveled all over the Midwest to bring her native culture to life.
Her family is from White Earth Reservation, located in the northwest corner of Minnesota, and her Ojibwa name is ”Bekaadiziikwe,” which means “quite woman.”
She also sings and drums.
The speaker will have an assortment of books she has written available to purchase when she presents the program at the Geneseo Library.
