Luci Tapahonso
Professional Organizations
- Modern Language Association
- Association of American Indian and Alaska Native Professors
- Navajo Studies Association
- Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
- Poets and Writers
Invited Papers and Presentations
- Intersection for the Arts Lecture Series
- Sponsored by Poets and Writers
May 1997 San Francisco, CA
- Featured Writer: Native American Literature
- NEH Seminar for Teachers
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City, OK 1997,
- Featured Speaker: A Common Ground: Program to Assist Teachers of New Mexico History
- New Mexico Endowment for the Hunanities, Las Vegas, NM, 1996.
- Keynote Address: Opening Session
- National Association of Independent Schools People of Color Conference
Baltimore, MD 1996.
- Keynote Address: Opening Banquet
- National Council of Teachers of English
Chicago, IL, 1996.
- Featured Address: Teach Us to Prevail: Invocations to the Land and the Elderly in Contemporary American Indian Poetry
- Lorraine W. Frank Lecture in the Humanities
Annual Arizona Humanities Day, Phoeniz, AZ, 1996.
- Luncheon Address: Teachings From the Holy People Conference
- The Navajo Nation
Gallup, NM, 1996.
- Inaugural Poem: Hayíí
ká: The Gifts of Early Dawn
- Inauguration of Chancellor Robert Hemingway
University of Kansas, 1996.
- Session Speaker: Curriculum Development. Poetry: Living in Two Worlds
- National Association of Independent Schools People of Color Conference
Baltimore, MD, 1996.
- Panelist: The Myth of Quality
- Open Dialogue VII on Cultural Diversity in the Arts
Association of American Cultures, St. Louis, MO, 1996.
- Featured Speaker: Borderlands Literary Conference
- El Paso, TX 1996.
- Featured Speaker: The US-Mexico Boundary Survey Borderlines Issues: Then and Now Symposium
- Albuquerque, NM 1996.
- Featured Speaker: Four Directions Summer Institute for Teachers
- Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS, 1996.
- Featured Speaker: Bruises and Roses: A Workshop on Domestic Violence
- Shiprock, NM, 1996.
- Featured Speaker: American Indian Language Development Institute
- University of Arizona, Tucson, 1995.
- Panelist: A Writer's Landscape: Real and Imagined
- University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1995.
- Keynote Address: Study of Literature and the Environment Annual Conference
- Fort Collins, CO, 1995.
- Featured Writer: NEH Literary Institute Seminar
- Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, 1995.
- Featured Writer: New York State Writer's Institute Series
- SUNY Albany, NY, 1995.
- Convocation Address
- Bethel College, North Newton, KS, 1995.
- Featured Speaker: Multicultural Conference on Children and Healing
- UNM School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 1995.
- Panelist: Women Writing the American West
- University of Arizona, Tucson, 1995.
- Keynote Address: Annual Literature and Composition Symposium
- Amarillo College, TX, 1995.
- Banquet Address: Navajo Studies Conference
- Farmington, NM, 1995.
- Session Chair: American Indian Women: Their Voices, Their History
- Western History Association, Albuquerque, NM, 1994.
- Panelist: Literary Heroines and Heroes: The Western Poetic Tradition
- with Phillip Levine, Carolyn Kizer and Alberto Rios
Associated Writing Programs Conference, Tempe, AZ, 1994.
- Keynote Speaker: Phyllis Berger Memorial Lecture
- Bozeman, MT, 1994.
- Featured Speaker: Visiting Writer's Series,
- Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, 1994.
- Luncheon Speaker: Conference on College Composition and Communication
- Nashville, TN, 1994.
- Featured Speaker: Arizona State Museum Lecture Series
- Tucson, AZ, 1993.
- Luncheon Address: National Council of Teachers of English
- Pittsburgh, PA, 1993.
- Featured Speaker: Western Literature Association
- Wichita, KS, 1993.
- Evolution of an Oral Tradition in American Indian Poetry
- Smithsonain Resident Associates Program
George Washington University, 1993.
- Luncheon Address: Literary Encounters: Native American Literature and Culture
- Bozeman, MT, 1993.
- Keynote Address: International Reading Association
- San Antonio, TX, 1993.
- Luncheon Address: Kansas Teachers Association of Whole Language
- Emporia, KS, 1993.
- Panelist: Community, Classroom, and the Place of Emergence: Toward a Native American Poetics
- Modern Language Association, New York, NY, 1992.
- Session Chair: Literature in Native Languages
- Modern Language Association, New York, NY, 1992.
- Luncheon Address: Writing in English, Singing in Navajo: The Poetics of Four Navajo Poets
- State Humanities Councils, Albuquerque, NM, 1992.
- Keynote Address: National Organization for Native American Women Conference
- Albuquerque, NM, 1992.
- Keynote Address: Whole Language Umbrella Conference
- Phoenix, Az, 1992.
- Session Speaker: The Use of Indian English in Literature
- American Indian English Conference, Tempe, AZ, 1992.
- Featured Speaker: Imagination and the Earth
- New York / New Jersey Teachers Conference, New York City, NY, 1992.
- Keynote Address: Nizhonigoo Yahdaltih: The Aesthetics of Language in Native American Poetry
- Literature and Composition, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1991.
- Provost's Lecture: American Indian Women Today: How the Past Strengthens the Future
- University of Denver, CO, 1991.
- Modern Symmetrical Forms in Navajo Poetry and Old `Earth Surface People' Songs
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1991.
- Erdrich's Tracks: Understanding the Layers of Stories, Histories and Dreams
- The 1990 Common Text Presentation, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, 1990.
- The Way It Is with Skeet McAuley
- Sign Language exhibition, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, 1989
Amherst College, Wichita Art Museum, 1990.
- Panelist: Multicultural Feminist Readings: Common Ground in the 1990s
- South Central Modern Language Association, San Antonio, TX, 1990.
- The Women Are Singing
- Monthly Convocation, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, 1990.
- Featured Speaker: Beyond Regionalism: Women and Their Writing
- New Mexico Women's Studies Conference, Las Cruces, NM, 1990.
- Featured Speaker: Indian Literatures Today
- International Symposium on Latin American Indian Literatures, Albuquerque, NM, 1989.
- Keynote Address: Navajo Youth Leadership Conference
- Chinle, Az, 1988.
- Panelist: Idealogies of Feminism: Mythologies and Realities
- Ethnic Studies Conference, Bowling Green State University, 1988.
- Featured Speaker: Sharing Our Histories, Strengthening Our Lives
- International Feminist Bookfair, Montreal, QU, Canada, 1988.
- Panelist: The Songs We Sing: Venerable Lyrics of Navajo Women's Contemporary Songs
- Modern Language Association, New Orleans, LA, 1988.
- Keynote Address: Fact and Fiction: How the Personal Influences Creative work
- Southwestern Literature Series, Taos, NM, 1988.
- Featured Speaker: Saanii Dahataa: The Woman's Status in Navajo Society as Seen in Literary Forms
- National Indian Education Association, Tulsa, OK, 1988.
- Featured Speaker: How Does Hozhojii Apply Here: The Navajo Woman in Academia
- Empowering Native American Women Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, 1988.
- Featured Speaker: Southwestern Literature
- Children of the Anasazi Conference, Colorado Springs, Co, 1988.
- Keynote Address: International Native American Language Issues Institute
- Tempe, AZ 1988.
- Featured Speaker: Come Into The Shade
- Open Spaces, City Places Conference, Tucson, AZ, 1988.
- Keynote Address: Creativity and Its Rewards
- Governor's Career Development Conference for Women, Albuquerque, NM, 1987.
- Featured Speaker: Some Thoughts on Land and Life
- Last Lecture Series, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1987.
- Featured Speaker: Southwestern Discoveries
- Literature in the Libraries, Ruidoso, Los Alamos, Farmington, Rio Rancho,
Clovis, Truth or Consequences, Santa Fe, NM, 1985-86.
- Panelist: The Challenges Facing Indian Career Women
- National Organization of Native American Women, Albuquerque, NM, 1986.
- Featured Speaker: The Land, the Night, and the Navajo Romantic Experience
- National Indian Education Association, Reno, NV, 1986.
Workshops
- Art of the Wild: Writing with the Natural World
- Olympic Valley, CA. 1994, 95, 97
- Writing Facilitator, Here, Now, and Always Exhibition
- Museum of American Indian Arts and Culture
Santa Fe, NM 1996-97.
- Hallmark Cards, Inc.
- Kansas City, 1996.
- The Frost Poetry Festival
- Franconia, NH 1995.
- Weekly Writing Workshop for Women
- Benefit for the Lawrence Indian Center
Lawrence, KS. 1995
- Squaw Valley Community of Writers
- Olympic Valley, CA 1994.
- Cove Day School
- Cove, AZ 1994
- Red Valley Day School
- Red Valley, AZ 1994
- Arizona State University
- Tempe, AZ 1993
- Kayenta Boarding School
- Kayenta, AZ 1993.
- Mountain States Multifunctional Resource Center
- Shiprock, NM, 1992.
- Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
- Waterloo, NJ, 1992.
- NEH Seminar for Language Teachers
- University of Arizona, Tucson, 1990.
- College of Santa Fe
- Santa Fe, NM, 1986, 88, 89.
- Institute of American Indian Arts
- Santa Fe, NM, 1984, 85.
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- Socorro, NM, 1985.
- Elementary Education Dept.
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1981.
- In-Service Training for Teachers
- Red Mesa School District, Az, 1980.
Journal Publications
- Celebrating A Century: A Daughter Reflects On Her Father's Full Life,
- New Mexico Magazine, 1997, 75.10, 32-35.
- A Prayer, (excerpt)
- Writing Nature: A Journal of Fine Nature Writing, 1996, 6, 1.
- Hayííká: The Gifts of Early Dawn
- Oread, 16 Feb. 1996, 5.
- Ode to the Land: A Diné Perspective
- New Mexico Magazine, 1995, 73.8, 60-69.
- Singing in Navajo, Writing in English: The Poetics of Four Navajo Writers
- Kansas English, 1994, 80.1, 22-38.
- Singing in Navajo, Writing in English: The Poetics of Four Navajo Writers
- Culturefront, 1993, 2.2, 36+.
- For Misty Starting School in Multicultural Books and Interdisciplinary Inquiries
- by Donnarae MacCann, The Lion and the Unicorn, 1992, 16.1, 43-54.
- In 1864
- Frontiers, 1992, 12.3, 1-4.
- Leda and the Cowboy, Blue Horses Rush In, What Danger We Court,
- Frontiers, 1992, 12.3, 165-70.
- They Were Alone in the Winter
- New Mexico Magazine, 1992, 70.2, 35.
- What Danger We Court
- Diné Bi Iina, 1990, 2.1, 81-2.
- What Danger We Court
- Caliban, 1988, 5, 100.
- I am Singing Now
- Diné Bi Iina, 1987, 1.1, 53.
- Last Year the Piñons Were Plentiful
- Cloudline, 1986, 12, 4-5.
- A Breeze Swept Through, The Trees Along the River
- Sinister Wisdom, 1983, 22/23, 200-1, 75-6.
- Rose Ann Tso, For My Brother
- Beloit Poetry Journal, 1983, 30-1, 85-91.
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