American Indian writer to speak in Lawrence
Sherman Alexie, the writer and producer of the 1998 movie “Smoke Signals,” will speak Wednesday at Kansas University as part of the Hall Center for the Humanities Lecture Series.
Alexie, whose books include “Reservation Blues” and “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,” will speak at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center. The event is free and open to the public. His topic will be “Killing Indians: Myths, Lies and Exaggerations.”
Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d’Alene American Indian, also plans during his visit to discuss his work in two colloquia at KU and a third at Haskell Indian Nations University.
For more information, call the Hall Center for the Humanities at 864-7822.
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