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Beyond the Glittering World
Panelists
Shaina Nez
Shaina A. Nez is ‘Áshįįhi born for Táchii’nii. Her maternal grandfather’s clan is Ta’neeszahnii, and Kin łichii’nii is her paternal grandfather’s clan. She is from Lukachukai, Arizona, and currently lives in Mentmore, New Mexico. Nez received her MFA in creative writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Justice Studies from ASU. Her creative work has appeared in The Massachusetts Review, Yellow Medicine Review, Chapter House Magazine, Nonwhite and Woman: 131 Micro Essays on Being in the World, Between Pleasure and Pain: An Authentic Voices Anthology, and The Languages of Our Love: An Indigenous Love and Sex Anthology.
Cheyenne Williams
Cheyenne Dakota Williams is a Diné poet from Virginia. She is Bit’ahnii (Folded Arms Clan), born for Naahiłii (African American). Her work has been featured in Yellow Medicine Review, Saw Palm: Florida Literature & Art, Poetry Magazine, and Chapter House Journal. She is a Tin House scholar and an AWP Tribal Colleges & Universities Fellow. Her poems, “Heritage Diner” and “how to be a drunk ndn” were recently awarded the Frederick Bock Prize by Poetry Magazine. She is currently an undergraduate at Fort Lewis College majoring in writing.
Stacie Shannon Denetsosie
Stacie Shannon Denetsosie is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. Her clans are Todích’íí’nii (Bitterwater Clan), born for Naakaii (Mexican Clan). She is a fiction writer and poet. She was named a 2025 National Book Foundation 5 Under 25 Honoree. Her debut short story collection, The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories, was named a 2024 Southwest Book of the Year, a Foreword INDIES Book Award winner, and a 2024 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize finalist. Stacie received her MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Originally from Kayenta, Arizona, she currently resides in Northern Utah with her husband and cat.
Willow Baskets
TWO DAY WORKSHOP
Day One: Friday, October 18, 2024
Time: 8am – 12pm
Location: Bears Ears Education Center
Day Two: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Time: 8am – 12pm
Location: Bears Ears Education Center
Cost: $75
Number of Participants: Up to 12 people
Participants must be 16 years old.
Willow Baskets Christopher Lewis
During this class you will learn how to sustainably collect willow as well as the fundamentals of making a basket using the twining method. Lewis will also teach the difference between pre-contact and post-contact wicker baskets.
Christopher Lewis currently serves as a director on the Bears Ears Partnership Board of Directors. The Bluff Arts Festival is grateful to BEP for hosting this workshop.
From Bears Ears Partnership:
Christopher J. Lewis lives in the village of Zuni Pueblo, located in Southwestern New Mexico. He is a member of the Badger Clan and a child of the Corn Clan. He is a fiber artist, basket and textile scholar.
Over the last 12 years, Christopher has worked to revive basketry in Zuni, as well as worked with other Pueblos to revive their textile arts. Christopher also works on the Cedar Mesa Perishables Project as a Native Scholar. He has studied Ancient Perishables such as baskets, textiles, wood, and feather work from the Greater Southwest Housed in Major Museums. He now works to revive some of the prehistoric basket technology that he is studying.
