National Book Festival
2021-09-17 - 2021-09-26 | Online
Engage with authors, watch on-demand videos, listen to a podcast, attend a live ticketed in-person event, explore new books, and learn about library collections. September 17-26.

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Genealogy 101History Live Durango
2021-09-20 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., Ignacio, CO, 81137
Want to know more about where you came from and your family’s story? Let us help get you started with the basics.
Presented by the Ignacio Community Library at the Ignacio Community Library
For more information, Contact Hannah Minkler, hminkler@ignaciolibrary.org, 970.563.9287.

Following In Ancient Footsteps - An Ancestral Puebloan Tour of the Four CornersHistory Live Durango
2021-09-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Dr, Bayfield, CO, 81122, United States
Local Interpretive Archeologist Denise Galley will highlight the major Ancestral Puebloan archaeological areas in the Four Corners area such as Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Aztec, and Canyon of the Ancients.
Presented by the Pine River Library at the Pine River Library
Fore more information, Contact Darcy Poletti Harp, darcy@prlibrary.org, 970.884.2222 ext. 522

Any Step Back Into the Old Ways is Naturally a Hindrance: Fort Lewis Indian School, 1892-1911History Live Durango
2021-09-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
This presentation focuses on locating and “hearing” the voices of Indigenous students attending Fort Lewis Indian School during the two decades of operation, and how the federal Indian policy of assimilation was manifested in the daily life of children attending the boarding school. With Dr. Majel Boxer, Associate Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, Fort Lewis College.
Presented by the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College
Email CSWSMail@fortlewis.edu for Zoom link.
For more information, contact Julie Tapley-Booth, CSWSMail@fortlewis.edu, 970.247.7456.

Amelia Earhart Chautauqua portrayal by Elsa WolffHistory Live Durango
2021-09-23 19:00 - 20:30 | TBD
Elsa Wolff, entertainer and educator, has been storytelling for 17 years around the country and a Chautauquan for the last seven. Arguably the most famous Aviatrix of her time, Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) pushed through social barriers and served as an inspiration to many men and women because of her courage, determination, and spirit of adventure. Following the portrayal, Wolff will join the audience for Q&A.
Presented by Fort Lewis College Lifelong Learning and Colorado Humanities
For location information visit www.fortlewis.edu/LLL

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Animas Museum Live!History Live Durango
2021-09-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Animas Museum, 3065 W 2nd Ave, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
Celebrate living history and the La Plata County heritage of sheep with costumed interpreters demonstrating spinning, weaving, and natural dyeing. Kids will be able to try their hands at related crafts. Dr. Ruth Lambert will speak at 11 a.m. about arborglyphs, the carvings left by sheep herders on aspen trees. At 1 p.m., Dr. Andrew Gulliford will have a book signing and speak about his book The Woolly West.
Presented by the Animas Museum outdoors at the Animas Museum
For more information, contact Susan Jones, info@animasmuseum.org, 970.259.2402.
