Native Lit Symposium Agenda
Monday, June 16, 2025
8:00 AM – Registration & Breakfast
Mezzanine
9:00 AM – Welcome
Lumpkins Ballroom, North
11:00 AM – Wellness Break
Feast & Float, Bandelier participants prepare for departure
11:20 AM – Session 1: Native Lit, K-12
Lumpkins Ballroom, North
11:50 AM – Transition to Buses for Land-Based Learning Excursions
Excursions will return to the Hotel at various times (4:00 and 6:00 PM)
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
8:00 AM – Breakfast
Mezzanine
8:30 AM – Welcome
Lumpkins Ballroom, North
Opening Remarks
Keynote Address: Monique Gray Smith
10:00 AM – Break/Transition to Sessions
10:15 AM – Session 2
See Native Lit Session Descriptions for Details/Rooms
11:45 AM – Lunch
1:00 PM – NACA Student Poets
Lumpkins Ballroom, North
2:00 PM – Break
2:30 PM – Conversation with Monique Gray Smith
Lumpkins Ballroom, North
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Book signing after the talk
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
8:00 AM – Breakfast
Mezzanine
8:30 AM – Orientation to Day
Lumpkins Ballroom, North
9:00 AM – Transition to Sessions
9:15 AM – Session 3
See Native Lit Session Descriptions for Details/Rooms
10:45 AM – Break
11:00 AM – Breakout Session
NACA Elementary 5th Grade Capstone Native Lit Circles
New Mexico Room
Expansive Student Literacies Grounded in Critical Hope and Revolutionary Love
Sitha Room
Native Authors and Illustrators Panel Discussion
Santa Fe Room
11:45 AM – Lunch
1:00 PM – Session 4
See Native Lit Session Descriptions for Details/Rooms
2:30 PM – Break
2:45 PM – Closing Remarks + Book Giveaway
Lumpkins Ballroom, North
