DEADLINE: Native Storytelling Workshop

The second annual Native Storytelling Workshop will take place June 11-15, 2023 at the University of Kansas (KU) campus in Lawrence, Kan. in partnership with Native American Journalists Association and Haskell Indian Nations University.

The workshop will bring Native American high school students from across the country to the KU campus for four days to introduce them to the field of journalism and explore ways that storytelling skills offer opportunities to give back to Native communities. Students will have the opportunity to learn the basics of online/digital news content creation, podcasting, and multimedia journalism using the studios and resources of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Students will also have the opportunity to learn more about possible majors and the admissions process at KU and Haskell.

The workshop will be led by KU Journalism professors Dr. Melissa Greene-Blye (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma) and Professor Rebekka Schlichting (Ioway Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska).

The purpose of the workshop is to educate the next generation of Native  storytellers by providing them with the tools and skills necessary to tell the stories that matter to them and their communities by giving Native people a voice in telling their own stories.

There is no cost for the workshop. Students are provided a room and all meals during the week. Scholarships available to assist with travel to and from Lawrence, Kan.

Applications are due May 25.