Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle offers tales drawn from his cultural and personal history when for Storytellers of San Diego gather in Manchester Executive Conference Center. He'll accompany himself on Native American flute, sing Choctaw songs to rhythms from a whaleskin drum.
Tim Tingle is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a frequent speaker at tribal events. His great-great grandfather, John Carnes, walked the Trail of Tears in 1835, and memories of this family epic fuel his writing and telling.
Author of six books, Tingle was a featured speaker at the Native American wing of the Smithsonian Institute in 2006 and 2007. At the 2008 American Library Association Conference in Anaheim, California, he performed on the multi-ethnic concert, ?Many Voices, One Nation.? His first book, Walking the Choctaw Road, is a fictional depiction of tribal history covering two centuries, and his upcoming children?s book, Saltypie, is a family tale of 20th century Indian struggles and triumphs. Tingle?s first children?s book, Crossing Bok Chitto, was an Editor?s Choice in the New York Times Book Review and won the 2008 American Indian Youth Literature Award.
Admission: $10 Ages 12 and up.
Location:
USD: University of San Diego
5998 Alcal? Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Saturday, April 24 - 7:30 PM
For more information, please: (619) 298-6363
Tim Tingle is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a frequent speaker at tribal events. His great-great grandfather, John Carnes, walked the Trail of Tears in 1835, and memories of this family epic fuel his writing and telling.
Author of six books, Tingle was a featured speaker at the Native American wing of the Smithsonian Institute in 2006 and 2007. At the 2008 American Library Association Conference in Anaheim, California, he performed on the multi-ethnic concert, ?Many Voices, One Nation.? His first book, Walking the Choctaw Road, is a fictional depiction of tribal history covering two centuries, and his upcoming children?s book, Saltypie, is a family tale of 20th century Indian struggles and triumphs. Tingle?s first children?s book, Crossing Bok Chitto, was an Editor?s Choice in the New York Times Book Review and won the 2008 American Indian Youth Literature Award.
Admission: $10 Ages 12 and up.
Location:
USD: University of San Diego
5998 Alcal? Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Saturday, April 24 - 7:30 PM
For more information, please: (619) 298-6363
