Emerging Indigenous Voices

Sat, March 21, 2026 7:00 PM at Nokomis Cultural Heritage Center, 5153 Marsh Rd., Okemos, MI

The Native American Institute at Michigan State University, in collaboration with the RCAH Center for Poetry at MSU and the Lansing Poetry Club, is honored to present this evening of poetry by some of the area's most talented Native American poets.

A meet-and-greet with refreshments will follow the reading.

 

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Chase Jerome-Davis is Turtle Mountain Chippewa/Ojibwe. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Michigan State University, is a former intern at the RCAH Center for Poetry at MSU, and is currently working on a Master’s Degree in Student Affairs Administration. Chase served as the valedictorian for his 2021 graduating class at Turtle Mountain High School.

 

 

 

 

Zoë Johnson is a two-spirit nonbinary Indigenous writer born and living in mid-Michigan and an enrolled citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. They received their MFA in creative writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Twice shortlisted for PRISM International’s Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, their poetry and prose has been published in a number of journals, including Another Chicago Magazine, Eastern Iowa Review, beestung, bilingually in The Polyglot. Their work has also been anthologized in Lascaux Prize Vol. 6, and the Second Edition of “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves” from Oxford University Press.

 

 

 

Jo Troxell is Potawatomi and an enrolled member of the Hannahville Indian Community in Michigan – Anishinaabewaakiing (the land of the Anishishinabeg) – where she was raised. She holds a B.A. from Michigan State University, where she majored in Arts and Humanities with a concentration in Community Engagement as a charitable STARR Foundation Scholar and served as an intern at the RCAH Center for Poetry. She currently serves as a member/advocate for The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS).