Learn about Native American history May 19 with Elmhurst Public Library

Long before Elmhurst existed as a city, the area was home to five different Native American tribes.

Elmhurst Public Library is hosting an online program on "Native American History" with Kim Sigafus from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, on Zoom.

Sign up at elmhurstpubliclibrary.org.

The award-winning author and Illinois Humanities Road Scholar will share the history and culture both past and present of her tribe and other Native American people in the Midwest.

Sigafus is an award-winning Ojibwa author from Freeport, Illinois. Her family is from White Earth Reservation, which is in the northwest corner of Minnesota. She writes Native American fiction and non-fiction as well as YA and children's books. She has a degree in theater and vocal music, drums and sings, and crafts dream catchers and Talking Feathers. She has given many presentations in her Native regalia and enjoys sharing her culture with others.

Sigafus has presented at venues such as Northern Illinois University and many other Midwest colleges, the Museum of Science and Industry, and many other museums, as well as libraries and small groups. She is currently reviewing Native curriculum for an educational company.