Indigenous Poetry Series: Rebecca Haff Lowry
In this recurring series, BPL Presents features Indigenous poets from across the continent who explore the art of poetry. In April, in conjunction with BPL and the Lenape Center’s Lenapehoking Exhibition, we continue this 2022 series with Rebecca Haff Lowry.
Join this one-of-a-kind series and find the full roster of 2022 poets here.
Rebecca Haff Lowry is a citizen of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, headquartered in Bartlesville, OK. Rebecca is an educator, social worker, poet and Lenape feather weaver. Her creation, The Cape of a Matriarch, is displayed in the Lenapehoking exhibition at Brooklyn Public Library through April 2022. In partnership with Tribes, she develops decolonial curriculum for classes elementary-college on Indigenous world views, creative writing and social-emotional skills. Her anthology of poetry, Lenape Journeys, was publicly performed on Little Island, in Manhattan, last July. A children’s book featuring lessons of feather weaving is in development. Rebecca serves on the Advisory Council of the Lenape Center.
The Indigenous Poetry Series is made possible with support from The Poetry Foundation.
