Bowling Green, Ky. - Navajo storyteller Geri Keams will perform “Songs and Stories of My People” at 7 p.m. Oct. 19 in Western Kentucky University’s Garrett Conference Center Ballroom.

Keams is an educator, actress and author born and raised in the Painted Desert of Arizona. Her clan is Streak-of-Black-Forest. As a child, Keams grew up without television, living on the Navajo reservation with her nine brothers and sisters. Her grandmother, who was a rugweaver and storyteller, inspired Keams to remember the stories and songs of her people.

Keams graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in drama and film. She toured with the Native American Theatre Ensemble and co-wrote “Nahaszan,” a play about the Navajo Creation. She co-starred as Moonlight with Clint Eastwood in the classic western “The Outlaw Josie Wales.” She served as a consultant on the Disney animated feature “Pocahontas” and television’s “The X-Files.” She has been on television programs such as “Northern Exposure,” “Twin Peaks” and “The Secret of Lizard Woman.”  

The performance, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the WKU Provost’s Initiatives for Excellence, Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, Office of Diversity Programs and Department of Art.

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For more information, contact Darlene Applegate, (270) 745-5094.

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