Denver

The 5h Annual Poetry Downtown Festival honors John Trudell from September 23 - 28, 2025!

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September 24

11.00-12.00 am (Lecture) Poet. Recording Artist. Actor. Speaker.

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John Trudell was identified as a poet, a fighter for Native American rights, an agitator, singer and lots of other things but who was he really! Learn more at Poet. Recording Artist. Actor. Speaker.

1.00-2.00 pm (Talk) We Are Power: Dissected

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In 1980, one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples and their allies took place at Paha Sapa. At this event, John Trudell delivered his iconic “We Are Power” speech. Twenty-five years later, we gather once more to reflect on and explore its deeper meaning. Learn more at We The Power : Dissected

3.00-6.00 pm (Museum) Indigenous Arts of North America

We visit the Indigenous Arts of North America collection at the Denver Art Museum and the Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors exhibition. It’s the first major show in the U.S. for celebrated artist Kent Monkman (Fisher River Cree Nation, born 1965).

8.00-10.00 pm (Reading) Poetry Downtown Denver

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Learn more at Poetry Downtown Denver

The following poets will read in Denver:
8.00-8.20 pm
8.20-8.40 pm
8.40-9.00 pm
9.00-9.20 pm

10.00-11.00 pm (PATCH) Denver
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