By Trina Tsinnie The 2025 Heartland Book Fest was on October 10-11 in the Kansas City Public Library and Mid-Continent Public Library. For the third year, the Kansas City Public Library, Missouri Humanities, the Missouri Center for the Book, and not the Mid-Continent Public Library are proud to present theContinue Reading
By Trina Tsinnie On October 9-10, 2025, KU had its fourth annual Sturgeon Symposium at the Watson Library. Since 1892, the J.Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction (CSSF) has offered courses, classroom resources, writing awards, public events focused on shared inquiry, celebration, and creationContinue Reading
Trina Tsinnie | Arts & Entertainment | October 8, 2025 Photos captured from the sidelines of the annual welcome back powwow at Haskell’s powwow grounds.Continue Reading
Lawrence, Kansas – September is the month of Suicide Prevention Awareness, a time of kindness, patience, and spreading hope. This month is to spread awareness to share tools, resources, and support for individuals, family, and friends to talk openly about suicide prevention, recognize signs, and seek help. I want toContinue Reading
Trina Tsinnie Hello, my name is Trina Tsinnie, aka DJ Trina Bina, and I am one of the DJs from the Haskell Hour on KJHK 90.7. I’ve been DJing since the beginning of Haskell Hour in Fall 24. I’ve learned a lot and made new friends. So here are aContinue Reading
In late November 2024, well-known Ledger artist Chris Pappan visited Lawrence, KS, to host a three-day ledger art workshop with the locals and a few Haskell students at the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. Pappan is an artist of Osage, Kaw, Cheyenne River Sioux, and mixedContinue Reading
Written by: Trina Tsinnie On Saturday, October 12, 2024, A few Haskell students attended the Heartland Book Fest. The Book Fest took place at the Kansas City public library. Tommy Orange and Deborah Jackson Taffa discussed their newly published books with Librarian Cindy Hohl. Orange is an enrolled member ofContinue Reading
Yá’át’ééh, my name is Trina Tsinnie, I am from the Navajo Nation tribe. I live in a little village on the reservation called Lechee, but Lechee is next to a town that is about 5 miles away called Page, Arizona. I moved to Lawrence, Kansas in 2015. I started attendingContinue Reading
The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich visits the Haskell Auditorium at Haskell Indian Nations University on Saturday, October 12th. Louise tells the audience about her newly published novel “The Mighty Red” (Erdrich, Louise. The Might Red. HarperCollins, 2024.) The discussion of the acclaimed novel was anContinue Reading
Since Spring is finally here, it’s time to start planning what you want to plant this year. I plant by seed, but if you don’t have the time or items for seeding, then that’s fine; You can just buy a full plant instead. During this time, it is best toContinue Reading