Monday, October 20, 2025
3:30-4:30pm: Opening ceremony: Welcome by OU President Joseph Harroz Jr., comments by Native Studies faculty, Round dance (Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union 242)
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
2:30-3:45pm: Panel on Cherie Dimaline’s work: Dustin Tahmahkera (moderator), Kimberly Wieser (English), Laura Harjo (NAS); with Cherie Dimaline as respondent (Scholars Room, OMU 315)
4:30-5:45pm: Neustadt Jurors read from their work and sign books: Threa Almontaser, Maya Arad, Polina Barskova, Victoria Chang, Elisabeth Jaquette, Beena Kamlani, Shereen Malherbe, Iheoma Nwachukwu, and Alejandro Puyana. Books provided by Green Feather Book Company. (Beaird Lounge, OMU 201)
6-8pm: Neustadt Night at the OMU: Greetings by Sam Barcelo and Nancy Barcelo from the Neustadt family, Kathy Neustadt’s announcement of the 2026 Neustadt Prize laureate, remarks by Cherie Dimaline (Beaird Lounge)
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
10:30-11:00am: OU School of Dance performance adapted from Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves, choreographed by Alma Borges (Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, OMU 301)
11:00-12:00pm: Cherie Dimaline’s keynote followed by Q&A with the audience (Ballroom)
