Share a Story - Change the World
-
Dovie Thomason
- Female
- Harrisburg
- United States
- Share
- Blog Posts
- Discussions
- Events
- Groups
- Photos
- Photo Albums
- Videos
Dovie Thomason's Page
Profile Information
- About Me:
- Dovie Thomason has spent a lifetime joining her “voices” with the voices of her Lakota and Kiowa Apache relatives to share wise, (and often boisterous) traditional tales with resonance and sly humor. Her style makes her storytelling deliciously entertaining but it is filled with wisdom inherited from her teachers. When she adds stories from her own life and from her people’s experience, the result is a contemporary vision of the rich cultures of the First Nations of North America told with elegance, wit and passion. As a narrative voice and storyteller, Dovie has been featured in documentaries about Native People for the BBC. NPR, and PBS, including “The Call of Story”. She joined NSN’s Circle of Excellence in 2007.
Working in Native communities, regrounding people in their traditional story roots, has always been her passion. When not touring globally as a storyteller, author and indigenous activist, Dovie is also the chair of the Viola WhiteWater Foundation for Indigenous Culture and Education. “Miss Dovie” is proud to be a beloved "Auntie" to another generation of storytellers and activists.
- Website:
- http://doviethomason.com
About
Badge
© 2009 Created by Dianne de Las Casas, Author, Award-Winning Storyteller on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
Comment Wall (15 comments)
You need to be a member of Professional Storyteller to add comments!
Join this Ning Network
I met you when you came to the UK at the Festival at the Edge, and at Sidmouth Festival , and again when I came to Jonesborough in 2006. Thanks for your support and your stories!
janet
Janine
Csenge
Hi, I hope you remember me from the Weber State Storytelling Festival. You said to me that you would like to talk about ghost stories sometime. I have been doing a lot of study and research into ghost stories and I would love to hear your point of view.
Let’s talk
Daniel Bishop, the Storyteller
Great to see you here! I heard you telling in Jonesborough (my first storytelling experience in the USA), it was amazing, thank you!
Csenge
I am so glad you are here. Lots of good stuff and interesting tellers, pictures, stories, discussions and neat people. Lookng forward to seeing you chime in on these neat discussions.... Welcome
Buck
The garden is much in my thoughts now as well. So far pansies are all I've bought--a bit cold still in western Kansas. But soon there will be herbs and tomatoes and...and...who knows what else. I'm reading and thinking much about cultural issues, dominance issues, the meaning of power. A grandson was born to us last week: Elijah Lucas Meyers, 9 lbs. 11 oz. I worried some about his middle name as it is the surname of my great-grandfathers through many generations. Gen. Samuel D. Lucas was reportedly a kind and forthright man...but he fought the Indians and held slaves. Is that too much of a name to give to a baby? Not after hearing your Carlisle story at NSF 2007. He and all of us bear the responsibility to be sure those things do not happen again. He shall be Eli Peacemaker.
I was just appointed to the NSN board, a deep responsibility in these times. We need peace, vision, good fundraising for the 35 years of storytellers who have gathered at Jonesborough.
May your garden and your stories grow well.
View All Comments