Native American words and music are on display this week, with two programs presented by Indigenous Nations Poets (IN-NA-PO) in partnership with Minnesota Humanities Center, as well as the launch of Minnesotan Teresa Peterson’s book “Perennial Ceremony,” and a program on writing about climate change.

Wednesday, June 26, 5:30 p.m., Minnesota Humanities Center, 987 E. Ivy Ave., St. Paul >>

“An Evening of Haiku and Anishinaabe Song” with Kimberly Blaeser, Gordon Henry Jr. and Gerald Vizenor sharing haiku, Anishinaabe dream songs and music as well as conversing with one another and the audience on their work and inspirations. Blaeser is a former Wisconsin poet laureate and founding director of Indigenous Nations Poets, author of six poetry collections. An Anishinaabe activist and environmentalist, she is an enrolled member of White Earth Nation. She is a professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and MFA faculty member for Institute of American Indian Arts. Gordon Henry is an Anishinaabe poet and novelist, and an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation of Minnesota. A past professor in the English department at Michigan State University, he also served for many years as senior editor of the American Indian Studies series at Michigan State University Press. Vizenor is professor emeritus of American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. A citizen of the White Earth Nation in Minnesota, he has published more than 40 books including novels, literary and cultural studies, and poetry and is one of this country’s leading Native scholars and writers. This program includes a complimentary community meal preceding the program. Free, registration required at mnhum.org.

(IN-NA-PO is a national Indigenous poetry community committed to mentoring emerging writers, nurturing the growth of Indigenous poetic practices, and raising the visibility of all Native writers. It recognizes the role of poetry in sustaining tribal sovereignty and Native languages.)

Friday, June 28, 5:30 p.m., Minnesota Humanities Center >>

Indigenous Nations Poets reading with this year’s IN-NA-PO fellows sharing some of their original work. Hosts will be former Wisconsin poet laureate Kimberly Blaeser, Minneapolis poet laureate Heid Erdrich and Minnesota poet laureate Gwen Nell Westerman. A community meal included. Free, reservations required. Go to mnhum.org.

Wednesday, June 26, 7 p.m., Birchbark Books event space, 1629 Hennepin Ave., Mpls. >>

Teresa Peterson celebrates publication of her book “Perennial Ceremony” in conversation with Diane Wilson, hosted by Birchbark Books. In this collection of prose, poetry and recipes from University of Minnesota Press, Peterson shares how she found refuge from the struggle to reconcile her Christianity and Dakota spirituality, discovering solace and ceremony in community with the Earth by observing and embracing the cycles of her garden. In this seasonal cycle, we learn how the garden becomes a healing balm, reclaiming and honoring our relationship with Mother Earth. Peterson is Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and citizen of the Upper Sioux Community. Free.

Tuesday, June 25, 5 p.m., Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. S., Mpls. >>

Milkweed Editions reading series presents “Beyond Guilt: Writers Reflect on Climate Change,” hosted by Diane Wilson, author of “The Seed Keeper,” She is executive director of Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, a Mdewakanton descendant enrolled on the Rosebud reservation. She will be joined by Erin Sharkey and Halee Kirkwood. Sharkey is a writer, arts and abolition cultural worker, and film producer who was awarded the Black Seed Fellowship from Black Visions and the Headwaters Foundation. Kirkwood is a member of Indigenous Nations Poets and direct descendant of Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe. Free.

— Mary Ann Grossmann