The 2026 Storytellers Conference highlights research and educational initiatives that promote storytelling as Indigenous means of connecting across territories and to each other. Storytelling takes many forms: art, data, digital media, and orally in diverse languages. They provide the tools, insights, and meanings we need to thrive as Indigenous communities.
This year we focus on language as Life Breath — a means of carrying one through the hardest of times, providing Indigenous joy, nurturing creativity, and welcoming others into a space of critical and supportive thinking. We are excited to gather to listen and learn about projects centering Indigenous Life Breath across Haudenosaunee territories and beyond. We welcome submissions on projects that are just starting, ongoing, or are in critical moments.
No story is too little and just might be the inspirational seed to grow our relationships to each other.
- Keynote Address by Tom Porter (Mohawk, Bear Clan)
- John Mohawk Legacy Address: Life Breath: A panel on Language Revitalization and Pedagogy
SAVE THE DATE: April 10, 2026
Event Address: Niagara Falls Convention Center 101 Old Falls St., Niagara Falls, NY
Contact us at (716) 645-7923 Email: indigenous-studies@buffalo.edu
