MT
Indigipalooza
The Montana Theatre
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr
Missoula, MT 59812
United States
This event is free, with limited space, as a part of Indigipalooza 2025.
Join Chris La Tray as he emcees an evening with Joy Harjo, 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate, opening with readings by Denise Lajimodiere and Sasha LaPointe. Book signings will follow.
Chris La Tray
Chris La Tray is a Métis storyteller, a descendent of the Pembina Band of the mighty Red River of the North, and an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. La Tray is the Montana Poet Laureate for 2023–2025 and a former bookseller at Fact & Fiction. He writes the weekly newsletter “An Irritable Métis” and lives near Frenchtown, Montana.
Nonfiction
A Landless Indian’s Journey Home
Available now!
From Montana Poet Laureate Chris La Tray, a singular story of discovery and embrace of Indigenous identity.