Curator-Led Tour of The Precious Things We Share: The Past, Present, and Future of Indigenous Picture Book Art

Dr. Lee Francis IV (Pueblo of Laguna) aka Dr. IndigiNerd is the Founder and Chief Imagination Officer of the Indigenous Imagination Workshop, an organization dedicated to sparking and cultivating the Indigenous imagination. He is an educator and entrepreneur and is the founder of the Indigenous Comic Con, Indigenous Worlds of Wonder, the Indigenous Futurisms Festival, Native Realities, and Red Planet Books and Comics. Francis is also an award-winning writer and editor and has multiple publications from poetry to short stories to comics.

Eleanor Owl Stolzoff (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) is a Curatorial and Program Assistant at The Carle. She was also the 2025 Special Project Trinkett Clark intern. A student at Amherst College, she majors in American Studies and Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, in addition to obtaining the 5 College NAIS Certificate.