Indigenous Spiritualities: An Interfaith Lunch with Larry Spotted Crow Mann

Larry Spotted Crow Mann

Larry Spotted Crow Mann is a citizen of the  Nipmuc Tribe of Massachusetts.



He is an award winning writer, poet, cultural educator, Traditional Story Teller, tribal drummer /dancer and motivational speaker involving youth sobriety, cultural and environmental awareness.



Mann is co-director of the Ohketeau Cultural Center and Founder of the Native Youth Empowerment Foundation.



He  is also a  former board member of the Nipmuk Cultural Preservation ,which is an organization set up to promote the cultural, social and spiritual needs of Nipmuc people as well an educational resource of Native American studies.



Mass also serves as a Review Committee Member at The Native American Poets Project at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology



​He travels throughout the United States, Canada and parts of Europe to schools, colleges, pow wows and other organizations sharing the music, culture and history of Nipmuc people. He has also given lectures at universities throughout New England on issues ranging from Native American Sovereignty to Identity. 

 

In 2010 his poetry was a winner in the Memscapes Journal of Fine Arts. In 2013 his poetry was nomiated for the Pushcart Prize



Mann's first book, Tales From the Whispering Basket, is internationally acclaimed and has received excellent reviews. Mann's second book, The Mourning Road to Thanksgiving , was the 2015 Native American WordCraft Circle of Honors winner. Scholars, students and everyday readers are calling it one of the best books they have ever read.  And Mann's latest book Drumming & Dreaming, a spectacular collection of Nipmuc Legends shared through the Voice of Crow and Bear. Some of the stories in Drumming and Dreaming will be features in a statewide curriculum across Massachusetts as part of a Life Skills Training for teache and student; for alcohol/drug prevention in Native American teens.