Águila Book Talk with María Cristina Moroles

Students, staff, faculty, and members of the Northwest Arkansas community at large are warmly invited to a reading and Q&A with María Cristina Moroles, the author of the recently published memoir, Águila: The Vision, Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Two-Spirit Shaman in the Ozark Mountains. This event will take place at 6 PM in Giffels Auditorium (201) in Old Main at the University of Arkansas. María Cristina Moroles will lead a prayer with members of the Arco Iris Earth Care Project, read from the memoir, and answer questions about the book. There will be a reception to follow in the Latin American/Latino Studies (LALS) lounge in Old Main 203 with light refreshments and the opportunity to buy books from Más Libritos Bookstore.

All attendees who register for this event on Hogsync will be entered into a drawing to win a signed copy of Águila. Winners will be contacted through email after the event is over.

This event is presented by the Multicultural Center, Mexican American Student Association, and the Latin American/Latino Studies program, with support from the Arco Iris Earth Care Project and Más Libritos. 

More About the Book
In Águila: The Vision, Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Two-Spirit Shaman in the Ozark Mountains, María Cristina Moroles traces the path of her extraordinary life from the streets of Dallas to the wilderness of the Arkansas Ozarks, where she has resided for fifty years. Hailing from a large Indigenous and Mexican American family in Texas, Moroles apprentices herself to healers and shamans across the Americas as she follows the spiritual vision that leads her to establish a mountaintop sanctuary for women and children of color in a notoriously insular location in the Ozark Mountains. This is a survivor’s tale, and a back-to-the-lander’s tale, unlike any other. From early traumas to countercultural rebellion and profound spiritual awakening, Moroles recounts milestones that earn her the ceremonial names SunHawk and Águila, as she builds a sustainable community off the grid, atop a mountain otherwise uninhabited by human life. Águila tells the truth of one woman’s search for freedom and all women’s quest for dignity as it celebrates the healing powers of nature. To purchase Águila, click here.

More About María Cristina Moroles
María Cristina Moroles is matriarch of Arco Iris, a healing sanctuary in the Ozark Mountains originally established for women and children of color and the queer community and now open to all people seeking healing. Moroles lives on the five-hundred-acre wilderness preserve in community with her children, Jennifer and Mario; visiting students; and other resident stewards. Also known by the ceremonial name Águila, she incorporates her Indigenous and Mexican American heritage in her work as a curandera, master massage therapist, and shaman. She is co-founder of the Arco Iris Earth Care Project. To learn more about Moroles, visit her website here.

More About the Arco Iris Earth Care Project
The Arco Iris Earth Care Project was founded in 1987 by queer and Two-Spirit Women of Color. We steward the 400-acre Wild Magnolia Land Trust according to indigenous earth care principles, and offer a healing, safe space for our community to connect with nature. To learn more about Arco Iris, please visit the Arco Iris website here.

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Co-hosted with: Mexican-American Student Association

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