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Stacy Leeds' Talk Postponed. New Time and Date to follow.

Title: "CHEROKEE JUSTICE: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" Stacy Leeds is a former justice on the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court. From 2011-2018, Leeds served as the dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law and was the first native woman to serve as dean of a law school in the United States. She is a recipient of the American Bar Association's Spirit of Excellence Award and an elected member of the American Law Institute. She is a former…


"Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears: The Unlearned Lessons of Populism Today." Chad Smith (Cherokee Nation)

"Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears: The Unlearned Lessons of Populism Today." Chad Smith, Former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Chad Smith looks at the rise of a hard-edged populism with Andrew Jackson, leading to Cherokee Removal from their homeland in Georgia and the Southeast.  He then will examine what that example tells us about our present situation in the United States. This event is sponsored by the Institute of…


A Reading by William S. Yellowrobe, Jr.

The Institute of Native American Studies invites you to join us for a reading by celebrated playwright William S. YellowRobe. He is presently an adjunct faculty member in the English Department at the University of Maine and a Faculty Affiliate of the Creative Writing Department at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. His books include; Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers: and Other Untold Stories, a collection of…


"Across and Through These Lands: Earthworks, Indigenous Identity, and Return"

Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature LeAnne Howe presents scholar and author Chadwick Allen for her annual American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk.  This year's AIR Talk will take place on the Autumnal Equinox, Thursday, September 20th, at 4:15 p.m. in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium at the Georgia Museum, 90 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602: https://georgiamuseum.org/.     The title of his talk is "Across…


From Mashpee to Standing Rock: Reading William Apess in the 21st Century

Drew Lopenzina, professor of Early American and Native American Literatures at Old Dominion University will speak on "From Mashpee to Standing Rock: Reading William Apess in the 21st Century," focusing on Apess's activism.  Dr. Lopenzina is the author of Red Ink: Native Americans Picking up the Pen in the Colonial Period (2011) and Through an Indian's Looking-Glass: A Cultural Biography of William Apess, Pequout (2017).


What Is Native Pop?

Brent Learned is an award winning Native American artist, who draws, paints, and sculpts.  He was born and raised in Oklahoma and is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes.  His works are in collections of the National Museum of the American Indian, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and the Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion, among many other venues.  His work has been shown extensively abroad, including in…


"Unearthing Georgia's Deep Cultural Exchange: Still Digging On St. Catherines Island"

David Hurst Thomas has served as curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York since 1972, and, for seven years, served as the chairman of the Department of Anthropology. Thomas has conducted archaeological research on St. Catherine's Island since 1974. His talk will center on the hybrid Mississippian-Franciscan communities that actually existed on the Georgia Coast – long before Oglethorpe. Sponsored by the…


Jack Baker screening "The Daughter of Dawn"

Jack Baker, former member of the Cherokee Nation council and current president of the Oklahoma Historical Society, will host a screening of The Daughter of Dawn, with a discussion to follow. The Daughter of Dawn, a 1920s silent film with an all-Indian cast, was thought lost for more than 90 years, but it was recently rediscovered and fully restored by OHS.  


Cherokee Speculative Fiction

Sequoyah Guess:  The Books of the Red Eye "Sequoyah Guess has created a great tale wrapped in Cherokee storytelling, Oklahoma charm, and exciting horror.  Highly recommended if you're looking for a unique take on the vampire mythos.  Set in the Tahlequah area, it's at once familiar yet frightening, and full of horror action thrills." - Roy Boney Daniel Justice:  The Kynship Chronicles "Justice has created a fantasy…


American Indian Returnings: AIR Talk with Daniel Justice

  Daniel Justice, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia.  A scholar of Native literature, he is also an accomplished novelist himself.  He is the author of the fantasy trilogy The Kynship Chronicles, as well as Our Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History. 4:15-6:00pm
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