This interpretive camp of a small American Indian delegation to Williamsburg explores the life ways of regional indigenous peoples, and their policies with the colony of Virginia.
With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Filson Historical Society is excited to announce the re-launch of the First American West, an online collection of letters, financial records, maps, and objects relating to the Ohio River Valley in the mid-1700s through the early 1800s. Originally a collaboration with the Library of Congress […]
An excerpt from "Lost Nation: The Ioway 2" focused on the Ioway Nation's use of a hand-drawn map, depicting 200 years of tribal history, in an 1837 U.S. land claim dispute.
The Wabash County Museum has an existing permanent exhibit called Faces of Change which celebrates former & current residents of Wabash County who made an impact. None of those currently recognized here are BIPOC. We will create a temporary exhibit in our exhibition space that will recognize and education guests on several BIPOC community members […]
Come observe the solstice sun set at the tip of the FAM Mound. This free event for all ages includes singing and drumming, round dances, and art and science activities relating to the change of seasons. Bring a blanket and purchase a picnic pack from Thirty Nine restaurant (or pack your own). No outside alcohol […]
New eye-opening feature documentary The Ground Between Us explores the public lands debate in a unique way; presenting the reality of the people who live and work on public lands, but hold vastly different connections and perspectives. Through these stories, co-directors Zeppelin Zeerip and Galen Knowles ask: “Can public lands help to unite a divided […]
The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, USA Skateboarding and Levitt at the Falls will collaborate to create a one-of-a-kind “Innoskate” festival for the Oglala Lakota Nation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, July 5, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, July 7–9. The Innoskate festival brings skateboarding and local communities together in […]
In this activity, you will analyze documents related to American Indian history and voting rights from the 1830s to the 1970s and place them in chronological order. Documents were chosen to show the length of the fight for universal suffrage for American Indians and the different types of records that relate that history.
Join us for this thought-provoking series exploring past and present American Indian cultures. Each day, an American Indian Interpreter will delve into a different topic: You may examine certain native societies’ influence on American democracy and its struggle for independence and the ways in which they adapted to this changing world. You may discover how […]
For Isabella Aiukli Cornell, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, a prom dress was the perfect vehicle to express pride for her Native heritage and to signal her support of a growing political movement with which she has been deeply involved.