Ginanda-nisidotaadimin: Understanding American Indian History Series - Reservations, Boarding Schools, and Assimilation

Instructor: Erik Martin Redix, Ph.d. (Misko-anang)

Cost: $20 *50% or 100% Scholarships Available

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https://mycche.org/.../reservations-boarding-schools-and.../

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At the heart of US government policy towards Native people in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was a deal. While the details varied over time and in different policies, the underlying theme was this: give up your language, culture, and sovereignty and you will gain full and equal access to the benefits of being a white American. While some individual Native people were able to better themselves, for the vast majority of Native people this “deal” was a lie. Native people were faced with the destruction of their traditions while at the same time were pushed into deeper poverty. This presentation will explore how federal, state, and local governments worked (sometimes in opposition) to undermine tribal sovereignty and culture and impoverish Native people.

Instructor:

Erik Martin Redix (Misko-anang) is Eagle clan from the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Reservation in Wisconsin. He is the Anishinaabe Language Director at Oshki Ogimaag Community School in Grand Portage. He is the author of The Murder of Joe White: Ojibwe Leadership and Colonialism in Wisconsin (Michigan State University Press, 2014).

Additional sessions - Each session $20 (attend 1 or attend all 4)

March 2: Understanding Tribal Sovereignty - https://www.facebook.com/events/443478077096061/

March 16: Treaty of 1854 - https://www.facebook.com/events/700833850613081/

March 30: Reservations, Boarding Schools, and Assimilation - https://www.facebook.com/events/996789187513540/

April 13: Building of Modern Tribal Nations - https://www.facebook.com/events/2609794895984343/