Sep 21
Indigenous Chicago
Carls in the Chicago area
are invited to Indigenous Chicago:
A Lecture and Exhibit Tour
with Professor Meredith McCoy
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Time
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. lecture and exhibit tour.
4:00 p.m. optional post-event social at Clark Street Ale House.
Locations
The Newberry Library
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Clark Street Ale House
742 N Clark St,
Chicago, IL 60610
Home to the Potawatomi, Odawa, Ojibwe, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Myaamia, Wea, Sauk, Meskwaki, and Ho-Chunk peoples, the place we now call Chicago has long been a historic crossroads for many Indigenous people and remains home to an extensive urban Native community. Yet most Chicagoans are unaware of the city’s history as a home to diverse Indigenous peoples and the vibrant Indigenous communities present today.
Indigenous Chicago is a community-engaged project that has emerged from over four years of collaborations between the Newberry Library, community members in the Chicago Native community, the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, and Carleton College. Project components include an exhibition, new oral histories, a set of innovative digital maps, curricular modules for high school social studies, and public programming that will take place in Chicago during the fall of 2024.
Led by Professor Meredith McCoy, this alumni event will explore both the curriculum and the exhibition, which are tied together through a set of core themes: Chicago is a Native Place, Land and Environment, Convergence, Activism and Resistance, and Education.
Meredith McCoy (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe descent) is an Assistant Professor in History and American Studies at Carleton. Her courses explore Indigenous activism, education history, and Indigenous research methods. McCoy's research examines how Indigenous families, educators, and community leaders have long repurposed tools of settler violence towards Indigenous life. Her first book, On Our Own Terms: Indigenous Histories of School Funding and Policy, was recently published with the University of Nebraska Press and has been spotlighted by Ms. Magazine.
Cost
Tickets are $10 each and include lecture and exhibit tour. Purchase your own food and beverages at the post-event social.
Purchase Tickets
By September 9. Space is limited to 30 guests.
Parking and Transportation
Information on getting to the Newberry can be found on the Newberry Library FAQ webpage.
Questions?
Contact Alumni Relations via email at alumni-office@carleton.edu or 800-729-2586.