Celebrating Indigenous Resilience
Description
On this episode, we’re exploring the Humanities Center’s year-long programming theme, “Celebrating Indigenous Resilience: Commemorating the Red River War and Honoring the Vibrancy of Native American History and Culture on the Southern Plains.” Dr. John William Nelson from TTU's Department of History gives us some vital context for thinking about the Red River War and its relationship to Indigenous history and culture. Then we survey some of the highpoints of our programming from the fall semester: talks by the archaeologist J. Brett Cruse and the Kiowa beadworkers Vanessa Jennings and Summer Morgan, a historical commemoration in Palo Duro Canyon, and an exhibition of the Southern Plains handgame here on the TTU campus.
Check out material referenced in this episode:
J. Brett Cruse's book Battles of the Red River War
An oral history with Vanessa Jennings
Texas Monthly article about the September 28 commemoration of the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
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