Genealogy Symposium
Fighting for Native America During the American Revolution: Lumbee, Coharie and Waccamaw-Siouan Revolutionary War Service and Support
This event will explore the complicated histories surrounding Indigenous politics and service concerning the American Revolution. Historians, subject-matter experts, and community will share histories about Indigenous Colonial patriotism, loyalty to the British Crown, as well as the complicated relationship and alliances with Scottish Tories – opposing political views and support that tore the region apart. However, each alliance was keenly centered on one common goal: to protect and preserve Indigenous sovereignty and homelands.
Utilizing primary sources such as pension applications and war reports, newspapers oral histories and other secondary sources, participants will learn from guest speakers to better understand and contextualize the American Revolution from an Indigenous perspective. During the two-day event, participants can share their own stories in an oral history booth that will be recorded.
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There is a block of rooms available at the rate of $119.00 plus tax
Keynote Speaker
Donald L. Fixico (Muscogee, Seminole, Shawnee, and Sac & Fox enrolled) is Regents’ and Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University. Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, he earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D. all in History from the University of Oklahoma. He has worked on more than 25 documentaries on American Indians, and he is the author and editor of 17 books. He is an ethnohistorian, policy historian and oral historian. Among his books is “That’s What They Used to Say”: Reflections on American Indian Oral Tradition (University of Oklahoma Press).
This Symposium is made possible through a grant from NC 250 and Mill Prong Preservation, Inc.
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