From the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities:
vfh
June 17, 2008
Contact: 
                                    Karenne Wood
                                    Phone: 434-924-9946
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www.virginiafoundation.org

Presenting the Past: Virginia Indians in the 20th Century

Public Program and Exhibit on Virginia's Indians

Thursday, June 26, at 7:00 p.m.

Lane Auditorium, Bruton Heights School Educational Center, Colonial
Williamsburg

In Virginia, history and tradition are accorded the highest respect, yet
many Virginians today know little about Virginia Indians. This seminar
presents a rare opportunity to hear from Virginia Indian community
leaders, offering new ways to think about the past.

Three tribal council members will discuss the past hundred years of
indigenous experience in the Commonwealth.  This talk is free to the
public and is presented as part of an ongoing exhibit at the Botetourt
Gallery of Swem Library, at the College of William and Mary. The
exhibit, entitled "Family Portraits: Virginian Indians at the Turn of
the 20th Century," features 37 rare candid and ethnographic photographs
of Virginia Indian tribal members from 1895-1930.

Speakers include Karenne Wood (Monacan), Director, Virginia Indian
Heritage Program; Sharon Bryant (Monacan), Virginia Council on Indians
member and tribal historian; and Powhatan Red Cloud-Owen (Chickahominy),
tribal council member and veteran.

This public program is sponsored by the Virginia Indian Heritage Program
at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH), a program which
includes research about Virginia's Indians; summer institutes for K-12
teachers; higher education summits to promote educational opportunities
for American Indians in Virginia; and a grant program to provide funds
for tribes, intertribal groups, museums, and other organizations to
implement or improve their interpretation of Virginia Indian history.
The Virginia Indian Heritage Program is funded in part by the
Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, based in Charlottesville, is
a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the
humanities, and to using the humanities to address issues of broad
public concern.

In all of its programs, the Foundation works to make scholarship
accessible; to promote understanding and discussion of enduring and
contemporary issues; and to broaden the range of educational
opportunities available to all Virginians.    

For more information, contact Karenne Wood at 434-924-9946, or visit the
Foundation website at www.virginiafoundation.org.

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Distributed by:
Virginia Council on Indians
Office of the Governor
804.225.2084
http://indians.vipnet.org
 

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