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Category Archives: native american
200 Years of Illinois: Cosmic Fireworks
in Illinois / regional, native american
Tagged 200 Years of Illinois, archaeology, Cahokia, Native Americans
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On July 4, 1054, an extraordinary event attracted the attention of peoples around the world. A supernova appeared in the constellation Taurus. This guest star, to use a Chinese term, suddenly appeared beside a crescent moon. For the next twenty-three days, … Continue reading
200 Years of Illinois: Danville and the Trail of Death
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Tagged 200 Years of Illinois, Danville, Illinois history, Potawatomi, Trail of Death
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The President does not know the truth. He, like me, has been imposed upon. He does not know that you made my young chiefs drunk and got their consent and pretended to get mine. He would not drive me from … Continue reading
Release Party: Indians Illustrated
in american history, communication, native american
Tagged Indians Illustrated, John M. Coward, journalism, Nineteenth Century
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In the second half of the nineteenth century, Americans swarmed to take in a raft of new illustrated journals and papers. Engravings and drawings of “buckskinned braves” and “Indian princesses” proved an immensely popular attraction for consumers of publications like … Continue reading
Release Party: Free Spirits
in american history, native american
Tagged Civil War, Free Spirits, Mark A. Lause, Native Americans, spiritualism
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Often dismissed as a nineteenth-century curiosity, spiritualism in fact influenced the radical social and political movements of its time. Believers filled the ranks of the Free Democrats, agitated for land and monetary reform, fought for abolition, and held egalitarian leanings … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday
in american history, dance, music, native american, religion, women's history
Tagged Cahokia, dance, Illinois, music, Native Americans, pow-wow, Shoshone, Throwbacklist Thursday, Wampum, women
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Academic publishing often forces one into the unappreciated but necessary job of Killjoy. It comes with the territory of challenging convention and shoveling the cultural/historical b.s. out of the barn. Having stated such an attitude, we perhaps will not surprise you … Continue reading
One staff member volunteered to work on the holiday…
Stealing Indian Women on the big screen
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Under These Same Stars, a new film inspired by Carl J. Ekberg’s recent University of Illinois Press book Stealing Indian Women: Native Slavery in the Illinois Country, is premiering in Ste Genevieve, Missouri, on October 25. From the film’s website: “Based on a … Continue reading
Inside Higher Ed has a piece this morning on SUNY Press taking over publication rights for Black Elk Speaks from University of Nebraska Press. “For most university presses, a book that sells a million copies is a rarity. When that … Continue reading
Jack Forbes at the UC Davis Bookstore
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Jack Forbes, author of The American Discovery of Europe, spoke recently to a crowd of fifty patrons at the UC Davis Bookstore. Tradebooks buyer Paul Takushi captured the event.
“Stealing Indian Women” adaptation for the big screen
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The Southern Illinoisan reported over the weekend that Under These Same Stars, an adaptation of Carl Ekberg’s recent book Stealing Indian Women, is being filmed in Alto Pass, Illinois. “Carl Ekberg, the uncle of the film’s director Dan Johnson of … Continue reading
