American Indians in Chicago: Our Legacies, Our Communities
This lecture and PowerPoint presentation addresses the too-little-known history of early Native American presence in the Chicago region at the city’s founding. Scott Stevens examines Indian land sessions and removal and considers the continued presence of an urban Indian population throughout the 19th century up to the present. Learn about Native American leaders and reformers such as Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Simon Pokagon, and the later America Indian civil rights movement in Chicago.
Dr. Scott Stevens is the director of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry Library. He was previously a member of the faculty and director of graduate studies in English at the University at Buffalo and has presented numerous public lectures around the US and Europe. Dr. Stevens is a member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Tribe and is particularly interested in Native American history and cultures, especially of the colonial period, and 20th century Native American civil rights activism.
