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Dickinson College and Cumberland County Historical Society Host Carlisle Indian School Conference
N. Scott Momaday. Photo by Carl Socolow '77.
Dickinson College is partnering with the Cumberland County Historical Society to host Carlisle Journeys: Places of Memory and the Unfolding Stories of the Carlisle Indian School from Oct. 4 to Oct. 7. The conference, which features film screenings, an art exhibition and addresses from American Indian policy scholar Tsianina Lomawaima and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and artist N. Scott Momaday, seeks to "open a dialogue with the many descendant narratives and projects resulting from boarding school and post-boarding school experiences that have emerged during the century since CIIS’s closing."
Conference Schedule Highlights
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018
Two Short Film Screenings and Q&A with Film Directors (Home From School & WGAL News 8’s Chronicle: Bring Them Home) that document the first recent disinterments from the Carlisle Indian School Cemetery
4 p.m., Althouse 106
Commemoration Keynote Address: Tsianina Lomawaima
7 p.m., Anita Tuvin Schlechter (ATS)
Friday, Oct. 5, 2018
Workshop and Chance to Explore Online
Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center
Open to the Public
2-5 p.m., Waidner-Spahr Library
Gallery Reception and Exhibition Talks
Shan Goshorn, Resisting the Mission
Emily Arthur, Re-Riding History: From the Southern Plains to the Matanzas Bay
5-7 p.m., The Trout Gallery
October 6, 2018
Carlisle Journeys Conference
Places of Memory and the Unfolding Stories from the Carlisle Indian School
Conference Keynote Address: Christine McCleave
Cumberland County Historical Society
All Day
Special Guest Speaker: N. Scott Momaday, Kiowa, Pulitzer Prize Winner Author and Artist, "Ancestral Journey"
Book Signing in the Lobby After the Talk
5 p.m. Anita Tuvin Schlechter (ATS), Dickinson College
Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018
Breakfast with Descendants Roundtable
Open to the public, RSVP required
8 a.m., Cumberland County Historical Society
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Published October 3, 2018