Join the Bentley Historical Library’s series of talks exploring the history of the University of Michigan. On Thursday, January 19, 7 p.m., Bethany Hughes, assistant professor of American Culture, will discuss the historic and ongoing activism of Native American students.

 

The University of Michigan has a complicated history with Native American communities, which were vital to its very existence. The talk will examine the founding of the Native American Student Association, the work to compel the University to recognize the promise of education made to Native Americans in the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs (including a critical lawsuit brought by a U-M football player), and the decades-long work to bring to light the racial stereotyping and misuse of Native American symbols by the Michigamua student organization.

Guests may attend in-person at the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory or attend virtually. 

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