Message-ID: <SNT104-W1411E7B4DD7841CA79072BA1B50@phx.gbl> From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: Indian Agency House EVENT NOTICE Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:47:07 -0500
"Their Side of the Story",
Ho-Chunk Speaker Series Continues
The Historic Indian Agency House of Portage is hosting a 4-part speaker ser
ies exploring the Ho-Chunk experience in this area. The series, entitled
“Their Side of the Story: The Ho-Chunk at the Portage,” consists of o
ne lecture a month from June to September. Each lecture, held on the last
Tuesday of each month, will focus on a different aspect of Ho-Chunk hist
ory and culture.
The second installment of the series will take place Tuesday, July 27 at
6:30PM. At this time, Ho-Chunk Tribal Preservation Officer William Quacke
nbush will present “The Ho-Chunk People of Today.” Quackenbush will sha
re an inside perspective of the over three hundred years of hardship endure
d by the Ho-Chunk, their triumphant struggle to remain in their ancestral
homelands, and the many integral roles the Ho-Chunk play in today’s so
ciety. He will also touch on the long-overdue, 20th-century legal recogni
tion of the Ho-Chunk by the United States government, as well as the Ho-C
hunk Casino and other modern developments as steps towards sustained tribal
viability.
The museum and visitor’s center exhibits, always free to the public,
will be open 5PM until the lecture begins, and a guided tour of the Histo
ric Indian Agency House itself will also be offered immediately prior to th
e lecture, at 5:30PM, for a minimal fee. Light refreshments will be pr
ovided for lecture guests.
June’s speaker, author and historian Peter Shrake, M.A., presented
a detailed and fascinating overview of the Ho-Chunk’s evolving 19th-centu
ry relationship with the United States Government, with a specific focus
on the many conflicts and treaties between the two disparate societies. Shr
ake also explained the role of the frontier Indian Agent (as reflected in t
he career of John Kinzie, original inhabitant of the 1832 Agency House).
This evening lecture drew a full house, with over 65 guests in attendanc
e.
Each installment of this speaker series is free and made possible by a gene
rous grant from the Great Circle Foundation, Inc. of East Northport, Ne
w York.
Destinee K. Udelhoven
Executive Director
Historic Indian Agency House
Portage, Wisconsin
(608) 742 - 6362
"Old men can make war,
but it is children who will make history."
~Ray Merritt, Full of Grace
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