Message-ID: <SNT104-W51DB9D592336963D38138A1070@phx.gbl> From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: Join Us for FINAL Speaker of Summer Series! Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:04:50 -0500
Discussion of Native American Participation in “White” Wars
to Wrap Up Wisconsin Conflicts-Themed Summer Speaker Series
The Historic Indian Agency House 4-part summer speaker series, with one l
ecture a month held from June to September, wraps up on September 27, 2
011. The series, entitled “To Arms: Wisconsin and 19th-Century Militar
y Conflicts,” explores the participation of Wisconsinites and the impac
t of our state’s geography on several military engagements of the 1800’
s. Each installment of the series—all offered free of charge—is held
on the final Tuesday of each month at 6:30PM.
The fourth and final installment of this popular 2011 series will feature U
W-Madison Professor Dr. John W. Hall, who will discuss the often-occurrin
g historical phenomenon of Native American participation in European and An
glo-American wars. What were the motivations of these Native Americans? Ho
w did they reconcile their own traditional beliefs regarding honor and warf
are with those of the European cultures with which they were aligning thems
elves?
Dr. Hall will broadly address the early colonial period through the 19th c
entury, demonstrating the ubiquity of this phenomenon. Dr. Hall will also
challenge common misperceptions about the nature of this Native-white coll
aboration, as exemplified by such stereotyped characters as the villainou
s Pawnee scout in “Dances with Wolves.”
Dr. Hall is the inaugural holder of the Ambrose-Hesseltine Chair in U.S. Mi
litary History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A Wisconsin native
, Dr. Hall is a graduate of the U.S Military Academy at West Point and re
ceived his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He prev
iously served fifteen years as an officer in the U.S. Army and taught at th
e U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Dr. Hall is the author of Uncommon
Defense: Indian Allies in the Black Hawk War (copies of which will be avail
able for sale and signing by the author on September 27) and several book c
hapters dealing with irregular warfare in early America. You may also recog
nize him as a commentator from the History Channel series, “The Revolut
ion.” He is presently working on a military history of Indian removal in
the Southeastern United States.
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 for a minimal fee at th
is time. Light refreshments will be provided for lecture guests.
For the second year, the speaker series is free to the public and made la
rgely possible by a generous grant from the Great Circle Foundation, Inc.
of East Northport, New York, with additional financial support provide
d by the City of Portage Historic Preservation Commission and Forever Yours
Jewelry of Portage. Visit www.agencyhouse.org , or call 608-742-6362 fo
r further information.
The Historic Indian Agency House is owned and operated by
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
in the State of Wisconsin.
To learn more about this genealogical society (are YOU eligibile to join?)
and its many patriotic and philanthropic efforts,
visit www.wisconsindames.org.
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Destinee K. Udelhoven
Executive Director
Historic Indian Agency House
Portage, Wisconsin
(608) 742 - 6362
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
~Thomas Hard
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