Message-ID: <BLU174-W36464232DB3A8770D08975A1D70@phx.gbl> From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: Indian Agency House to Host Ho-Chunk Photographer Tom Jones Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:32:26 -0500
Third Speaker of Summer Series
to Explore Historical Contributions of Ho-Chunk Photography
Third installment of the Historic Indian Agency
House 2014 Summer Speaker Series will take place Tuesday, August 26 at 6:
30pm. At this time, UW-Madison associate professor
of photography and author Tom Jones will discuss the work of 19th
century Black River Falls studio photographer Charles Van Schaick and how i
t
captures “the dark ages” of Indian tribal history.
Professor Jones is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and
a longtime artist. Examples of his photography can be found at both Madison
’s
Chazen Museum of Art and Washington D.C.’s National Museum of the America
n
Indian. Jones was trained initially as a
painter and later earned a Masters in Museum Studies and MFA in Photography
from Columbia College in Chicago.
Throughout his career, he has made a continual effort, in his own words
,
to “help carry on a sense of pride about who and what [the Ho-Chunk] are
as a
people. I want the people to see the strength and resilience of the Ho-Chun
k
people.”
Professor Jones’ August 26th presentation
will focus on the book, People of the Big
Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879-1942
(Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2011), to which he contributed as
a
co-author.
He will describe the reasoning behind and development
of this important book, including his involvement in the process. Jones
will also delineate how Van Schaick’s
photographs, 300 of which are reproduced in the volume, represent a sig
nificant
contribution to the history of Native peoples, illustrating the many and
important family relationships that contributed to the endurance of the
Ho-Chunk over time—despite a long history of mistreatment, exploitation
and
oppression.
A limited number of copies of People of the Big Voice will be available for
sale the night of the
event, and a book signing will take place immediately following Professor
Jones’ presentation.
The museum and visitor’s center exhibits, always free
to the public, will be open 5pm until the lecture begins at 6:30pm. A gu
ided tour of the 1832 Winnebago Indian
Agency will be available at 5pm. (Minimal fee applies; free for Supporter
s
members). Complimentary light refreshments will be provided for lecture gue
sts.
This is the fifth annual Summer Speaker Series hosted
by the Historic Indian Agency House, with one lecture a month from June t
o
September held on the final Tuesday at 6:30pm. The 2014 series, entitled
“Uncovering Wisconsin’s Past: Non-Traditional Research Methods and the
Shaping
of Our History,” explores the remarkable variety of investigation and s
tudy
that has molded our understanding of the state we call home—including,
of
course, photography!
In addition, this theme will allow us to highlight the
many types of information that HIAH is able to draw from in interpreting th
e
multifaceted cultural context of our site and the portage. From archaeologi
cal
and other cultural features located on this property (including at least a
few
suspected burial sites) to Ho-Chunk oral histories about the immediate area
,
there is a wealth of knowledge available to the discerning researcher that
very
much exceeds the limitations of the written word.
For the fifth year in a row, this speaker series is
free to the public and made largely possible by generous grants from the Th
e
Great Circle Foundation Inc. of East Northport and the City of Portage Hist
oric
Preservation Commission.
The Historic Indian Agency House hosts a variety of
children’s and adult programming throughout the year, including book-yo
ur-own
Scout workshops! Visit www.agencyhouse.org for a full listing of events,
or
call 608-742-6362 with any questions.
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ety of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Wisconsin.Do YOU have
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Destinee K. Udelhoven
Executive Director
Historic Indian Agency House at Fort Winnebago1490 Agency House RoadP.O. Bo
x 84Portage, Wisconsin 53901
historicindianagencyhouse@gmail.com
www.agencyhouse.org
(608) 742 - 6362
.
"And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Thi
ngs
keep going on, they overlap and blur,
your story is part of your
sister's story is part of many other stories, and there is no telling
where any of them may lead."
~Erin Mo
rgenstern, The Night Circus