Join our special guests Rosalyn LaPier and David R. M. Beck to hear the fascinating stories of Native Americans livi ng in Illinois in the early 20th century. \; \;
\nUniversit y of Illinois&rsquo\; famous alumnus\, the Yavapai man Wassaja or Carlos M ontezuma\, was one of the most renowned physicians in the U.S. in the earl y 20th \;century. He was also a national advocate for Native American causes and issues from his base in Chicago. Learn about him and other Nati ve men and women leaders who made northern Illinois an intellectual mecca for Indigenous people in the early 20th \;century.
\nRos alyn LaPier is an award winning Indigenous writer\, environmental historian\, and ethnobotanist. \; \;She works within Indigenous c ommunities to revitalize traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and to str engthen public policy for Indigenous languages. \; She has written two award winning books\, two Blackfeet language lexicons\, and dozens of art icles and commentaries and she \; has over 25 years of teaching experi ence at research universities &\; Native American-controlled institutio ns at the undergraduate &\; graduate level. \; She splits her time between living in the lands of the Peoria &\; Potawatomi peoples in Urb ana\, Illinois\, the Salish in Missoula\, Montana\, and the Blackfeet rese rvation. She is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana and M é\;tis.
\nDavid R. M. Beck is the author and co-author of several award-winning books on the history of federal America n Indian policy and urban American Indian history\, His most recent book\, \;Bribed with Our Own Money\, examines fede ral use of coercion and bribery in an effort to eliminate the U.S. relatio nship with American Indian nations in the 1950s and 1960s. Dr. Beck taught in the Native American Studies Department at the University of Montana fo r more than two decades\, and prior to that at NAES (Native American Educa tional Services) College and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
\n< p>This program is cosponsored by Native American House at the University o f Illinois Champaign-Urbana\, and is part of Native American Heritage Mont h. \; See the complete listing of programs here.\n\;
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