Long before Europeans arrived and claimed dominion over an imagined wilderness\, the original inhabitants of our reg ion developed diverse cultures in relation to the rivers\, prairies\, plai ns\, plateaus and woodlands. Missouri was native ground for multiple triba l groups\, who made it home. In addition to the Osage\, the Quapaw\, Otoe\ , Missouria\, Ioway\, Sauk\, Fox\, Omaha\, Peoria\, Piankeshaw\, Ponca\, K aw and Chickasaw resided in parts of the state before its boundaries appea red on a map. After the formation of the United States\, migrating communi ties of the Shawnee\, Delaware\, Pottawatomi\, Miami\, Kickapoo and Cherok ee relocated to the western side of the Mississippi. Native stories of ori gin illuminate worlds of wonder in mid-America\, and making those stories more widely available has allowed Missourians are seeing them anew.
\n< p>Dr. Brad D. Lookingbill is a distinguished professor of history at Colum bia College. Previous to his academic career\, he served in the Army Natio nal Guard and Reserve. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in education at Southw estern Oklahoma State University\, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1 991. At the University of Toledo\, he obtained a Master of Arts in history in 1993 and a doctorate in history in 1995. From 1995 to 1996\, he taught classes on U.S. and world history at Independence Community College in Ka nsas. In 1996\, he joined the Columbia College faculty.\nThis prese ntation is co-sponsored with the Missouri Humanities Council.
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