Native People, Native Lands: The World Before Western Settlement

This keynote presentation launches our 10-part History of the United States series. In recognition of the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary, the History Center is pleased to welcome historian Rose Miron for a reframing of the American origin story.

Miron will examine this land as it existed 250 years ago, centering the Native peoples of the Illinois and southern Wisconsin region and the worlds that predated—and were disrupted by—the traditional settlement narrative that often dominates the “American story.”

Rose Miron is Vice President of Research and Education at the Newberry Library and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University.

Please register in advance for this free event using the tickets link above or on our website: https://lflbhistory.org/native-people-native-lands-world-western-settlement

You may also like the following events from History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff:

• This Thursday, 26th February, 05:00 pm, John V. Farwell's Western Legacy: The Farwell Ditch in Colorado in Lake Forest
• Next month, 31st March, 06:00 pm, Author Talk | Malcolm Kempt, Ian McGuire and Gene Wojciechowski in conversation with David Sweet in Lake Forest
• This April, 9th April, 07:00 pm, Land to Real Estate: Northeastern Illinois During the Treaty Era, 1795-1833 in Lake Forest