17th ANNUAL
“THE PROMISE AND POLITICS OF NATIVE LAND”
The symposium series will highlight the connection of land ownership in Indian and Oklahoma Territories to the promises and ideals of freedom with the intersecting histories of Black, White, and Indigenous peoples.
Professor at University of Minnesota, Author of The Color of the Land, Theodore Saloutos Prize from the Agricultural History Association, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award, Finalist for the John Hope Franklin Award for Most Outstanding Book in American Studies from the American Studies Association
Dr. David Aiona Chang
PART 1:
March
5th
THURSDAY
7:00–9:00pm
Cascia Hall Preparatory School Performing Arts Center,
Helmerich Theatre
2520 S Yorktown Ave
Tulsa, OK
Associate Professor – The Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, Co-Director of Oklahoma Research for the Black Homesteaders Project, a Fulbright Scholar with an Endowed Chair in Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr. Kalenda Eaton
PART 2:
May
28
THURSDAY
7:00–9:00pm
Langston University Tulsa,
Jack Henderson Allied Health
914 N. Greenwood Avenue
Tulsa, OK
Charles Howard Candler Professor of History – Emory University, 2013 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Non-fiction, Past post as dean at Emory College of Arts and Science; and of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Author of Black Slaves, Indian Masters
Dr. Barbara Krauthamer
PART 3:
Sept
10
THURSDAY
7:00–9:00pm
OU Schusterman Learning Center,
Founders Hall
4502 E. 41st Street
Tulsa, OK