The Sequoyah National Research Center and the Arkansas
History Commission will be hosting a free half-day symposium from 9 a.m. until
1:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 14 at Stabler Hall, Room 107 on the UALR campus
in Little Rock. The symposium’s theme, American Indians and Alaska Natives in America’s
Wars, will feature speakers Mary Jane Warde, Erin Fehr, Dr. Bob Sanderson,
Dr. Daniel F. Littlefield, Jane Wilkerson, and Karen Russ.
Topics include The
Destroying Hand of War, Alaska Natives and Their World War II Service in the
Alaska Territorial Guard, Vietnam Warriors, and Resources for Studying Native Americans in America’s Wars.
The symposium is free and a light lunch will be provided.
Teachers can earn up to four professional development hours through attendance.
Registration is limited. The deadline
for registration will be Monday, November 9, so be sure to register soon.
Associated with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
the Sequoyah National Research Center maintains the largest collection of
Native American expression in the world and works to acquire and preserve the
writings and ideas of Native North Americans. The Arkansas History Commission,
located in Little Rock, is the official state archives of Arkansas and
maintains the largest collection of historical materials on Arkansas in the
world.
For more information about the symposium, please call 501-682-6900
or email history.commission@arkansas.gov.
This project is supported in part by a grant from the
Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
