BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240829T230000Z DTEND:20240830T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Walkinig in the Footsteps of our Ancestors: Re-Indigenizing Southeast Nebraska DESCRIPTION:The Otoe-Missouria once called Southeast Nebraska home\, but the tribe was displaced in the 1800s. A new project\, with funding from the Mellon Foundation's Monument Project\, will continue reconciliation efforts to reconnect the tribe to the land where the city of Lincoln now sits. The University of Nebraska- Lincoln's Center for the Great Plains Studies and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe\, based in Oklahoma\, have been awarded a three year\, $1.58 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch the project\, "Walking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors: Re-Indigenizing Southeast Nebraska." \n\nPlanned activities include a survey of are residents\, au audit of current commemorations\, the Confronting the Legendary Great Plains conference\, the Decolonizing Museums lecture series in spring 2024\, the third annual Otoe-Missouria Day\, the "Contemporary Indigeneity" exhibition at the Great Plains Art Museum in fall 2025 and updates to commemorative signage in area parks and roadsides. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Otoe-Missouria once called Southeast Nebraska home\, but the tribe was displaced in the 1800s. A new project\, with funding from the Mellon Foundation'\;s Monument Project\, will continue reconciliation efforts to reconnect the tribe to the land where the city of Lincoln now sits. The University of Nebraska- Lincoln'\;s Center for the Great Plains Studies and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe\, based in Oklahoma\, have been awarded a three year\, $1.58 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch the project\, "\;Walking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors: Re-Indigenizing Southeast Nebraska."\; \;
\nPlanned activities include a survey of are residents\, au audit of current commemorations\, the Confronting the Legendary Great Plains conference\, the Decolonizing Museums lecture series in spring 2024\, the third annual Otoe-Missouria Day\, the "\;Contemporary Indigeneity"\; exhibition at the Great Plains Art Museum in fall 2025 and updates to commemorative signage in area parks and roadsides. LOCATION:Beatrice Public Library 100 N. 16th St. UID:e.41.19473 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260406T200716Z URL:https://business.beatricechamber.com/events/details/walkinig-in-the-footsteps-of-our-ancestors-re-indigenizing-southeast-nebraska-19473 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR