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Sent: 7/3/97 2:44 PM
From: mcnickle@newberry.org (McNickle Center)
To: Sahtu@aol.com

D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History
25th Anniversary Conference and Celebration
September 12 - 13, 1997

On September 12 and 13, 1997, the Newberry Library will celebrate the
25th Anniversary of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian
History. Founded in 1972 to improve the teaching and writing of American
Indian histories, McNickle Center programs have brought countless people
to the Newberry Library to discuss and debate issues relating to American
Indians. Center publications have extended this exchange beyond the doors
of the Library to an even wider audience. Now after 25 years it seems
appropriate to celebrate the important role the Center has played in the
development of American Indian studies and to invite you to the Newberry
Library to participate in this special event.

We will commemorate the anniversary with an exciting schedule of
activities designed to attract a large and diverse audience of educators,
writers, researchers, and individuals interested in American Indian
histories and cultures. Listed as a City of Chicago Festival, our
anniversary activities will include song and dance demonstrations, a
documentary film series, poetry readings, and an original performance by
Red Path, an American Indian theater company from Chicago. We will also
host a buffalo dinner and a two-day conference on the past, present, and
future of American Indian histories. Renowned intellectual and scholar
Vine Deloria, Jr. will deliver the conference's keynote address. Fine art
galleries, book publishers, educational institutions, and local and
national American Indian-related organizations will sponsor displays both
days of the celebration.

We will kick off the celebration with the Buffalo Feast beginning at 6:25
p.m. Friday, September 12. The dinner, featuring traditional and
contemporary Native American foods, will honor 25 long-time supporters of
the D'Arcy McNickle Center, including Vine Deloria, Jr. and the founding
members of the Center's national advisory council.

Please consider this an invitation to our 25th Anniversary Conference and
Celebration. We look forward to seeing you at the Newberry Library.


AGENDA

Friday, September 12, 1997

9am-7pm    Exhibit Booths and Documentary Film Series

11:25 am    Rededication & Blessing of the Center

12:25 pm    Welcoming Reception

 1:25 pm    Remembering Alfonso Ortiz
                   Raymond Fogelson
                        University of Chicago
                   Frederick Hoxie
                        The Newberry Library

 3:25 pm    Oral History of the D'Arcy McNickle
                   Center for American Indian History

 6:25 pm                Buffalo Feast/Honoring Dinner


Saturday, September 13, 1997

9am-6pm  Exhibit Booths and Documentary Film Series

   9:25 am  The Future of American Indian Histories
                   Vine Deloria, Jr. (Lakota)
                        University of Colorado

11:25 am   Teaching American Indian Histories
                   Donald Fixico (Seminole/Creek)
                        Western Michigan University
                   Joseph Stauss (Jamestown Band S'Klallam)
                        University of Arizona
                   Anne Terry Straus
                        University of Chicago

 1:00 pm                American Indian Poetry Readings

 1:25 pm                Writing American Indian Histories
                   Jack Campisi
                        Red Hook, NY
                   Peter Iverson
                        Arizona State University
                   Mark Trahant (Shoshone/Bannock)
                        Moscow/Pullman Daily News

 3:00 pm                American Indian Dance Performances

 3:25 pm                Living American Indian Histories
                   Kathryn Shanley (Assiniboine/Nakota)
                        Cornell University
                   Winona Stevenson (Cree)
                        Saskatchewan Indian Federated College

 7:00 pm                Ishi and the Wood Ducks: Postindian Trickster Stories
                   Red Path Theater Company


TICKETS (price per person)

Conference Sessions
   Early registration by August 1, 1997  $50/$25 student
   Regular registration                              $60/$30
Buffalo Feast                                            $75
Red Path Theater Performance                             $10

Tickets may be purchased by personal check, money order, MasterCard,
Visa, or American Express. There will be no refunds.


REGISTRATION: To receive a registration form, contact the McNickle Center
at:

D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History
The Newberry Library
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 255-3564
mcnickle@newberry.org