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NCGLNAC 2015 Academic Conference
The Removal: Loss of Homelands and Consequences
presented by
National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture, Inc.
hosted by
John Jay Center for Learning
sponsored by
Jay County Visitor and Tourism Bureau
NCGLNAC Member Susie Dunham
NCGLNAC Member Sue Templin
Cover art: Pottawattamie Emigration, 1838 sketch by artist George Winter
Courtesy of
Tippecanoe County Historical Association, Lafayette, IN
National Center for Great Lakes
Native American Culture
presents
The Removal - Loss of Homeland
and Consequences
NCGLNAC, INC.
P O Box 1063
Portland, IN 47371
www.ncglnac.org
Next Year’s 2016 NCGLNAC Academic Conference
Current Research on Great Lakes Native American Culture
April 16, 2016
John Jay Center for Learning
101 South Meridian Street, Portland, Indiana
Pottawattamie Emigration - 1838 sketch by artist George Winter
Courtesy of Tippecanoe County Historical Association, Lafayette, IN
NCGLNAC is a 501(c) not-for-profit educational organization whose mission is
to help preserve and pass on the cultural arts, traditions and history of the Great
Lakes Native people to Native people and the general public through cultural
arts classes and conferences. NCGLNAC has no political agenda.
John Jay Center for Learning
101 South Meridian Street
Portland, Indiana
2015 Academic Conference
April 18, 2015
National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture
(NCGLNAC)
2015 Academic Conference
The Removal: Loss of Homelands and Consequences
April 18, 2015
John Jay Center for Learning, Room 106
101 South Meridian Street, Portland, Indiana
In the NCGLNAC 10th annual Academic Conference, four outstanding educators
and tribal representatives have been invited to present the heart-breaking story
of the removal of tribes from their homelands to west of the Mississippi. Each
hour-long presentation is in Room 106.
Registration before April 10 is $35, $25 for students with photo identification.
Late registrations are $40. Lunch is included, however, lunch cannot be
guaranteed for walk-in registrants on the day of the Conference. Contact: Chair
Pat Ruhlander at [email protected] or 765-714-5279 for more
information. Contact Kay Neumayr at 765-426-3022 or kay.neumayr@ncglnac.
com for registration information. Please park in the paved lot behind the Post
Office, next to the John Jay Center. Street parking on Meridian and Main Streets
has 2 hour limits, even on Saturdays.
Conference Schedule
8:50 am – Welcome Remarks
9 am - Dr. Vernard Foley - Indiana, Lakota Descent, Purdue University
Pipes, Boats and Sails: Coming to America?
10:15 am – Michael J. Pace - Indiana, Citizen, Delaware Tribe, Connor Prairie
Interactive History Park
Delaware Removal 1821
11:15 to 12:30 – LUNCH ON SITE
12:30 pm – Dr. George Godfrey - Illinois, Citizen Potawatomi, Retired, USDA,
Haskell Indian Nations University
Potawatomi Removals: Reasons, Trails, Uncertainties and Recovery
1:45 p.m. – John Dunnagan - Indiana, Vice-Chief, Miami Nation of Indiana of
the State of Indiana
The Miami Story
Registration Form
Return form with registration fees payable to NCGLNAC, Inc. to:
Kay Neumayr, Conference Secretary
4950 North 750 East, Attica, IN 47918
Phone: 765-426-3022 • [email protected] • www.ncglnac.org
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Lunch is included with the registration fee.
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Drop-in Registrations on April 18 are welcome, however, lunch cannot be
guaranteed. Lunch must be ordered in advance by April 12.