About which greg spoke here a few years ago. His newest book, the subject of todays lecture, native southerners indigenous history from origins to remove. Please give a warm welcome to our friend greg smithereens. Let me begin by acknowledging the Traditional Land owners of this region. Members of the chief them and people. Thank you for that kind introduction, and to graham who organized todays lecture, thank you. Its much appreciated. Its lovely to be back here. At the Virginia Museum of history and culture. Im going to begin today by talking a little bit about the artwork on the cover of my new book. This is a piece by a a cheap who passed, and he was a chickasaw and choctaw chief, born in 1921 in oklahoma. If anyone knows anything about that part of the world, in the 19 twenties and thirties, you will know its not an easy place to be native american. So he grew up seeing lynchings on a fairly regular basis, of about native and African American people. He grew up experiencing impove
Dr. Gregory d. Smithers, an associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university, specializes in native American History. Else the author of several books including an indigenous history of migration, resettlement and identity about which greg spoke here a few years ago. And his newest book and the subject of todays lecture native southerners indigenous history from origins of removal. Please give a warm welcome to our guest speaker, greg smithers. [ applause ] let me first begin by acknowledging the traditional landowners of this region, members of the powatan chiefdom and the chickahawpee people. Thank you to those who organized this. Its much appreciated and its lovely to be back here at the Virginia Museum of history and culture. I hope i got that right. Im going to begin today by talking just a little bit about the artwork on the cover of my new book. This is a piece by chief terry saul. Hes was hes passed, now hes walked on. Chief terry saul was chickasaw and chokta
Driving time north of minneapolis two hours east of grand fork minnesota if you are inclined to northernmost to say canada, it is about 4 1 2 hours south of winnipeg. Minnesota 18th state the president visited since first of august. And china joe biden . Well he is well he is lagging a bit there he is, 3 to 1 margin biden ventured out of basement to minneapolis President Trumps visit to minnesota as poll numbers hit record high for the year, Approval Rating of president oi trump 53 four points higher fr Wong Barack Obama at the very same point in president ial reelection campaign. If you are wondering, about that as well, being somewhat short of President Trumps approval t rating, ob obama won reflex perhaps some sort of well indicator. The president stopped coinciding with inperson voting in Minnesota Three other states, now look at all people who are trying to avoid long lines. Are forge long lines, for a state, so eager to beat lines on election day. We willin see which are longer t
Driving time north of minneapolis two hours east of grand fork minnesota if you are inclined to northernmost to say canada, it is about 4 1 2 hours south of winnipeg. Minnesota 18th state the president visited since first of august. And china joe biden . Well he is well he is lagging a bit there he is, 3 to 1 margin biden ventured out of basement to minneapolis President Trumps visit to minnesota as poll numbers hit record high for the year, Approval Rating of president oi trump 53 four points higher fr Wong Barack Obama at the very same point in president ial reelection campaign. If you are wondering, about that as well, being somewhat short of President Trumps approval t rating, ob obama won reflex perhaps some sort of well indicator. The president stopped coinciding with inperson voting in Minnesota Three other states, now look at all people who are trying to avoid long lines. Are forge long lines, for a state, so eager to beat lines on election day. We willin see which are longer t
Time directive minneapolis kevin two hours from north dakota and if youre so inclined to try, northern to say canada. Its about four and half hours south of winnipeg. Minnesota is the 18th state that the president has visited since just the first of august. And joe biden, will hes lagging a bit. There he is about a three one margin. Biden is ventured out of o his basement from minneapolis himself today. And President Trumps visit to minnesota comes as the toll numbers are hitting a record high for the year. President trump Approval Rating reaches 53 percent and four points higher if youre wondering and barack obama at the very same point in his president ial reelection campaign. If you are wondering about that as well, being somewhat short of President Trumps Approval Rating, obama went on to win reelection. Perhaps that is some sort of indicator perhaps. The president stopped today coinciding with the start of early in person, in person voting in minnesota. And three other states. Now