Symposium came to be. The chief served as a strong advocate for the federal recognition in the lead up to 2007, chief adams actively participated in the Jamestown Committee and activities associated with it. I can say we spent a lot of time together. At various events around the state. His leadership and persistence ensures that commemorative events reflected respective Indigenous People, their culture, and governance long before the ships arrive to jamestown. He brought the lack of a permanent memorial on virginia capitol grounds, as did other cabinet leaders, to the attention of governor kane, resulting in the formation of the virginia Indian Commemorative commission, in 2018. Chief adams has generously dedicated himself to numerous causes and organizations across the commonwealth. It is an honor to introduce chief adams chief adams. Chief adams thank you for the kind words. It is an honor to be here today to be a part of this event. We started this about 15, 18 months ago, when we j
Next on American History tv, trail of Tears Association president jack baker talks about the forced relocation of native americans in the early 19th century. Mr. Baker, a member of the jericho nation, also talks about his familys and voluntary move Cherokee Nation, also talks about his familys and voluntary move to oklahoma. This is brought to you by the Virginia Museum of history and culture, along with preservation virginia. I am pleased to introduce jack baker, where he represents the charity citizens residing outside of the Cherokee Nation. He is a National President of the trail of Tears Association. He is the current president of the Oklahoma Historical society and served on a number of other boards. He has done Extensive Research he has done extensive Cherokee Research for more than 50 years and has authored articles and edited several books on cherokee history. I can say he continued his Research Even yesterday at the library of virginia, so it gives me pleasure to introduce ja
Happy leap day. [laughter] what could be better than a bonus day and some real meaningful history content . Its like a double win for me. I love it. Im thrilled to have you all here to your museum of history and culture. My name is jamie bosket. I have the pleasure of being the president and ceo here. Im just going to kick it off. We have awesome speakers for this collaboration. But i will point out since i see some new faces that are not our usual here at this museum that you are gathered here today in the oldest Culture Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. We are older by about a decade than the smithsonian. We are older than half of the states of this country. In fact, and this is rather interesting to consider of the historical overlaps within the topic we approach today. Our first president of the Virginia Historical society was in fact chief justice John Marshall. He served from 1831 until his death just a few years later. But beyond that, and this happens to us so often
Next, a session from a conference titled, John Marshall, the Supreme Court and the trail of tears. The principal chief of the Cherokee Nation talks about the tribes history following their removal from the southeast to presentday oklahoma. He describes have a cherokee rebuilt and strengthened their culture despite much adversity. The conference was cohosted by the museum and preservation of virginia. Pleasure togreat introduce kenneth. As mentioned earlier today, on confirmation virginia board of trustees. It was at his urging that this symposium came to be. The chief served as a strong advocate for the federal recognition chief lead up to 2007, adams actively participated in the Jamestown Committee and activities associated. I can say we spent a lot of time together. Events around the state. His leadership and persistence ensures that commemorative events reflected respective Indigenous People, their culture, and governments long before the ships arrive to jamestown. He brought the la
Trail of Tears Association president jack baker talks about the forced relocation of native americans in the early 19th century. Mr. Baker, a member of the jericho nation, also talks about his familys and voluntary move Cherokee Nation, also talks about his familys and voluntary move to oklahoma. This is brought to you by the Virginia Museum of history and culture, along with preservation virginia. I am pleased to introduce jack baker, where he represents the charity citizens residing outside of the Cherokee Nation. He is a National President of the trail of Tears Association. He is the current president of the Oklahoma Historical society and served on a number of other boards. He has done Extensive Research he has done extensive Cherokee Research for more than 50 years and has authored articles and edited several books on cherokee history. He continued his Research Even yesterday at the library of virginia, so it gives me pleasure to introduce jack baker. [applause] councilor baker th