Loading Events

« All Events

  • This event has passed.

Big Blue Reservation: Struggles and Hopes of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe

May 25 @ 10:00 am - September 28 @ 4:00 pm CDT

Logos of the Gage County Historical Society and Museum and the Otoe Missouria tribe

A new exhibit on the history of the Big Blue Reservation in southern Gage County will open on May 25 at 10 a.m. The exhibit will include information about the Otoe/Missouria language and Otoe-Missouria culture including arts and lifestyles as well as traditional beliefs and rituals. Exhibit panels will feature letters, oral history and photographs.

A summer speaker series at the Beatrice Public Library will complement the exhibit. All programs are at 6:00 p.m.

July 11 Nancy Gillis “Voices of Native Women”
August 15 Nancy Gillis “The Homestead Act and the Plains Tribes”
August 29 Margaret Jacobs–Center for Great Plains Studies, Christina Goodsen- Otoe/Missouria Tribe, and Cory DeRoin- Otoe/Missouria Tribe “Walking in the Footsteps of our Ancestors: Re-Indigenizing Southeast Nebraska”
September 19 Kennetha Greenwood – Nyi Komi “Floral designs of Otoe-Missouria culture” (Zoom program)

Details

Start:
May 25 @ 10:00 am CDT
End:
September 28 @ 4:00 pm CDT
Event Category:
Event Tags:
, , , , ,

Organizer

Gage County Historical Society
Phone
402-228-1679
Email
info@gagecountyhistory.org
View Organizer Website

Venue

Gage County Museum
North 2nd Street
Beatrice, NE 68310 United States
+ Google Map
Phone
402-228-1679
View Venue Website