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Dinner on Us at the Native American House

Event Type
Social/Informal Event
Sponsor
Native American House
Location
1210 W. Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801
Date
Mar 7, 2023   5:00 - 6:00 pm  
Contact
Eduardo Martinez
E-Mail
emarti45@illinois.edu
Phone
217-333-1300
Views
110
Originating Calendar
Native American House

In the 1950s North Dakota’s Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes faced their worst 20th century crisis – the building of a dam that flooded more than a quarter of the reservation, including the precious agricultural lands. This talk tells how Congress tried to use the money that was to pay the tribes for the taken lands to bribe them into giving up their political relationship with the U.S. 

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