Join the UIS Alumni SAGE Society and the 缅北禁地 State Historical Society for a series of noontime lectures in the University鈥檚 tradition of open and intelligent dialogue.
In-person participation for all programs will take place at Illini Country Club in Springfield, IL. The in-person registration fee for noontime programs ($50/person, per program with a portion of the fee going to support the UIS Alumni Association scholarship fund) includes a chef-prepared hot lunch and free parking.
Buffet lunch service for noontime programs will begin at 11:30 a.m. CT. Noontime presentation will begin promptly at 12 p.m. CT, and conclude by 1 p.m. CT.
Live complimentary virtual participation for all programs is also available via Zoom Webinar.聽
Thursday, May 8
Native Americans in 缅北禁地 in 1818: Treaties and Treachery in the Path to Statehood
Dr. Michael Wiant, Historian and Retired Director, 缅北禁地 State Museum & Dickson Mounds Museum
缅北禁地' path to statehood was complex and significantly shaped by treaties with Native American tribes.聽 At the time, 缅北禁地 was a sparsely populated territory, home to a mix of Native Americans, European settlers, and African American communities鈥攂oth free and enslaved. Dr. Wiant will discuss the events and treaties that displaced tribes from the 缅北禁地 territory, leading to the eventual removal of tribes to reservations west of the Mississippi River.
