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PBS Books - Visions of America

Voices from the Heard Museum in Phoenix

The Schaumburg Library in partnership with our neighbors, The Trickster Cultural Center, will be screening a PBS Visions of America documentary, Voices from the Heard Museum in Phoenix - Stories of First Americans. At the completion of the screening staff from the Trickster will lead attendees in a discussion on the film.

The Heard Museum in Phoenix highlights Indigenous creativity from traditional artworks to contemporary creations. This documentary celebrates Native American history, culture, and present-day policy, with a focus on amplifying under heard stories. It explores Indigenous stories of arts, culture, and sports, Native American citizenship and tribal sovereignty, and the changing (and important) place of Native Americans in history. IMLS Director Crosby Kemper tours the Heard Museum with its Director and CEO David Roche to discuss the museum’s role as a central asset in telling and preserving American Indian history and culture. Next, Crosby sits down with Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), who is a Native American attorney, tribal judge, author, activist, and law professor, at the Heard Museum for a conversation to discuss Indigenous knowledge and traditions, tribal engagement, and the unique relationship of Native American tribes to our history. Lastly, Philip J. Deloria (Dakota), who is the Leverette Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University, will join virtually to examine Indigenous contributions to the United States. Both Echo-Hawk and Deloria are authors, whose work highlights lesser-known stories about Native Americans, who have triumphed over injustice in a quest to achieve the American dream.

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