Virtual Lecture – A Fight to Rule Indigenous Land: The French and Indian War

Register HERE for this virtual lecture: A Fight to Rule Indigenous Land: The French and Indian War Tickets, Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

Join Putnam History Museum and Heather Bruegl for an in-depth look at the French and Indian War through the Indigenous Nations who fought in it.

The French and Indian War was a war between France and Great Britain over who was going to have dominion over the ‘New World’. But what about the Indigenous Nations that were here? Where did they fall in this conflict? Learn about the Indigenous Nations that fought on both sides this conflict and the outcomes that it had.

Heather Bruegl is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and first-line descendant Stockbridge Munsee. She is a graduate of Madonna University in Michigan and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in U.S. History. Her research comprises numerous topics related to American history, legacies of colonization, and Indigeneity, including the Dakota War of 1812, the history of American Boarding Schools, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (#MMIW). Heather has presented her work at academic institutions including the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the College of the Menominee Nation, as well as at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for Indigenous Peoples Day 2017.

Heather consults for a variety of museums and universities and is a frequent lecturer at conferences on topics ranging from intergenerational racism and trauma to the fight for clean water in the Native community. She has been invited to share her research on Native American history, including policy and activism, equity in museums, and land back initiatives for such institutions as the Tate and the Brooklyn Public Library. Heather opened and spoke at the Women’s March Anniversary in Lansing, Michigan, in January 2018, and at the first ever Indigenous Peoples March in Washington, DC, in January 2019. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, Heather spoke at the Crazy Horse Memorial and Museum in Custer, South Dakota, for its Talking Circle Series.

Heather is the former Director of Education of Forge Project, a decolonial art and education initiative on the unceded homelands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok in Upstate New York, where she organized public programming and events and led the Forge Project Fellowship program. Now, Heather is a public historian, activist, and independent consultant who works with institutions and organizations for Indigenous sovereignty and collective liberation.

This program has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Sustaining Humanities through the American Rescue Plan in partnership with the American Historical Association. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the American Historical Association or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Register HERE for this virtual lecture: A Fight to Rule Indigenous Land: The French and Indian War Tickets, Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite