/news-archive/tag/trail-of-tears/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 06 Nov 2018 21:48:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/11/06/native-american-heritage-fair/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 21:48:16 +0000 /news/?p=72570 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host Black Indians and Native American heritage fair]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will celebrate Native American Heritage Month with a Black Indians and Native American Heritage Month fair on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the University Plaza Shopping Center parking lot at the corner of Asher and University avenues. 聽聽 Events will feature 鈥淧atriot Nations,鈥� a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian鈥檚 National Museum of the American Indians, about American Indians鈥� service in the nation鈥檚 wars. Also featured will be short educational talks about the Trail of Tears through Arkansas, slavery and Choctaw and Chickasaw removal, and the Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes. Native American food, arts and crafts, food trucks, tours of the Trail of Tears Park adjacent to the fair site, and exhibits will be available.

Exhibitors include the Butler Center of Arkansas, Arkansas State Archives, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Black History Commission of Arkansas, Sequoyah National Research Center, Indian Center of Arkansas, Inc., Arkansas Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association, Toltec Mounds, Little Rock Racial and Cultural & Diversity Commission, Boy Scouts of America, Youth Challenge, 4H & Extension Services, Women in Agriculture, the Secretary of State office, and others. The fair is sponsored by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Sequoyah National Research Center and University District Partnership, Little Rock Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission, Black History Commission of Arkansas, Arkansas National Guard Museum, and Jason Irby Innovation Foundation. Admission is free, and parking is close and free. The speaker schedule is as follows:

• 11鈥�11:15 a.m. Black Indians at Sequoyah National Research Center, Dr. Daniel Littlefield
• 12鈥�12:15 p.m. Slave, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Removal, Carolyn Kent 聽
• 1鈥�1:15 p.m. Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes at the Trail of Tears, Dr. Daniel Littlefield

For more information, email axgwinup@ualr.edu, or call 501-683-7356.]]> /news-archive/2018/06/26/ua-little-rock-sequoyah-national-research-center-receives-58k-grant-trail-tears-project/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:37:58 +0000 /news/?p=70889 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Sequoyah National Research Center receives $58k grant for Trail of Tears project]]> The Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received nearly $58,000 to create an interactive history of the Trail of Tears in Arkansas utilizing touch-screen technology.聽 The Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council awarded the center a $57,960 grant to create a touch-screen surface table that will incorporate the center鈥檚 existing research to create a visual journey of the Trail of Tears in Arkansas. “We are very pleased to undertake this project that will allow educators and the general public to access the Trail of Tears materials in a new, more approachable format,鈥� Archivist Erin Fehr said. 鈥淭he subject of Indian removal can be a difficult one to approach, but by using touch-screen technology, we hope to engage learners in a way that brings the past to life.” The project will include maps of removal routes of the five tribes that journeyed on the Trail of Tears, key sites along each tribe鈥檚 routes, historical information, photographs, timelines, and documents. The Sequoyah National Research Center will also create a companion website so researchers around the world can access the project, which will aid educators in telling a more complete history of the Trail of Tears through Arkansas that encompasses all five tribes. For more information, contact Fehr at 501-569-8336 or ehfehr@ualr.edu. In the upper right photo,聽Archivist Erin Fehr at work in Sequoyah National Research Center’s archives. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Communications.]]> /news-archive/2018/06/26/watson-2018-parins-scholarship-sequoyah-national-research-center/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:04:43 +0000 /news/?p=70886 ... Watson receives 2018 Parins Scholarship from Sequoyah National Research Center]]> Tori Watson, a graduate student pursuing a Master of Arts in professional and technical writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is the 2018 recipient of the James W. Parins Intern Scholarship at the Sequoyah National Research Center.聽 The Parins scholarship was established in 2017 as a way to honor the legacy of SNRC鈥檚 co-founder Dr. James W. Parins. The scholarship is awarded to a student who demonstrates a knowledge of Native American cultures and is in good standing with the university. Watson received a $650 scholarship and interned at Sequoyah during the spring semester, where she researched the removal of the Choctaws from the southeast United States to Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears. 鈥淭oo much Native culture has been lost throughout the years, and if we can work together to preserve and counter that loss, then we have an obligation to do so,鈥� she said. 鈥淣ative American traditions have always been a part of my life, and I am very glad that I will be continuing my life long journey of learning more about my culture and history.鈥� Watson received her Bachelor of Arts in English from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, where she graduated with high honors. After teaching in a junior high school and realizing it was undersupported, she returned to school with the intent to pursue a career in technical writing.]]>