The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology's Office of Multicultural Affairs and the School of Mines chapter of the American Indian Science & Engineering Society are pleased to present "This is not Our First Economic Bailout: Removing Tribes from the Great Plains," a presentation by Ted Hamilton. The event will be held in the Surbeck Center Ballroom Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 10 a.m.
From the Louisiana Purchase to the development of the Pick-Sloan project along the Missouri, the United States government has used the Great Plains as an economic engine to support other areas of the country. This presentation will explore the government's motivations for creation of the treaties between American Indian people in the 19th century and subsequent Congressional actions that continued the process of expanding federal and state control of resources in the Great Plains.
Hamilton has a 23-year history working on reservations across the Great Plains. He holds graduate degree in history and library science and is currently completing a dissertation on acculturation practices with non-Native teachers in tribal schools. Hamilton has served as the archivist for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Oglala Lakota College and has been recognized as a significant contributor to the development of Little Big Horn College on the Crow Reservation. He is currently the executive director of the Oceti Sakowin Education Consortium.
The event is free and open to the public.
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