Native Americans in Chicago, Part 1: Federal Legislation and BIA Relocation

Columbia University Club of Chicago Posted by on July 03, 2024

Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Billie, Choctaw, and their four children, Chicago, August 3, 1953

Join Dr. Chris Stacey for a three-part series on Chicago's Indian Metropolis. Part One covers Federal Indian Legislation from the 1851 Creation of the Federal Reservation System to the 1963 Termination and Relocation Acts. Discussion on the Bureau of Indian Affairs Relocation Program. Presentation on Native American Migration to Urban Areas and Native American Migration to Chicago.

Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Times: 6:30PM Central, 7:30PM Eastern, 4:30PM Pacific. For those in our international community the presentation starts at 12:30AM London time on January 16, 2025.

Location: Zoom Video Conference

Cost: Free

Photo Credit: Public Domain, "Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Billie, Choctaw, and their four children, Chicago, August 3, 1953", Newberry Library, NL12BI9F, Ayer Modern MS BIA Relocation Box 2 Folder 24, Chicago, Illinois

Future Programs

February 19 - P2: Native American Life in Chicago During the 1950s. The American Indian Center; St. Augustine’s Center for American Indians, the Uptown neighborhood and the workplace. We will review a packet of newspaper articles from the 1950s and look at some primary sources from the Robert Reitz papers. 
 
March 6 - P3: Native American Life in Chicago During the 1960s. Bureau of Indian Affairs 1968 “Chicago Story” promotional film. Chicago’s Native American Committee, the O-Wai-Ya-Wa elementary school and the emergence of Intertribal activism. Packet of newspaper articles from the 1960s and look at some primary sources from the Robert Reitz papers.  
WHEN
January 15, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
WHERE

Zoom Video Conference

Chicago, IL
United States
CONTACT

Chris Stacey

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