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Honoring the Historic Footprint of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Warriors at Fort Marion, 1875-1878
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Educational Sessions: Wednesday, November 16, 1:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m., and Thursday, November 17, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Ringhaver Student Center, Virginia Room, 50 Sevilla Street. Keynote Address: Thursday, November 17, 2022, 7 p.m., at Lewis Auditorium, 14 Granada Street
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Flagler College and the National Park Service, with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma will collaborate on a program of special events to remember and honor the Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors imprisoned at Fort Marion (Castillo de San Marcos) from 1875-1878. The events will feature memorial ceremonies, remembrances, and educational sessions.
Sessions will address the history of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, the long-lasting impacts and intergenerational trauma of imprisonments and assimilation efforts, Native American prisoner of war burials in St. Augustine, and the importance and impact of art in recording and preserving Tribal heritage.
Presenters will include Reggie Wasana, Governor; Norene Starr, Special Projects Manager; Max Bear, Director Historic Preservation Office; Denny MedicineBird; and Gordon Yellowman, Director of Language and Cultural Programs of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
Dorothy FireCloud, NPS Native American Affairs Liaison, will close the events with a keynote address. Her presentation, "Coming Together: Reimaging National Parks," will focus on National Park Service and Tribal co-stewardship work. Lewis Auditorium will open at 6 p.m. on the 17th, on a first come, first served, basis for security screening before the program which is FREE and open to the public.
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