Event

Dr. Chris Schlect presents "Henry Spalding, Cultural Change, and Competing Memories"

Nez Perce National Historical Park

Fee:

Free.

Location:

Talk will be in the auditorium of Nez Perce National Historical Park's Spalding Visitor Center. 39063 US Highway 95 Lapwai, ID 83540

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Time:

11:00 AM

Duration:

1 hour

Type of Event

Talk

Description

Join us at Nez Perce National Historical Park's Spalding Visitor Center as Dr. Christopher Schlect explores the life of Henry Spalding and the cultural changes that transpired as a result.

Spalding was a missionary who worked among the Nimiipuu for three seperate stints beginning in 1836. He lived through an era of profound change for the Nimiipuu people. Spalding was an agent of that change, he has become an icon in historical memory -- he is a hero and he is a villain -- and therefore illustrates how history lives on in the present.

Reservation or Registration: No

Image Gallery

An old brick church with a single steeple in front sits among snow-covered hills and trees
An old brick church with a single steeple in front sits among snow-covered hills and trees
Spalding Church
NPS photo
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