Professor Heidi Arnold and 14 students from her small group communications class will be putting on a new exhibit in honor of America’s Native people. The exhibit will be made up of three different parts created by three groups from the class. The exhibit will have both maps and artifacts from Native American culture.
The first of the three groups will be doing a broader scope on tribes across the Americas. Four signature components will be making up this first segment of the exhibit. Three maps: 1890s to today, the map of regression of Native American regions, and the original regions and trade routes. The fourth component will be a timeline to go follow the maps provided.
The second of the three groups will be providing more maps on a smaller perspective of tribes around Ohio. This group will have two maps to show the difference between the current day and the past. They are also hard at work to provide information on how unrecognized tribes are trying to become recognized again in Ohio.
The final group will be showing the life of the Native American woman before colonization compared their lives today. This group will be doing a powerpoint and have photos along with their timeline.
While this looks like a lot of maps, photos, and timelines, there will also be artifacts that are being donated for the three-day exhibit by Victoria Tyler. Victoria Tyler is a part of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
Professor Arnold will also be contributing to the exhibit: “I will be providing some of the United States Poet Laureate’s poetry as she is our first Native American Poet Laureate.” The Poet Laureate of the United States, since 2019, is Joy Harjo.
This exhibit will be on campus Dec. 7 through Dec. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the library room 0L721.
Sara Collins
Reporter