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Monday, November 10, 5:30 p.m.
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
at Manning Hall, Main Green, Brown University, Providence, RI
This program features two prominent Apache scholars, Dale and Douglas Miles.
Dale, the fi rst tribal historian of the San Carlos Apache of Arizona,
presents The Apaches and the Borderlands Confl ict, which examines the role
that the U.S.-Mexico border played in Apache history. In particular, he
examines colonization by the Spanish and the later drive for American
Manifest Destiny that resulted in the Mexican war of 1846-1848 and how these
factors brought changes to Apache nomadic life. His brother, Douglas, a
prominent visual artist, presents Apachelypse Now, a mixed-media
presentation that connects the universality of mainstream¹s skateboard
culture to today¹s Indian youth as a way to see the reciprocal influences
of pop culture and Native cultures. This program is sponsored by the Center
for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America / American Indian Studies,
the Department of History, the Department of Anthropology, the John Nicholas
Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, the Friends of the
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, and the Haffenreffer Family Fund.
Lecture in Manning Hall. Reception to Follow.
Remember to RSVP by October 30th!
