Subject: Native-American Exhibit at Clarke Historical Library New Exhibit at Clarke Historical Library, CMU, Mt. Pleasant, MI NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL LEADERS: PROUD, SKILLFUL TREATY NEGOTIATORS MOUNT PLEASANT - The lives and times of Native American tribal leaders in the Great Lakes region who signed treaties with the federal government in the 1820s are featured in a new Clarke Historical Library exhibit at Central Michigan University: Native American Treaty Signers in The Great Lakes Region. The exhibit centers on 22 full-color lithographs of Native American leaders drawn by James O. Lewis and printed between 1835 and 1836. The images reveal the proud, detailed profiles of legendary Indian leaders focused on achieving the best possible treaties for their people. "They are often portrayed as unsophisticated, yet these Indian leaders were actually thoughtful negotiators who employed skills developed during a long history of striking deals between Native Americans and Europeans," said Frank Boles, director of the Clarke Historical Library. "They were neither simple nor uneducated. They were very proud and sophisticated leaders who knew how to negotiate treaties for the benefit of their people," he continued. "Native American Treaty Signers in the Great Lakes Region" runs through July 16 in the library's Francis and Mary Lois Molson Gallery. Admission is free and open to the public. The lithographs, purchased by the Clarke at a Chicago auction in 2003, were color prints made from the original, mostly watercolor paintings of the Indian leaders drawn from life at the various treaty ceremonies. The original sketches were destroyed in an 1865 fire at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The exhibit also features a number of other printed items that shaped relationships between Native Americans and Euro-Americans. Items include: several books written by the Potawatomi leader Simon Pokagon and printed on birch bark; the first copy of the New Testament published in Ojibway language, printed in 1833; and a first edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Song of Hiawatha," which was published in Boston in 1855.

Anyone going to get a chance to see this exibit? Please post what you learn. Personally interester in Chief Topenebee.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "James P. LaLone" <jplalone@prodigy.net> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:34 PM Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Fw: Native-American Exhibit at Clarke Historical Library > > Subject: Native-American Exhibit at Clarke Historical Library > > > New Exhibit at Clarke Historical Library, CMU, Mt. Pleasant, MI > > NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL LEADERS: PROUD, SKILLFUL TREATY NEGOTIATORS > > MOUNT PLEASANT - The lives and times of Native American tribal leaders > in the Great Lakes region who signed treaties with the federal > government in the 1820s are featured in a new Clarke Historical Library > exhibit at Central Michigan University: Native American Treaty Signers > in The Great Lakes Region. > > The exhibit centers on 22 full-color lithographs of Native American > leaders drawn by James O. Lewis and printed between 1835 and 1836. The > images reveal the proud, detailed profiles of legendary Indian leaders > focused on achieving the best possible treaties for their people. > > "They are often portrayed as unsophisticated, yet these Indian leaders > were actually thoughtful negotiators who employed skills developed > during a long history of striking deals between Native Americans and > Europeans," said Frank Boles, director of the Clarke Historical Library. > > "They were neither simple nor uneducated. They were very proud and > sophisticated leaders who knew how to negotiate treaties for the benefit > of their people," he continued. > > "Native American Treaty Signers in the Great Lakes Region" runs through > July 16 in the library's Francis and Mary Lois Molson Gallery. Admission > is free and open to the public. > > The lithographs, purchased by the Clarke at a Chicago auction in 2003, > were color prints made from the original, mostly watercolor paintings of > the Indian leaders drawn from life at the various treaty ceremonies. The > original sketches were destroyed in an 1865 fire at the Smithsonian > Institution in Washington, D.C. > > The exhibit also features a number of other printed items that shaped > relationships between Native Americans and Euro-Americans. Items > include: several books written by the Potawatomi leader Simon Pokagon > and printed on birch bark; the first copy of the New Testament published > in Ojibway language, printed in 1833; and a first edition of Henry > Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Song of Hiawatha," which was published in > Boston in 1855. > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237