Celebrate and Educate: Indigenous Peoples' Day

20 West Red Skelton Boulevard,Vincennes IN 47591

10 October, 2022

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Join the Vincennes University Humanities Film & Lecture Series and the Wabash Valley Progressives on Monday, October 10, 2022, to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with a screening of the PBS film “We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision.” Dr. Nancy Peterson, Professor of English and an affiliated faculty member of the Native American and Indigenous Studies program at Purdue University, will follow the screening with a discussion about the film and the significance of Indigenous Peoples' Day. The event will be held at the Red Skelton Performing Arts Center located at 20 W Red Skelton Blvd in Vincennes, Indiana.The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. "Our whole state, Indiana, was named for being an area rich with different Native American tribes that lived here for over a thousand years before European settlers came to North America. The Wabash Valley Progressives want to acknowledge and pay homage to these indigenous peoples that came before us and make sure their history is told. We thought a good place to start would be discussing Tecumseh because of his connection to the Vincennes area," says Will Drews, Wabash Valley Progressives President. For more information about the event, please contact Will Drews at [email protected] or visit wabashvalleyprogressives.org/events/. See trailer for We Shall Remain below.