Historical Society looks at American Indian cultures

A Haskell Indian Nations University professor will be in Iola Sunday for the Allen County Historical Society's winter meeting, where he will speak about American Indian cultures and their hardships in the Kansas and Missouri territories.

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February 18, 2025 - 3:52 PM

Eric P. Anderson, professor at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, will discuss the history of Native Americans in Kansas and Missouri at Sunday’s winter meeting of the Allen County Historical Society. The program is at 2 p.m. at the Frederick Funson Meeting Hall, 207 N. Jefferson and is free to the public. Courtesy photo

A traveling exhibit about American Indian cultures will be the topic at this Sunday’s winter meeting of the Allen County Historical Society. Guest speaker Dr. Eric P. Anderson, one of the original consultants on the exhibit, will give more insight into the movement westward of Native Americans into Kansas and Missouri territories. 

The program is at Sunday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Frederick Funston Meeting Hall, 207 N. Jefferson Ave., and is free to the public to attend. 

“This is the first time I’ve been asked to speak at one of the exhibit’s stops,”…

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