Celebrating the 250th: The Native Americans' Revolution

Join Colin Calloway, Professor of History at Dartmouth, for a discussion of the Native American experience during the time of the American Revolution, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This program will be hybrid: attend in person in the Mayer Room, or register for the Zoom invitation here. This talk will explore the varied experiences and different meanings of freedom for Indigenous peoples in the American Revolution. Colin Calloway is the John Kimball Jr. 1943 Professor of History and Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Dartmouth College. He was born in England and received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Leeds. He joined the faculty of Dartmouth College in 1995 and served five terms as chair of the Native American Studies Program. His numerous publications include Hard Neighbors: The Scotch-Irish Invasion of Native America and the Making of an American Identity (2024); The Indian World of George Washington: the First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation (2018); The American Revolution in Indian Country (1995), nominated for a Pulitzer prize; and The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800. The Indian World of George Washington was a National Book Award finalist in 2018, received the Daughters of the American Revolution Excellence in American History Book Award, the Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year Award, the American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia Book Award, and the George Washington Prize in 2019.