Author and Oneida Nation member Dr. Carol Cornelius shares the history of the 1800’s removal era from the indigenous perspective. Many treaties and agreements were made in the formation of cities like Neenah and Menasha. Carol will lay out how these treaties took Indigenous lands in Wisconsin piece by piece from the Menominee, Ojibwe, Ho-Chunk, Lakota and Potawatomi.
Carol completed her Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1992. Her major was curriculum and instruction, and minor American Indian culture and history. She taught at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay for three years and helped build the First Nations Studies undergraduate program.
History programs are sponsored by the Neenah Historical Society and co-sponsored by the Neenah Public Library