- Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
- Meeter Center Lecture Hall
In the greater scope of American history, Navajo encounters with Christian Reformed missionaries might seem like a small set of stories. But these stories offer windows not just into the history of missions, but what it has meant for Indigenous peoples to be citizens in an evolving American empire. This lecture will explore the lives of three Navajo men whose lives were changed by encounters with Christian Reformed missionaries. Two of them became chairmen of the Navajo Tribal Council.
About the Speaker
Professor Will Katerberg is professor of history at Calvin University and director of the Mellema Program in Western American Studies. He also serves as Curator of Heritage Hall, the archives for Calvin University, Calvin Theological Seminary, and the Christian Reformed Church in North America. His academic interests include the North American West and Native American history, Dutch Reformed immigration to North America, environmental history, and historiography.
This talk is co-sponsored by the Mellema Program in Western American Studies and part of history colloquia series. These lectures are free and open to the Calvin community - students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends - and all are warmly welcome to attend.
Banner image source: "Blood Camps," Gerald Tailfeathers (Blood/Kainai), postcard, 1956
