Native American Heritage Month Maps Exhibit
The Ball State University Libraries’ GIS Research and Map Collection
(GRMC) is commemorating Native American Heritage Month with a special exhibit
in Bracken Library. The exhibit features
maps and photographs from The Historical Atlas
of Native Americans by Ian Barnes, which is available in the GRMC and Atlas
Collection on the second floor of Bracken Library.
The maps include depictions of the ancient Native American culture and
trade areas, Pontiac’s and Tecumseh’s Wars, Chief Joseph’s retreat, Indian wars
in the west from 1850-1900, and Native American resettlement areas. Photographs include prominent figures in
Native American history—Sitting Bull, Sarah Winnemucca, Ely Samuel Ponder,
Osceola, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, and Tecumseh.
Other photographs show Oglala warriors on the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation in South Dakota in 1908 and Comanche code talkers from World War
II.
The exhibit is available in PDF-format from the Ball State University
Libraries’ Cardinal Scholar. Teachers
and others may print off a copy of the exhibit for use in the classroom or
other projects and displays for research and learning.
This exhibit is located in the front windows of the GRMC on the second
floor of Bracken Library and will be available through the month of
November.
For more information about these cartographic resources, please contact
the GRMC at 765-285-1097.
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