Post by blackcrowheart on May 16, 2006 14:39:14 GMT -5
Dartmouth & Natives (edu)
www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006051001040
Daniell highlights Native American history at College
By Harshil Shah
Published on Wednesday, May 10, 2006
While many students are unaware that part of their jogging route is
named for a member of the Mohegan tribe who lived during the 18th
century, the lecture that College historian and former history professor
Jere Daniell '55 gave Tuesday in Dartmouth Hall aimed to elucidate that
and other contributions that Native Americans have made to Dartmouth.
Occom Pond, a well-known campus spot, was named for Samson Occom, a
student of Eleazar Wheelock and a major solicitor of the funds that
helped found the College.
Daniell's lecture was the first event in a week-long series devoted to
Native Americans at Dartmouth that will end with the Pow-Wow this
weekend. He divided his talk into four parts that traced the history of
Native Americans through the College's existence.
The first part highlighted the origins of Dartmouth and Eleazar
Wheelock's goals.
"He wanted to create white missionaries who would Christianize natives
in their homeland," Daniell said. In addition, he said, the concept of
educating the natives was attractive to Lord Dartmouth, who became the
College's primary benefactor.
Daniell went on to discuss the lack of native students at Dartmouth in
the 19th century followed by the emergence of the American Indian as the
College's mascot in the mid-20th century and ended his lecture by
describing the struggle of native students and President John Kemeny's
restated commitment to their education starting in 1969. Throughout his
talk, Daniell emphasized the Mohegan tribe's contributions to the
College's development.
Timothy Edmonds '09, who attended the lecture for a class, said he
learned a lot from it.
"I gained a new perspective on Dartmouth in attending the program,"
Edmonds said.
Jesse Sixkiller '06, the event organizer, emphasized Daniell's
non-native background, saying that he hopes Daniell will be able to
reach the non-native audience on campus and show that this week's events
can benefit the Dartmouth community at large.
According to Sixkiller, the goal of this year's upcoming Pow-Wow is to
more fully incorporate the entire Dartmouth community, which accounts
for the unprecedented week-long schedule of events.
Sixkiller emphasized that fliers and information booths appearing on
campus this week will help non-natives to become more comfortable with
the etiquette of attending a pow-wow and hoped that this will encourage
more people to participate.
According to Sixkiller, the Pow-Wow is usually held on Mothers' Day
weekend in order to allow other Ivy League colleges to schedule their
pow-wows around Dartmouth's, which is the largest in the area.
www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006051001040
Daniell highlights Native American history at College
By Harshil Shah
Published on Wednesday, May 10, 2006
While many students are unaware that part of their jogging route is
named for a member of the Mohegan tribe who lived during the 18th
century, the lecture that College historian and former history professor
Jere Daniell '55 gave Tuesday in Dartmouth Hall aimed to elucidate that
and other contributions that Native Americans have made to Dartmouth.
Occom Pond, a well-known campus spot, was named for Samson Occom, a
student of Eleazar Wheelock and a major solicitor of the funds that
helped found the College.
Daniell's lecture was the first event in a week-long series devoted to
Native Americans at Dartmouth that will end with the Pow-Wow this
weekend. He divided his talk into four parts that traced the history of
Native Americans through the College's existence.
The first part highlighted the origins of Dartmouth and Eleazar
Wheelock's goals.
"He wanted to create white missionaries who would Christianize natives
in their homeland," Daniell said. In addition, he said, the concept of
educating the natives was attractive to Lord Dartmouth, who became the
College's primary benefactor.
Daniell went on to discuss the lack of native students at Dartmouth in
the 19th century followed by the emergence of the American Indian as the
College's mascot in the mid-20th century and ended his lecture by
describing the struggle of native students and President John Kemeny's
restated commitment to their education starting in 1969. Throughout his
talk, Daniell emphasized the Mohegan tribe's contributions to the
College's development.
Timothy Edmonds '09, who attended the lecture for a class, said he
learned a lot from it.
"I gained a new perspective on Dartmouth in attending the program,"
Edmonds said.
Jesse Sixkiller '06, the event organizer, emphasized Daniell's
non-native background, saying that he hopes Daniell will be able to
reach the non-native audience on campus and show that this week's events
can benefit the Dartmouth community at large.
According to Sixkiller, the goal of this year's upcoming Pow-Wow is to
more fully incorporate the entire Dartmouth community, which accounts
for the unprecedented week-long schedule of events.
Sixkiller emphasized that fliers and information booths appearing on
campus this week will help non-natives to become more comfortable with
the etiquette of attending a pow-wow and hoped that this will encourage
more people to participate.
According to Sixkiller, the Pow-Wow is usually held on Mothers' Day
weekend in order to allow other Ivy League colleges to schedule their
pow-wows around Dartmouth's, which is the largest in the area.