April 29: “Are We Still Fighting the Skull Wars?: Repatriation in the 21st Century”

Lecture by Archaeologist David Hurst Thomas, Curator, American Museum of Natural History

When: Friday, April 29, 2005, 7:00 pm

Where: IUPUI Informatics and Communication Technology Classroom (ICTC) Building, Room 152

Dr. Thomas will trace the five-hundred-year roots of the Kennewick Man controversy. As an update to his best-selling book, Skull Wars, Dr. Thomas chronicles the brutal massacres in which skulls of Indian warriors were sent east to build America’s greatest museum collections. Dr. Thomas details the interactions between archaeologists and native people, and urges the two groups to define the common ground necessary to work together in the future.

(To read more about Dr. Thomas’ work, please visit http://www.amnh.org/science/divisions/anthro/bio.php?scientist=thomas)

The lecture is free and open to the public.
Because of limited seating, those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by April 25th.
Please call or email Annette Hill, anjhill@iupui.edu/317-278-1839.

The ICTC Building is located at 535 West Michigan Street (southwest corner of West Street and Michigan), Indianapolis, IN, 46202-3103. Guest parking is available in the lot across Michigan Street.

For more information about the event, please contact Sara Head, shead@iupui.edu.

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