A whirlwind tour of the twelve Original Peoples whose Traditional Territories overlap with the Driftless Area:* How and where the nations were founded.* Their flood legends (since the presentation took place in Viroqua's "The Ark" cultural center, after all!)* Maps of their Traditional Territory. What is the name of their Country?* Their modern-day national fragments.* Counting to three in eleven languages!* Language Sorting Challenge! Can you spot the two language families? * Continental maps of the Indigenous Countries.* Historical context of the Driftless Nations in relation to the Colonial and Immigrant Nations.* Looking forward. Indian Country in the light of the Threefold Idea.
Original Peoples of the Driftless : A Slideshow Presentation from the Thoreau College Prelude, Summer 2016