Dr. Daniel Littlefield, Jr. will share stories of American Indians answering the call to protect freedom and democracy across the globe during World War I.
While most American Indians were not legal citizens and could not be drafted, they volunteered in the thousands to continue the warrior traditions of their tribes, a fascinating but little known facet of The Great War.
This lecture will be on on Monday at 7 p.m. and is hosted at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the University Center Auditorium, at 642 E 5th Street.
Dr. Littlefield is director of the Sequoyah National Research Center, which houses the American Native Press Archives, the world’s largest archival repository of Native American newspapers and periodicals. The Center at UA-LR is also home to the Dr. J. W. Higgins collection of Native American art. Dr. Littlefield has served in the Cherokee Nation’s Great State of Sequoyah Commission and the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Humanities Council. He has published scores of articles and is author, co-author or editor of 18 books on Native studies. He was inducted in 2001 into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame; in 2014, the Arkansas Historical Association honored him with its Lifetime Achievement Award for his co-founding of the Sequoyah National Research Center and for his promotion of Arkansas history.
Free parking is available after 5:00 p.m. in the Visitor Parking garage across from the University Center. On-street parking is also available on E. 5th Street.