History Hounds Online Lectures: Raw Deal: The Indians of the Midwest and the Theft of Native Lands

All programs are remote, via Zoom. RAHS members can register for the programs on the Historical Society of Michigan’s (HSM) website. On the registration form, please will select “A member of an HSM member organization” and enter Rochester-Avon Historical Society. HSM will automatically email you the Zoom link the day before each program.

Free admission is courtesy of our membership with the Historical Society of Michigan.

NOTE: Registration for each History Hounds^® event closes 3 hours prior to the event time—9 a.m. ET for Tuesday midday lectures and 4 p.m. ET for Wednesday evening lectures. Registrations completed after those times will not be processed in time for live viewing of the event. All lecture times are scheduled in the Eastern time zone.

This lecture synopsis:

Join us to learn about the heroic efforts of Michigan’s Native communities to retain their homeland in the face of six coercive treaties. The federal government gave cash and goods for land, but used the threat of removal at the point of bayonets, along with alcohol to grease the deal. Native peoples soon learned that federal treaties rarely lived up to their promises.