Revolutionary Exhibitions
Speaker Series
Exhibition-related speaker events will be held on Wednesday evenings. Speakers and dates will be determined soon.
April 15, 6-7PM: Presentation & Discussion: Organize, Agitate, Educate How Susan B. Anthony & Cayuga County Reformers Fought for Social Justice
Susan B. Anthony and Cayuga County activists were at the forefront of America’s fight for social justice in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Learn how abolitionists, suffragists, and human rights advocates worked together to challenge injustice and inspire change. Our speaker for this program is Allison Hinman, President & CEO of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House.
June 10, 6-7PM: Sa:gwáyoˀ Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ/Cayuga People Returned Panel Discussion
This program engages with the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫˀ Reoccupation of their Homelands after the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Invasion, the Treaty of Cayuga Ferry (1795), and Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫˀ Community Perspectives on the Treaty of 1795.
Featuring talks and a discussion to follow with:
Peter Whiteley — Curator of North American Ethnology and Curator-in-Charge of African and Pacific Ethnology; Professor at the Richard Gilder Graduate School
Kurt A. Jordan — Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University
Steve Henhawk — first-language Gayogohó:nǫˀ (Cayuga) speaker, historian, and faithkeeper who grew up on the Six Nations Reservation in Canada
The panel discussion will open with the Ganǫ́hǫnyǫhk (also known as the Thanksgiving Address, or the Words that Come Before All Else), given by Hoyá:neh Sam George (Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ/Cayuga, Bear Clan).
October TBD: “Power of Place” Talk
