Videos

Senior Curator William Rasmussen of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture presented a talk titled “Land of Opportunity: The Virginia that Pocahontas Knew.” Mr. Rasmussen discussed what …

Trail of Tears Association president Jack Baker talked about the forced relocation of Native Americans in the early 19th century. Mr. Baker, a member of the Cherokee Nation, also discussed h…

The principal chief of the Cherokee Nation talked about the tribe’s history following their removal from the Southeast to present-day Oklahoma. Chief Chuck Hoskin focused on how the Cherokee…

Oklahoma University law Professor Lindsay Robertson examined Chief Justice John Marshall and the Supreme Court’s decisions in cases involving the Cherokee Nation. In the 1830s under Presiden…

Gregory Smithers talked about Native Americans in the South before the arrival of Europeans. He is the author of Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal and is a histo…

University of Richmond Professor and President Emeritus Edward Ayers discussed how the expansion of slavery and westward migration displaced Native Americans throughout the antebellum period…

Kevin Butterfield looked at the origins of U.S. policies toward Native Americans, focusing on the aftermath of the Revolutionary War and the initiatives of George Washington. Mr. Butterfield…

A panel composed of two Indian tribal chiefs, a historian, a curator, and an anthropologist presented their views in a discussion titled: “Pocahontas: Ambassador of Cross Culture Understandi…

This plenary panel was part of a symposium called “Pocahontas: Her Life, Legend, and Legacy,” co-hosted by the Virginia Museum of History and Culture and American Evolution, the organization…

This discussion on Pocahontas and Christianity was part of a symposium titled “Pocahontas: Her Life, Legend, and Legacy.” Participating were Reverend Carol Gallagher, the first American In…

Historian and author Gregory Smithers discussed his book, The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity. Mr. Smithers argued that people from Australi…

In this program, anthropologist Helen Rountree uses her many years of scientific and historic research to describe how natives of the Virginia piedmont region made use of their environment f…