Trail of Tears focus of Indigenous People's Day at UA on Monday, October 11, 2010

10 AM DOCUMENTARY FILM "THE TRAIL OF TEARS," GIFFELS AUDITORIUM, OLD MAIN

 

1:00 TO 2:15 READING PASSAGES FROM JOURNALS BY INDIANS WHO WALKED THE TRAIL OR FROM ANY SOURCE ABOUT THE TRAIL OF TEARS OR RELATED, OR A PERSONAL STATEMENT.   AT THE FULBRIGHT PEACE FOUNTAIN WEST OF OLD MAIN.   RAIN:   MULLINS LIBRARY 104.

 

2:15 PROCESSION FROM FOUNTAIN TO TRAIL OF TEARS PARK AND MARKER ON HIGHWAY 62/MLK BLVD, WHERE A THOUSAND CHEROKEES CAMPED DURING THEIR JOURNEY IN 1839.   THE PARK IS LOCATD NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF SIXTH STREET AND GARLAND AVENUE.

 

3:00 CEREMONY AT PARK WITH MAYOR LIONELD JORDAN AND MEMBERS OF HERITAGE TRAIL PARTNERS..  .

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SITE SEE http://campusmaps.uark.edu/461.php

 

Sponsored by OMNI, Native American Student Assoc., Honors College, Honors Film Assoc., Multicultural Center, Dept. of Communication.   About the observance see:   http://uark.edu/rso/HFA, or contact Frank Sceide 575-5961.