The 34th annual Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation Recognition and Remembrance Day will be held on Aug. 10 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in Genoa.
The gathering will begin with remarks from Foundation members in the air-conditioned St. Rose of Lima Community Center at 116 N. Elm St. in Genoa. The day's activities include educational presentations and exhibits, tours of the Interpretive Center (with over 40 Indigenous Nation Flags), a research center with resources for genealogical research and Indigenous jewelry and crafts. Call Nickie at (308) 991-5360 or Claire at (402) 9480462 to reserve a table.
Presentations begin at 10:10 a.m. with keynote speaker Cultural Liaison James Cadwell, who is Santee Sioux of Nebraska and raised on the Crow-Creek reservation in South Dakota. His presentation, Boarding Schools Exposed, will address his association with the U.S. Indian School at Genoa, his experiences at a boarding school in South Dakota, and his transition to becoming an educator at the same institution where he was formerly a student (now a tribal school). He will examine boarding schools' historical and cultural dimensions and share his research findings.
