Documentary Film: 'Like Birds in a Wind Storm'
(Room JW Grand Ballroom 2)
06 Jul 18
6:00 PM
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7:15 PM
In the fall of 1838, the U.S. government ordered the forcible removal of 859 members of the Potawatomi Indian nation from northern Indiana to eastern Kansas. The resulting 660-mile forced march caused the death of 42 deportees, who were buried along the trail in unmarked graves, and came to be known as the Potawatomi Trail of Death, a shameful yet little-known chapter of Indiana and American history. The film Like Birds in a Wind Storm is the story of the Trail of Death as told by the decedents of those who survived the forced removal. It will be introduced by Shirley Willard, is an Indiana county historian who helped create the Potawatomi Trail of Death Association, and Tracy Locke, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and descendant of Abram Burnett, a survivor of the 1838 removal. Q&A to follow.