Guest speaker: Dr. Sandra Boham, 'A People of Vision'

A member of the Salish Tribe, Dr. Boham will talk about the experiences of the Salish, Kootenai and North Pend d'Orielle Tribes and about reasons for optimism about the future. The tribes have been the victims of huge injustices perpetrated by the U.S. government, among the them the loss of most of their ancestral homelands as a result of the 1855 Hell Gate Treaty, the cultural impact of boarding schools established to destroy their culture, and an allotment system imposed upon them that deprived them of land on their reservation that, according to the Hell Gate Treaty, was "set aside . . . for [their] exclusive use." Yet they are a people of hope. Dr. Boham will talk about their vision for the future.

This lecture, which is sponsored by the Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics and part of the 2024 Celebration of Learning, is open to the public.