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NATIVE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLIGIST TO TALK ABOUT THE SYMBOLISM OF AMERICAN MASCOTS
MARCH 23, 2001--"The United States of Amnesia: Mascots in the Symbolic Economy of American Nationalism" is the topic of a speech to be given Wednesday, April 4, 8 P.M. in the Root Room of the Carnegie Building, 53 West Lorain Street at Oberlin College.
Richard A. Grounds, of Yuchi and Seminole heritage, is a research professor of anthropology at the University of Tulsa and project director for the federally funded Yuchi Language Preservation Project.
He has recently presented on "Indian Stereotypes and American Identities" at the Atlanta History Center and on indigenous issues in genetic research for the National Research Conference on the Indian Health Service.
Currently, Grounds is co-editing, with George Tinker and David Wilkins, a volume by native scholars on political, legal, and religious issues for native Americans under the working title, Defending the Hoop: American Indiana Resistance. He is also completing a book called Tallahassee and the Name Game that explores the role of Native Americans within the symbolic economy of American nationalism during territorial and contemporary times in Florida.
The Hewlett Committee sponsors this event.
Media Contact: Debbie Pillivant
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