On July 8 at 12pm, join First America podcast host Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee Nation) and leading Native scholars for Museum of the Cherokee People’s virtual panel discussion Listen, Lunch & Learn: Cherokees in the American Revolution, moderated by Brandon Dillard (Cherokee Nation) of Monticello. This event is free and open to all via Zoom.
This summer, as our country celebrates the 250-year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, First America tells the true story of our country’s founding and how our current political moment is 250 years in the making.
Featured Panelists:
- Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee Nation), host, First America
- Maggie Blackhawk (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe), New York University professor of law
- Brandon Dillard (Cherokee Nation), Director of Historic Interpretation and Audience Engagement at Monticello
- C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, Associate Professor of History, George Mason University
