Camden Conference event: Democracy and Native America
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library will host distinguished historian Professor Carter Jones Meyer for a thought-provoking discussion exploring the complex relationship between American democracy and Native nations. The free community event, Democracy and Native America: Indigenous Voices from the Front, takes place Sunday, February 9, 2025, from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
The theme of the 2025 Camden Conference focuses on threats to democracy around the world. But what about in the U.S.? Can democracy itself become a threat, especially to the way of life of indigenous peoples? In her talk, Professor Carter Meyer will explore some of these paradoxes in U.S. history through the voices of Native leaders who have been on the front lines in protecting their way of life from “democratic” incursions. In the process, they have often drawn from indigenous knowledge to point out the shortcomings of American democratic principles as well as to suggest ways by which a more vital, inclusive democracy can be realized.
Carter Jones Meyer, Professor Emerita of History at Ramapo College of New Jersey, most recently taught Native American history at the University of Southern Maine. Her research and teaching have focused on late nineteenth and early twentieth century American cultural history, with a specialty in the history of the American West and Native history.
This presentation is hosted by the Camden Public Library and offered as a free community event in anticipation of the 38th Annual Camden Conference – Democracy Under Threat: A Global Perspective, February 21-23, 2025, live at the Camden Opera House and live-streamed to the Strand Theatre in Rockland, Lunt Auditorium in Falmouth, and to homes and classrooms worldwide. For more information about the Camden Conference and upcoming events, visit www.camdenconference.org.
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