Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Western NY
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Recorded on January 23, 2024 at 7:00 pm Program Runtime: 01:05:00 The program was recorded at: Greece Central School District’s Transportation & Support Services Building Presenter: Michael Leroy Oberg |
Professor Oberg will discuss Indigenous land rights in western New York, and how state and federal governments, and legal systems, have underappreciated enduring and powerful Native American claims to the land in our part of the state.
Michael Leroy Oberg, the author of Native America, is a Distinguished Professor of History at SUNY-Geneseo and founder of the Geneseo Center for Local and Municipal History, which he directed from 2019 until 2022.
Learn More about Michael Leroy Oberg from his website https://michaelleroyoberg.com/
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