Bygone Book Club, (City of Grand Island, Courtesy)
GRAND ISLAND — In just a few days, the Grand Island Public Library’s Bygone Book Club will discuss “An Unspeakable Sadness: The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians” by David J. Wishart. The discussion will be Saturday, September 14 at 11:30 a.m. in Meeting Room BC.
Of all the interactions between the Native Americans and European settlers, none were more fundamental than the acquisitions of their land. While settlers saw this acquisition as a natural right, Native Americans saw it as a tragic loss of history, subsistence and even their identities. Wishart uses primary documents and oral histories to tell the story of the dispossession of the native lands of the Otoe-Missouria, Ponca, Omaha and Pawnee in 19th Century Nebraska.
The full reading list of the 2024-2025 Bygone Book Club is available at this link. The Bygone Book Club is a partnership between the Grand Island Public Library and the Hall County Historical Society. Local historians lead monthly discussions of books featuring Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska or regional history. Membership in the book club is monthly, and participants can choose which month/book is of interest to them and do not need to commit to the entire program series.
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