NAGPRA Comics Project Updates
We were invited by Mike Towry, a founder of San Diego Comic Con, to participate in a panel titled "Recovering Indigenous History through Comics." The panel was on July 18, Thursday evening at 530pm. There were about 170 people in attendance. During the discussion by Kumeyaay panelists of Kumeyaay history and correcting the public's knowledge about it, Kumeyaay historian Mike Connolly was asked up to the panel to contribute to the conversation. It was a wonderful experience learning from everyone on the panel and in the audience, and we look forward to seeing the development of the panelists' projects!
Panel description: "This year is the 500th anniversary of Spain's conquest of Mexico and the 250th anniversary of San Diego's founding. Since those events, and others related and similar, were near-apocalyptic for the indigenous peoples of North America, it's an appropriate time to reflect on their histories and how they experienced these events. Unfortunately, indigenous history in North America has often been distorted, ignored, or even lost. Can comics be a tool to help recover this history? Moderator Johnny Bear Contreras (Kumeyaay artist/sculptor and fellow panelists Paul Guinan (Aztec Empire graphic novel), Elijah Benson (Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation Education Department, NAGPRA comics), Stan Rodriguez (Kumeyaay cultural leader), Jen Shannon (cultural anthropology professor, NAGPRA comics), Kate Spilde (cultural anthropology professor), John Swogger (archaeologist and Illustrator, NAGPRA comics) will answer this question and discuss their current comic projects to recover indigenous history." You can find out more here. Learn more at https://nagpracomics.weebly.com/
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