Check this great Interview by Bridget Sullivan and Erin Cicora at HWW with members of the Reclaiming Stories team.
Summer Learning Lab 2023
The Reclaiming Stories Team met in Miami, OK, for another summer Learning Lab, August 2023. This year, our event focused on brain tanning a deer hide. Read all about it here.
Reclaiming Stories in the News
Check out this great story/ news release about the Reclaiming Stories summer learning lab, August 2022.
In this story, Jodi Heckel gives an overview of the Learning Lab activities and interviews Bob Morrissey about the goals of the project– to help revitalize hide painting traditions in the Peoria and Miami Tribal communities. Thanks Jodi!
Reclaiming Stories
The Reclaiming Stories project is a collaboration among members of the Peoria and Miami Tribes, along with associated scholars, working on history and practice of hide painting. The group formed in 2020 and won a major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (through the Humanities Without Walls Consortium) to undertake a community-based research project through 2025. Look here for news and updates about this exciting project!