Author Birmingham Third Speaker in Agency House Ho-Chunk Summer Series
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The Historic Indian Agency House continues its popular 4-part speaker series exploring Ho-Chunk history and culture. The series\, entitled &ldquo\;Their Side of the Story&rdquo\;: The Ho-Chunk at the Portage\, consists of one lecture a month\, with only August and September&rsquo\;s installments remaining. \;Each lecture\, held on the last Tuesday of the month\, focuses on a different aspect of the Ho-Chunk experience in the Portage area.
The third installment of the series will take place on Tuesday\, August 31 at 6:30PM. At this time\, UW-Waukesha Professor Robert Birmingham will present &ldquo\;Ancient Native Cultures of the Wisconsin River Region.&rdquo\; \;This illustrated presentation will cover 11\,000 years of Native American occupation of the Columbia County area\, highlighting unique archaeological sites. \;A former longtime State Archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society\, Professor Birmingham is aslo the co-author of the award-winning books Indian Mounds of Wisconsin and Aztalan: Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town. \;His newest publication is Spirits of the Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes. \;Copies of his works will be available for purchase the evening of the lecture. Maybe he&rsquo\;ll even sign one for you&mdash\;who knows!
The museum and visitor&rsquo\;s center exhibits\, always free to the public\, will be open 5PM until the lecture begins\, and a guided tour of the Historic Indian Agency House itself will also be offered immediately prior to the lecture\, at 5:30PM\, for a minimal fee. Light refreshments will be provided for lecture guests.
Each installment of this educational series is free to the public and only possible because of a generous grant from the Great Circle Foundation\, Inc. of East Northport\, New York. For further information on this and other Agency House programming\, call Director Destinee Udelhoven at (608) 742-6362.