Events & Calendars "On Our Own Grounds: The Legacy of William Apess, a Pequot"

2012 marks the 20th anniversary of "On Our Own Ground: The Collected Works of William Apess, a Pequot" (University of Massachusetts Press, 1992), edited by Amherst College Professor Barry O'Connell. Since the publication, Apess has emerged as "an intellectual beacon" (Robert Warrior, The People and the Word) for the 21st century, an indigenous intellectual and political visionary who is even now enabling scholars, students, tribal leaders and activists to envision strategies for revitalization, resistance and survival. Please join us in honoring the continuing legacy of William Apess during a daylong gathering at Amherst College, at a crossroads between his birthplace of Colrain, Mass., and his home community of Mashantucket Pequot.