It is a truism that we live in a deeply polarized time and that white supremacy is gaining strength worldwide. Margaret Jacobs’ presentation explores a quiet but powerful counter current that flows just beneath the jagged surface of our divisive times.

Many Americans long to face up to the painful truths of our histories. They have a hunger for healing and reconciliation and are taking part in a rising social movement to reckon with and make amends for our haunted past. This presentation focuses on Indigenous people and settlers who are working together to grapple with and overcome histories of violent dispossession.

Margaret Jacobs is the Director of the Center for Great Plains Studies and the Charles Mach Professor of History.