In Severin Fowles lecture, he reveals new archaeological discoveries that complicate and extend a revisionist understanding of intercultural power dynamics in the colonial Southwest. Evidence demonstrates, for much of the colonial era, some of the most ambitious imperial actors were Native American. The Comanche were involved in a strange form of "reversed colonialism," startling the European colonizers by attempting to colonize them in return.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 28, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in HALE 270.