Free to the public

Discover the histories, stories, and cultures of the Indigenous and Native Americans who lived in Kansas with Dr. Eric Anderson and Elexa Dawson (from the Potawatomi Nation).

Dr. Eric P. Anderson is a Professor and Chair of the Indigenous and American Indian Studies Department at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas and is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. His focus is on American Indian cultures and education. He is currently working on a textbook project on American Indian Studies and Native history.

Kansas-based Oklahoma Native Elexa Dawson (from the Potawatomi Nation) creates community-focused Americana music where sultry soul meets rural roots. Her debut album “Music is Medicine” brings her storytelling to life through transcendent melodies connecting land-based musical programming to folk stages.

Flint Hills Counterpoint’s Speaker Series is made possible from the gracious support of Humanities Kansas, Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau Program, Mid-American Arts Alliance, and the New York Foundation of the Arts’ AWAW EAG program, and the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission.