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URL:https://thelavacenter.org/events/genealogical-research-for-marginalize
 d-groups-a-lava-humanities-panel-discussion/
SUMMARY:Genealogical Research for Marginalized Groups: a LAVA Humanities Pa
 nel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Genealogical research is often complicated by the limits of his
 torical documentation\, and this is made all the more complicated in terms
  of Indigenous and African American genealogical research\, due to the leg
 acies of slavery\, Jim Crow\, colonialism\, and genocide.\n\nDavid Brule\,
  President of the Nolumbeka Project\, and Orice Jenkins\, Executive Direct
 or of Música Franklin\, will discuss their experiences conducting this ki
 nd of complicated research. The panel will be moderated by Matthew Barlow\
 , Humanities Coordinator at The LAVA Center and is presented in conjunctio
 n with LAVA's Black Families of Greenfield exhibit\, which is on display t
 hrough October.\n\nLight refreshments will be served. This is a free event
 . Donations are welcome.\n\nDavid Brule\, the President of the Nolumbeka P
 roject\, is a member of the Nehantic Tribal Council. He is the coordinator
  of the National Park Service Battlefield Protection Program\, the goal of
  which is to identify the likely locations of King Philip’s War (1675-76
 ) Peskeompskut (Turners Falls) Battlefield and associated sites\, includin
 g the Indigenous community Pestkeompskut-Wissatinnewag. On this\, David wo
 rks in partnership with an archeologist\, town historic commissions\, and 
 members of several New England tribes.\n\nOrice Jenkins is a member of the
  Sons and Daughters of the U.S. Middle Passage and the Afro-American Histo
 rical and Genealogical Society. He has been featured on podcasts and radio
  shows such as "Research at the National Archives &amp\; Beyond" and "Grat
 ing the Nutmeg" and presented his findings to Racial Justice Rising and at
  the Indiana African American Genealogy Group annual conference. Orice has
  worked as a consultant for Dr. Matt Baker\, the creator of UsefulCharts.c
 om\, collaborating on genealogy videos that have garnered millions of view
 s on YouTube.\n\nIn 2022\, he contributed to Bernice Bennett's latest book
 : Black Homesteaders of the South (Arcadia Publishing/The History Press) a
 nd appeared with other Homesteader descendants at the Smithsonian National
  Museum of African American History and Culture during Black History Month
  in 2023. Orice also publishes a blog called Chesta's Children\, and serve
 s as the Executive Director of a youth music program in Greenfield\, Massa
 chusetts.
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