This traveling exhibit introduces you to the complex history of St. Clair’s Defeat, on November 4, 1791, and its context and aftermath with respect to the nine Tribal Nations who orchestrated this great defeat of the U.S. Military.

The exhibit’s four themes, design, and immersive qualities will contextualize the: 1) Background; 2) Battle and Native crescent strategy; 3) Aftermath including broken treaties, removal, and boarding schools; and 4) Persistence of Tribes today.

Exhibition Sites and Dates

Banner Exhibit Sites and Dates

Exhibit Guides

Video & Photos

   

  • Exhibit at Fort Recovery Museum

     

Exhibit at The History Center, Fort Wayne

     

Exhibit at KahNe Hall,

Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

    

Exhibit at KahNe Hall,

Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Annual Meeting

     

Exhibit at Ohio History Connection,

Media Preview Day

  

Banner Exhibit at Fort Recovery Museum

   

Banner Exhibit at Belmont County Heritage Museum,

St. Clairsville, Ohio

   

Banner Exhibit at Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Association Conference

  

Banner Exhibit at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

     

Banner Exhibit at Wyandotte Nation Winter Gathering

  

 

Media

Additional Information on St. Clair's Defeat

Principle Investigators

(please contact for more information)

  • Christine Thompson, Assistant Director and Archaeologist, Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University
  • Dr. Kevin C. Nolan, Director and Senior Archaeologist, Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University

Acknowledgements

Tribal Humanities Scholars

  • Nekole Alligood (Delaware Nation), Ohio History Connection NAGPRA Specialist
  • Matthew Bussler (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians), Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
  • Chief Ethel Cook (Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma)
  • Stacey Halfmoon (Caddo Nation), Shawnee Tribe Executive Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation
  • Rhonda Hayworth (Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma), Historian and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
  • Larry Heady (Delaware Tribe of Indians), former Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
  • Second Chief Norman Hildebrand (Wyandotte Nation)
  • Diane Hunter (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma), former Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
  • William Tarrant (Seneca-Cayuga Nation), Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
  • Tonya Tipton (Shawnee Tribe), Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
  • Logan York (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma), Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
  • Chief Glenna Wallace (Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma)

Additional Tribal Review

  • Erin Paden, Tribal Historic Preservation Specialist, Shawnee Tribe

Exhibit Designer

  • Dr. Kristin Barry, Associate Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Ball State University

 

Funding Acknowledgements

This traveling exhibit has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this video do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities

   

 

This StoryMap and Welcome Video has been funded by National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Telling the Full History Preservation Fund, with support from National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Trust or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The banner exhibit is funded in part by the America 250-Ohio Commission. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibit do not necessarily represent those of the America 250-Ohio Commission.