Who's Hollerin'? Speaker Series with Victoria Ferguson
Tuesday, April 29 from 4-5 p.m. EST
Virtual via Zoom
This event is free to attend, but registration is required. A gift to the Dorothy McCombs Scholarship, awarded to undergraduate students in the Appalachian region, is encouraged upon registration.
Join Victoria Ferguson, an enrolled member of the Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia, to learn about women’s roles in the Eastern Woodland Eastern Siouan Society of the Appalachians.
Long before the mountains were renamed the Appalachians, the Eastern Siouan speakers called them the Pae:mon tin:ck. The Eastern Siouan of the Monacan Alliance developed a culture around the natural resources and the women’s clan system.
This event is free to attend, but registration is required. A gift to the Dorothy McCombs Scholarship, awarded to undergraduate students in the Appalachian region, is encouraged upon registration.
About the speaker
VICTORIA FERGUSON
Enrolled Member, Monocan Indian Nation of Virginia
Ferguson is a graduate of Marshall University and has a background in researching science methodologies to support historical information. She has spent 25 years seeking first-person documentation and archaeological information to explain and support theories on the daily living habits of the Yesáh (Eastern Siouan) populations up through the early European colonization period. Ferguson was one of two founding elders who cultivated the establishment of Virginia Tech Indigenous Community Garden in 2014 and is the director of Solitude/Fraction House.
Contact
For more information about this event, contact J. Shannon Hammons at jshannonh93@vt.edu or 540-231-8673.
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