The South Suburban Archaeological Society hosts Robert Warren, Ph.D., who will describe the Illinois, one of the largest and most powerful Native American Nations in the Midwest in the late 17th Century. The Illinois comprised as many as 12 different tribes with more than 10,000 people. When French explorers, missionaries, and traders entered Illinois territory, deadly diseases and intertribal warfare resulted in the disintegration of the once proud nation. Dr. Warren received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Missouri and is currently Associate Curator of Anthropology at the Illinois State Museum. He belongs to several professional organizations and has 30 years of field experience.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Born in Warsaw in 1936, Henryk Grynberg is one of the few Polish child survivors of the Holocaust. After a brief memorial service, Mr. Grynberg will discuss some of his experiences and those of other Jewish children who survived the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Europe. Mr. Grynberg earned a master s degree in journalism from Warsaw University and worked as an actor with Ida Kaminska at the Jewish State Theater of Poland. In 1967, while on tour in the U.S., he refused to return to Poland in protest against the then anti-semitic policies of the Polish government. A book signing follows the program.