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DESCRIPTION:When the colonial era began\, Europeans did not consider themse
 lves as “Whites\,” and Native Americans did not think of themselves as
  “Indians.” Yet as a genocidal struggle for America unfolded over the 
 course of generations\, all that changed. Euro-Americans developed a sense
  of racial identity\, superiority\, and national mission-of being chosen. 
 They contended that Indians were damned to disappear so Whites could sprea
 d Christian civilization. Native people countered that the Great Spirit ha
 d created Indians and Whites separately and intended America to belong to 
 Indians alone.\n\n \n\nIn The Chosen and the Damned\, acclaimed historian 
 David J. Silverman traces Indian-White racial arguments across four centur
 ies\, from the bloody colonial wars for territory to the national wars of 
 extermination justified as “Manifest Destiny"\; from the creation of res
 ervations and boarding schools to the rise of the Red Power movement and b
 eyond. In this transformative retelling\, Silverman shows how White identi
 ty\, defined against Indians\, became central to American nationhood. He a
 lso reveals how Indian identity contributed to Native Americans' resistanc
 e and resilience as modern tribal people\, even as it has sometimes pit th
 em against one another on the basis of race.\n\n \n\nThe epochal story of 
 race in America is typically understood as a Black and White issue. The Ch
 osen and the Damned restores the defining role Native people have played\,
  and continue to play\, in our national history.\n\n \n\nAbout the Author:
  \n\nDavid J. Silverman is a professor of history at George Washington Uni
 versity. He is the author of the award-winning This Land is Their Land: Th
 e Wampanoag Indians\, Plymouth Colony\, and the Troubled History of Thanks
 giving (Bloomsbury\, 2019)\, as well as Thundersticks\, Ninigret\, Red Bre
 thren\, and Faith and Boundaries. His essays have appeared in the New York
  Times\, the Atlantic\, the Washington Post\, National Geographic\, and th
 e Daily Beast. He lives in Washington\, D.C.\n\n \n\nAbout the Program: \n
 \nTo attend in person please register here. Doors will open to registered 
 attendees at 6 pm. A local bookseller will be on-site and have books avail
 able for purchase.Free parking vouchers are available to program attendees
  who park at the Franklin Street Garage (15 W. Franklin Street) after 4pm.
   Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior to or after the pro
 gram. This free event will be presented in-person and virtually.   This is
  a seated event with spaces reserved for individuals with accessibility ne
 eds. ASL interpretation will also be available for attendees throughout th
 e event. If you need additional accommodations to successfully participate
 \, please let us know at events@prattlibrary.org or 443-768-0762.
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LOCATION:Central Library\, Wheeler Auditorium 
SUMMARY:David Silverman: "The Chosen and the Damned" 
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