Side by Side

Side by Side exhibit graphic with native beadwork as the main focus

The exhibit “Side by Side:  A Partnership of Honor and Support” highlights a variety of the programs, scholarship, and unique opportunities made possible by the partnership of these two universities.

Exhibit Contents

Haskell Indian Nations University

155 Indian Ave.

Lawrence, KS 66046

University of Kansas

1450 Jayhawk Blvd.

Lawrence, KS 66045

Opening Reception Presentation by Haskell Indian Nations University President Venida Chenault

Opening Reception Images

Gallery Images

Exhibition Statement & Welcome

This exhibit can be framed many ways. I suggest we think about "Side by Side" as a celebration of what Haskell and Kansas University are now doing and as a mere hint of what we could do working together, “side by side”, in the future. Throughout most of their history, Haskell and Kansas University (KU), two storied institutions, merely existed beside each other — physically separated, as the crow flies, by little more than a mile’s distance.

In their early years both institutions were separated by philosophies and practices that marked an existential chasm physical measures cannot capture. KU students positively experienced education as the affirmation of civilization and progress, while Haskell Institute students experienced education as a direct assault on who they were as the First Peoples of this land.

However, in the past four decades Haskell and KU have developed successful grant partnerships, scholarly collaborations, institutional MOUs/MOAs and, most importantly, a respect for the work each institution accomplishes. This exhibit offers a small sample of such activities and listing all here is impossible and would miss the point. For "Side by Side: A Partnership of Honor and Support" seeks to illustrate just how far both institutions have come to create a place or space where it can truly be said that in scholarship, research and teaching, Haskell and KU no longer merely exist beside each other, but increasingly work together as coequal partners to honor and support both schools.

I hope "Side by Side" will not be seen as self-congratulatory, but as a prologue to fuller and richer collaborations, partnerships and synergistic activities. Haskell and KU might even create a space where different worldviews and philosophies can produce knowledges that otherwise remain buried under the simplistic dualisms and prejudices that preclude creative solutions for the complex problems now facing a planet still rich in diversity – physical, biological and cultural.

Is there a place for such work? There are two places – Haskell and KU – that could create a public space for the emergence of diversity inspired creativity, if truly working side by side.

Dr. Daniel R. Wildcat (Yuchi)
Haskell acting Academic Vice-President

Scholarship

  • Larsen, Soren C. and Jay T. Johnson. Being Together in Place: Indigenous Coexistence in a More Than Human World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2017.
  • Gillispie, Matthew. “Need for Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction in Native.” Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups 1, no. 14 (Part 2, 2016): 56-68.
  • Kindscher, Kelly et al. “Ethnic differences in medicinal plant use among University students: a cross-sectional survey of self-reported medicinal plant use at two Midwest Universities.” BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 15, no. 192 (2015).
  • Metz, Brent E. Ch'orti'-Maya Survival in Eastern Guatemala: Indigeneity in Transition. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006.
  • Mihesuah, Devon A. Natives and Academics: Researching and Writing about American Indians. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
  • Van Noy, Johna B. “Can Museums Promote Community Healing? A Healing Museum Model for Indigenous Communities.” Master thesis, University of Kansas, 2007.
  • Jancita Warrington. “A Legacy of Sacrifice and Honor: Celebrating Tribal Resilience and Military Service at Haskell Indian Nations University.” Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education 29, no 2 (Winter 2017): 26-30.
  • King, Lisa. Legible Sovereignties: Rhetoric, Representations, and Native American Museums. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2017.
  • Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Legal Remedies, edited by Randall S. Abate and Elizabeth Kronk Warner. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.

Opening Reception Speaker

  • Venida Chenault, Haskell Indian Nations University President

     

Partners

  • 500 Nations Bridge Collaboration
  • First Nations Student Association
  • Haskell Cultural Center and Museum
  • Haskell Tribal ecoAmbassadors
  • Indigenous Studies Scholars Project (Ithaka S+R)
  • KU Native Medicinal Plant Research Program
  • KU Tribal Law & Government Center

 

Events, Photography, Publicity, and Graphic Design & Development

  • LeAnn Meyer, Communications Coordinator, KU Libraries
  • Jennifer Muse, Events and Donor Relations Coordinator, KU Libraries
  • Leah Hallstrom, Communications & Advancement, KU Libraries
  • Nikki Pirch, Graphic Designer, KU Libraries

Coordination, Preparation and Installation

Exhibits Program Advisory Board

  • Conner Mulkey, Community Engagement Intern
  • Natalie Mahan, Undergraduate Learning Specialist
  • Kelly Spavin, Research & Learning Program Coordinator
  • Jennifer Muse, Events and Donor Relations Coordinator
  • Sarah Goodwin Thiel, Coordinator, KU Libraries Exhibits Program

Gallery Preparation

  • Jeromy Horkman, Director of Public Operations, KU Libraries
  • Pam Wagner, Technology Coordinator
  • Mark Brentano, Support Technician

The Haricombe Gallery promotes the creative scholarship of our campus community, highlights the strength of the libraries' collections, and works in partnership with cultural venues internal and external to KU.