ADVANCE at WSU, Department of Entomology, and Department of Psychology Present:

Restoring the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection: A Consideration of Place and De-Colonizing Material Culture

Join ADVANCE at WSU, Department of Entomology, and Department of Psychology for a reception and presentation, with time for questions and networking to follow.

Presentation by Special Guests:

Nakia Williamson-Cloud, Director of Nez Perce Tribe Culture Resource Program and Trevor Bond, Associate Dean of WSU Libraries and Director of the WSU Center for Arts and Humanities

About the Presentation

In 1847, Presbyterian missionary Henry Spalding acquired handmade Nez Perce artifacts and sent them from north-central Idaho to his friend and supporter, Dudley Allen, in Ohio in exchange for commodities. This was the fate of many early Native American materials, to be appropriated by non-Natives and removed from the hands and lands that created them. The shirts, dresses, baskets, horse regalia, and more— called the Wetxuuwíitin’ (formerly Spalding-Allen) Collection—would not return to their rightful home until they were purchased by the tribe from the Ohio Historical Society in 1996 for $608,100. The reclamation of these Nez Perce artifacts is the subject of a new WSU Press book, “Coming Home to Nez Perce Country,” published in June 2021. Click here to learn more about the book.

This event is open to WSU faculty and students. This event is free to all participants, but you MUST RSVP by clicking HERE.