“The book explores the history and culture of the Miami Indians, who have fought for many years to gain tribal status from the U.S. government. This volume will appeal to a general audience as well as serious students of tribal history interested in the experience of a North American Indian tribal community over three and a half centuries.” Students, employees, alumni, and community members are welcome to join this book club to learn more about the Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana! Miami Book Club Discussion 2023 Schedule: 7 pm Thursdays, in person (SCC 112) and via Zoom: 1/26 – Preface, Introduction, and Chapters 1-4 2/23 – Chapters 5-7 3/23 – Chapter 8-10, Afterword The author, Stewart Rafert, will be joining us via Zoom on 1/26 to discuss the Preface, Introduction and Chapters 1-4, and will be coming to campus on 3/23 to discuss the final chapters of his book, his research, and what has happened since the book’s publication.

Title of Talk: We Have a Right to Live in this Country The topic will be Michael Raley's research (an ongoing book project) about Rev. Moses Broyles, bi-vocational pastor of Indy's Second Baptist Church from 1857-1882, but like MLK, Jr., an activist for African American Rights, a leader of the Republican (Lincoln's) Party, a promoter of education for African American children as well as a teacher and school principal, a leader in Baptist circles, and an opponent of Indiana's anti-black legislation of the early 1850s (which remained in force until 1881), in regard to the latter risking jail time and serious fines if convicted for his deliberate violations of some of these laws. The title of my talk will be: “We have a right to live in this country”: Reverend Moses Broyles and the Struggle for Social Justice and Racial Equality in Nineteenth-Century Indiana” This one is a tad touchy......... After 28 years of slavery, Broyles purchased his freedom and studied in the Primary Dept. at Eleutherian College before applying to Hanover College in April 1857. A full scholarship had been provided for him, but our trustees and faculty at the time viewed the admission of an African American student to the college as too controversial, given that the student body at the time included a number of students from slaveholding families in Kentucky and Tennessee. Thus the trustees and faculty voted unanimously to reject Broyles's application and refunded the scholarship to the donor. Broyles relocated to Indy, and, as they say, the rest is history.