Lyda Conley and the Fight to Preserve Huron Indian Cemetery

Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm UTC-05:00

510 N. 6th, Kansas City, KS, United States, Kansas 66101 | Kansas City

Flagship Books
Publisher/HostFlagship Books
Lyda Conley and the Fight to Preserve Huron Indian Cemetery
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Join us at Flagship for a conversation with historian Dr. Tai Edwards, one of the editors of the new book, π‘³π’šπ’…π’‚ π‘ͺπ’π’π’π’†π’š 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘­π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝒕𝒐 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒏 π‘°π’π’…π’Šπ’‚π’ π‘ͺπ’†π’Žπ’†π’•π’†π’“π’š.
For fifty years, Eliza (β€œLyda”) Conley and her two older sisters, Helena and Ida, protected the Huron Indian Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas, now known as the Wyandot National Burying Ground. A member of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas, Lyda Conley is the first Indigenous woman to argue a case before the United States Supreme Court, where she established legal precedents used to protect Indigenous sovereignty today. This is a deeply rooted regional story that reshapes national narratives of sovereignty, preservation, and women’s rights.
At a moment when conversations about Indigenous and women’s rights are especially urgent, this book offers fresh insight, rigorous scholarship, and a narrative accessible to both scholars and general readers.
Copies of π‘³π’šπ’…π’‚ π‘ͺπ’π’π’π’†π’š 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘­π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝒕𝒐 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒏 π‘°π’π’…π’Šπ’‚π’ π‘ͺπ’†π’Žπ’†π’•π’†π’“π’š will be available to purchase.
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