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Join the VMHC for a lecture by Kim Borchard, "Recovering History, Reclaiming the Present: Appalachian Mines and the Apalachee Diaspora from the Sixteenth Century to Today."Growing up in rural Appalachia, Kim Borchard was well-acquainted with stereotypes of Appalachian poverty and backwardness. She was struck by accounts of an opulent, gold-rich province by the name of Apalache in 16th-century accounts of early European forays into Florida. What at first seemed a coincidence proved to be a deadly myth: generations of explorers marauded Apalachee territory and southeastern Native societies in the attempt to seize the fabled mines. This lecture will describe the devastating power of 16th-century “fake news” over the course of two centuries while following the Apalachee diaspora from the Florida panhandle to central Louisiana, where the Talimali Band of Apalachee Indians continue to fight for their sovereignty to this day.
During construction, in-person tickets are free and available to both VMHC Members and the general public, but registration is required at https://secure.virginiahistory.org/1140/1436. This program will also be livestreamed here on the VMHC Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Virginia Museum of History & Culture, 428 N Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, United States