“Nation to Nation” Workshop Invitation for Oklahoma Educators

Nation to Nation – National Distance Learning Program

February 20, The Oklahoma History Center

George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens and The Oklahoma History Center invite Oklahoma teachers to a special day-long workshop focusing on how George Washington’s Indian policies, enacted during his two terms as president, shaped 19th-century American policy.  From his job as a surveyor to his military responsibilities on the frontier to his role as the first elected leader of a new country, Washington had varied contact with Indian tribes on the continent.  Our panelists will explore how his beliefs and practices shaped his policies, and how those policies were, or were not, carried out in his legacy.  Moderated by Gerard Baker, Superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Park, the panel will include a number of Washington and Native American historians.  Notable art historians will also discuss how the concept of the west is depicted through art in the 18th and 19th centuries.

This program will be filmed by the Fairfax Network and broadcast nationally on March 23, 2009.  Registration is FREE and will include lunch and a reception at the conclusion of the program.  Please contact Jan McClaren, The George Washington Oklahoma Teaching Ambassador, at jmcclaren@mountvernon.org. Please respond as soon as possible.  Seating is limited.  The final program schedule will be sent to registrants in early January.

This program is produced by the Fairfax Network in partnership with George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, through a generous grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

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