On Thursday, May 16th Black Hawk College's Lifelong Learners Program will feature documentarians Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle who will discuss and show the 20-minute Emmy-nominated and award-winning documentary, Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City. The film tells the fascinating and forgotten story of the Blood Run National Historic Landmark as told by a Native American grandfather to his grandchildren. The Good Earth site in Iowa and South Dakota was a thriving trading center and was occupied between 1500 and 1725 by ancestors of the present-day Omaha, Ponca, Ioway and Otoe-Missouria tribes, making it one of the oldest long-term habitation sites in the United States. At its peak around 1650, the site was home to 6,000-10,000 residents – more than Boston (2,000) and New York (New Amsterdam – 1,000) in that same year. The once-vibrant city is an important part of Native American and American history. The site is part of Good Earth State Park at Blood Run in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Reservations are required at 309-796-8223
Location: Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island, IL
Lunch: 11:30 a.m.
Presentation: 12:15 p.m.
Fee: $23 (Fee includes admission to the Botanical Center)
Last day to register or receive a refund: May 9
CRN: 50225
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