Fall speaker series: local Indigenous history and present day communities

Travis Henline serves as curator of Indigenous History and Culture at the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, which administers Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. He will speak to the local Indigenous history as it relates to our present day communities. Henline attended West Virginia University receiving his undergraduate degree with a Native American Studies minor as well as a master’s degree in history. He has taught Native American subjects to public audiences, working in the National Park Service and for the American Indian Interpretive Program at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He also has served as site manager at West Virginia Independence Hall, West Virginia Division of Culture and History and as museum project manager for Wheeling (West Virginia) Heritage. Henline’s commitment to accurate, culturally sensitive interpretation of public history was evident during a recent symposium on religion and America, where he presented on Indigenous experiences with missionaries.

This event is free and open to the public.