Cultural Attaché Speaks at Bydgoszcz Conference on Native Americans
Cultural Attaché James Wolfe spoke on 515 Years of American Indians’ relations with European colonizers and the United States Government at the conference “In the Spirit of Crazy Horse?” at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz October 19. The conference marked the end of Native American Days, which ran October 17-19, and was organized by the Polish Society of Indian Americans Friends and the University. The University library also displayed an exhibit of American Indian costumes, tools, and other artifacts, some genuine and some creations of local artists, including Professor Adam Piekarski, who was the main organizer of the events.
Other speakers included Sandra and Flavia Busatta of Padova, Italy, who presented a film on the Battle of Little Bighorn; anthropologists Dr. Alicja Fron (Jagiellonian University) and Dr. Bartosz Hlebowicz (University of Warsaw) who presented a photographic project linking Oneida Indians and a small village in eastern Poland; and Marek Nowocien and Marek Maciolek of Tawacin Indian Magazine.
