Come out to Isle a la Cache to meet Illinois Humanities Road Scholar Ernest M. Whiteman III. Whiteman is a Northern Arapaho filmmaker, artist, writer and media educator. In this 45-minute presentation, Whiteman will discuss the many representations of Native Americans in media, how far back these depictions go and how these representations inform audiences' perceptions of Native peoples and issues. This presentation reflects the ideology of lived experience and ownership of culture versus the authorship of expertise of Native representation and its reductive constructs. Whiteman will show that what people know and see about Native Americans in the media has always been an illusion.

Fee: Free! Age: Ages 18 and older.