BAHM Lunch & Learn

The Bartlesville Area History Museum is excited to announce our, "November Lunch and Learn" event will feature guest speaker, Dr. Michelle M. Martin. Dr. Martin completed her BA and MA degrees in history at Western Michigan University. 

Dr. Martin discusses how during the American Civil War women and children in the Cherokee Nation suffered tremendously. Hannah Worcester Hicks, the daughter of famed missionary Samuel Austin Worcester, and her Cherokee husband Abijah Hicks lived near Fort Gibson as the war raged in the western Ozarks. Hannah’s diary provides community members, her descendants, and scholars with insight into the chaos of war in the Ozarks, the important connections between the Cherokee Nation’s citizens and communities like Van Buren and Fort Smith, and the intense division at work in the Cherokee Nation at a critical time for the nation’s survival. Hannah's tragic story illustrates the human cost of war in Indigenous nations and western Ozark communities. 

This event will be held Friday, November 15th, from 12:00 p.m. - 1 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to enjoy the museum’s current exhibit, “Social Life and Early Traditions,” on display from October 7th through December 31st. Tables and chairs will be set up for people who bring a lunch and little ones may enjoy our Faces and Places coloring station. 

This is a free event.

Bartlesville Area History Museum appreciates any donations.