The final part of the shared Allerton Residency culminates in a walking tour experience of the September days of the trail through this region, layered with African American music (Negro spirituals and gospel) and a expanded unsettled choral theatre piece.
unsettled: an African American Reflection on the Pottawatamie Trail of Death
Between September and November of 1838, a total of 859 indigenous American Potawatomi were forcibly removed from their homeland in Northern Indiana and marched to Eastern Kansas.
Join theater makers Latrelle Bright and Nicole Anderson Cobb from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 15 in the Allerton Music Barn for “unsettled: An African American Reflection on the Potawatomi Trail of Death,” which recalls the Potawatomi journey through Danville and Monticello, where the Potawatomi camped for several days.
This interactive experience invites the community to reflect on the Potawatomi removal and to learn more about the broader subject Bright and Anderson Cobb researched as Allerton Park in-residence artists: “unsettled/Beyond Land Acknowledgement.”
The program will end with a community meal hosted by Allerton Park & Retreat Center.