# Family Separation and the U.S, Then and Now: Film Screening & Panel Discussion #### calendar\_today Date and Time **February 21, 2020** 01:00PM - 05:00PM EST #### pin\_drop Location **Tufts University (See event posting for more location information)** This two-part event begins with a screening of *Dawnland,* "the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the US through the nation's first-ever government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission." The panel discussion will feature Lisa Brooks, on the separation of Native children during King Philip's War; Walter Johnson, on family separation, slavery, and the slave trade; N. Bruce Duthu*,* producer of *Dawnland,* on twentieth-century indigenous child removal and its impact on the Wabanaki people; and Perla Guerrero, on Latinas/os deportation in the U.S. South and our current historical moment. Please see below and attached, and RSVP to . **Family Separation and the U.S, Then and Now: Film Screening & Panel Discussion** **1:00-2:30pm - Film Screening of Dawnland & Q&A w/ Producer N. Bruce Duthu (Tisch Library, Rm 304, Tufts University)** *"Dawnland is the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the US through the nation's first-ever government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission, which investigated the devastating impact of Maine's child welfare practices on the Wabanaki people."* **3:00-5:00pm - Panel Discussion (Aidekman Alumnae Lounge, 40 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA)** Speakers will include: Perla Guerrero, author of *Nuevo South: Asians, Latinas/os, and the Remaking of Place*; N. Bruce Duthu, producer of *Dawnland* and author of *Shadow Nations: Tribal Sovereignty and the Limits of Legal Pluralism*; Walter Johnson, author of *River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Mississippi Valley's Cotton Kingdom*; and Lisa Brooks, author of *Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War.* When RSVP’ing, it would be helpful to know which event you will be attending, all events are open to the public. **Please RSVP to ** See also:- [ Outside of Harvard ](/event-categories/outside-harvard) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://history.fas.harvard.edu/node/1488775/event-feed.ics) Copy link link