Grand Coulee Dam: The Intersection of Modernity and Indigenous Cultures

“Grand Coulee: The Intersection of Modernity and Indigenous Cultures” explores how different social groups experience history and memory. The workshops unpack the Grand Coulee Dam as a landmark of contested narratives. One narrative celebrated the social, economic, and cultural power of modernity. The other focused on the loss of indigenous cultural identities and livelihoods. Participants will encounter experts, site visits, oral histories, government documents, art, song, and photographs. The workshops will equip teachers with unique and meaningful frameworks to engage their students in conversations centered on how different social groups experience, interpret, and remember transformative changes of the landscape.