St. Clair’s Defeat Revisited: A New View of the Conflict
Opening May 16, 2025
Oak Native American Gallery, 4th Floor
This traveling banner exhibit introduces visitors to the complex history of St. Clair’s Defeat, on November 4, 1791, and its context and aftermath with respect to the nine Tribal Nations who orchestrated this great defeat of the U.S. Military. This exhibit was co-created by Ball State University in partnership with 11 Tribal Humanities Scholars.
The exhibit’s four themes, design, 15-minute video, and immersive qualities contextualize:
- the Background of the Northwest Indian War in what is now Ohio and Indiana;
- St. Clair’s Defeat and Native crescent strategy;
- the Aftermath including broken treaties, removal, and boarding schools; and
- the Persistence of Tribes today.
St. Clair’s Defeat Revisited will be on display in the Institute for Human Science and Culture’s Oak Native American Gallery from May 16, 2025 through October 4, 2025.
Visit the Ball State University St. Clair’s Defeat Revisited website.
This exhibit is made possible, in part, by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Telling the Full History Preservation Fund. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this video do not necessarily represent those of the National Trust or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This exhibit is funded in part by the America 250-Ohio Commission. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibit do not necessarily represent those of the America 250-Ohio Commission.
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