Gather with a small group of teachers from around the country for three days immersed in discussion and exploration of a single topic in American history. Multi-Day Seminars are a free opportunity for teachers hosted near an important historical site. Teachers will prepare ahead of time for seminars by reading selected historical documents in the provided course packet. Once the seminar begins, the discussion leader guides a peer-to-peer, text-based conversation among all participants. Meals, materials, double-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are 100% covered by Teaching American History. At the end of each course, every teacher receives a letter of participation for fifteen contact hours of continuing education and a stipend of $600 to help defray travel costs.

This seminar explores the evolving dynamics of Native American leadership, identity, resistance, and negotiation in the face of colonial expansion, cultural suppression, and modern struggles for sovereignty. Through historical speeches, firsthand accounts, legal battles, and activism, these readings offer a multifaceted understanding of how Indigenous leaders have balanced autonomy, cultural preservation, and adaptation over time. This conference will also have the added value of taking place at the Pequot Museum, one of the signature Native American museums in the United States.