Friday, September 2 2016, 3:30pm 101 LeConte Hall James F. Brooks is professor of history and anthropology at University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of Captives and Cousins, which received the Bancroft, Francis Parkman, and Frederick Douglass Prizes. He will give a talk entitled, "Mesa of Sorrows: Archaeology, History, and Community in the Destruction of Awat’ovi Pueblo" Friday afternoon. Brooks is the author of Mesa of Sorrows:A History of the Awat'ovi Massacre (W. W. Norton, 2016), an investigation of the mysterious massacre of Hopi Indians at Awat'ovi, and the event's echo through American history. A haunting account of a shocking massacre, Mesa of Sorrows is a probing exploration of how societies confront painful histories, and why communal violence still plagues us today. The university community is invited. Sponsored by the History Department. Research Area: Native American Early America
