Unconquerable: The Kickapoo of Central Illinois

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The Kickapoo, a fiercely independent people, inhabited this stretch of Central Illinois when the first Euro-American settlers arrived in the early 1820s.

Bloomington Public Library will be hosting the Museum's Librarian, Bill Kemp, to explore who precisely the Kickapoo were. Kemp's presentation will also feature rare 1906 photographs commissioned by Milo Custer, an early curator of the McLean County Historical Society, to capture the life of Kickapoo living in Brown County, Kansas. 

Kemp has served as the Museum's Librarian for 20 years. He has graduate degrees from the University of Illinois Springfield and Illinois State University. 

Register online by clicking here. Registration is also available over the phone at 309-590-6168 or in person at the Help Desk on the library's second floor. After registering, you will receive an email link to access the online discussion. 

Questions? Email Sara at reference@bloomingtonlibrary.org.

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