History Break: Mississippi Dialogues Public Art Project

Mississippi Dialogues Public Art Project:

Mississippi Dialogues is a public art collaboration to create a series of panels Indigenizing a map of the Mississippi River. Independent cartographer and Citizen Potawatomi tribal member Margaret Pearce will present about her work collaborating with Prairie Island Tribal Historic Preservation to create a panel for installation in Red Wing, through interviews, archival research, historical maps, and design.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Margaret Pearce is a cartographer and Citizen Potawatomi tribal member currently living in Maine. She is visiting the Anderson Center for a public artist residency in May 2025. Pearce brings years of experience collaborating with Indigenous experts on cartographic art projects. She holds a Ph.D. in geography and was a professor of geography for 15 years before making the move to independent artist. She received a Guggenheim fellowship in 2023 to support her work on the Mississippi Dialogues project.

Photo Credit: Stephanie Rogers