OLIVER LECTURE
The 2023 Oliver Lecture will feature Blaine Harden, author of Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West. The lecture will take place Saturday, October 21 at 7pm at First Congregational Church in Portland.Â
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Harden’s book examines the 1847 killing of Protestant missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and 11 others, all white, at a mission station near Walla Walla by a small number of Cayuse Indians. This incident became infamously known as the Whitman Massacre.Â
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 Murder at the Mission reveals the true history of the incident and its aftermath.
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First Congregational UCC invited Harden to present this story as a step towards reckoning with the role of Congregationalists in the taking of the Northwest from indigenous tribal people.
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Proceeds from the lecture will benefit the
Tamástslikt Cultural Institute located in Pendleton, Oregon.
Murder at the Mission
is available for stand-alone purchase through
before the Lecture or onsite October 21.
Admission
General Admission ticket holders have access to the Lecture and will be given the opportunity to purchase titles by Blaine Harden.
Author will be present for personal book signing after the lecture.
Adult
$10.00
Student/Youth
Seating
A Limited Number of Reserve Tickets are Available.
Benefits to Reserve Ticket Holders are Listed Below.
We Expect These Tickets to Sell Out Soon.
Exclusive Benefits to
Reserve Ticket Holders
Signed Copy of MURDER AT THE MISSION
Reserved Seating for the Lecture
Private Reception with the Author and Special Guests
Food and Beverages Included.
Private Access to Silent Auction Items featuring Collectable Blankets from Pendleton Woolen Mills
Listing in Event Program as "Special Friend of Tamastslikt Cultural Institute
Preferred Seating Ticket Holders will receive a signed copy of MURDER AT THE MISSION upon arriving.
Ticket Holders Will Also Receive Preferred Seating for the Lecture.
A Limited Number of These
Tickets are Available.
ACT NOW to Secure PREFERRED SEATING.
The Oliver Lecture is underwritten by The Oliver Lecture Fund.Â
Opportunities exist for individual and corporate co-sponsorship of The Oliver Lecture. Sponsorship will assist to expand this event and provide additional support for The Tamástslikt Cultural Institute.
For more information on sponsorships, contact Keith Powell, business manager at Keith.powell@uccportland.org