(Satellite Location: Fairview) Our Native North American Neighbors: Echoes of the Eriez
Our Native North American Neighbors: Echoes of the Eriez
Modern scholarship provides clues to the tribes that are most associated with the northwest Pennsylvania region: the mysterious Eriez, the Seneca, and their parent nation, the Iroquois. JES Scholar-in-Residence Dr. David Frew will present a detailed timeline, outlining the social and spiritual history of the people who lived here before us, and presents some surprising conclusions drawn from both modern historical research and written records of the Jesuits. The discussion will continue into modern times with the formation of the Iroquois Five Nations, the Great Peacemaker, the departure of Chief Joseph Brant to Canada, the establishment of Brantford, Ontario, a discussion of some of that city's most celebrated native citizens, including Tonto, Graham Green, and Robbie Robertson, and the recent takeover of the former Ontario Hydro property just across Lake Erie by the Six Nations of the Grand Reserve.
Location: Lincoln Community Center Library – 1255 Manchester Rd. Erie, PA 16505.
Date/Time: Monday, April 29 at 6:00 p.m.
Admission: FREE, please register in advance.
Parking: lot in front of building.
Historian and author David Frew, Ph.D., is a JES Scholar-in-Residence. An emeritus professor at Gannon University, he held a variety of administrative positions during a 33-year career. He is also emeritus director of the Erie County Historical Society/Hagen History Center, where he had previously served as Executive Director for five years, and is president of his own management consulting business.
After beginning with a five-year career in engineering, Frew took a teaching fellowship at Kent State University, where he earned a doctorate in Organizational Behavior in 1970. His love of Lake Erie brought him back to Erie where he became a faculty member and the founding director of Gannon's MBA Program. His career at Gannon included administrative posts as Director of the Health Services Administration and Public Administration Programs, as well as Dean of the Graduate School. In 1982 and 1983, he took a leave from Gannon to complete a post-doctorate at Kent State University where he completed advanced coursework in psychology and research design. He was also a visiting professor at Mercyhurst University for four years.
Dr. Frew has authored or co-authored 40 books, most recently “Accidental Parade: A 13,000-Year History of Presque Isle,” and more than 100 articles, cases, and papers. His work has appeared in publications ranging from refereed journals such as The Journal of Applied Psychology to popular magazines such as Sail Magazine and Cruising World.
Growing up on Erie's lower west side as a proud "Bay Rat," Frew was known to join neighborhood kids playing and marauding along the west bayfront. He has written for years about his beloved Presque Isle and his adventures on the Great Lakes. In the “On the Waterfront Series” for the JES, the Scholar-in-Residence takes note of life in and around the water.
