Roger Nichols, Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, and Oro Valley Historical Society Board member has spent years collecting cartoons that explore American Indians in many aspects of America’s story including the Norse forays into North America more than 1,000 years ago to NASA’s modern-day space missions, military events, treaty negotiations, immigration, sports mascots, tribal enterprises, Thanksgiving imagery, and current political themes. This presentation will highlight selections from that collection, offering a look at how artists have portrayed the subject across different eras and cultural moments.

You’ll find the subject both enlightening and entertaining as we explore what these cartoons reveal about our shared history and how humor has shaped the way we understand our connections.