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GSSI to Host Marlene Rivero on Native Life Tale at Carterville
Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois presents Marlene Rivero as guest speaker at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in John A. Logan College library Carterville. Rivero portrays a Native American woman from freedom to slavery as contraband, sharing Trail of Tears heritage and family hurdles. Rivero, a Johnson County Storytelling Festival champion and Harriet Tubman presenter, is a Road Scholars member funded by the Illinois Humanities Council. The event is free and open to the public. GSSI membership not required.
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Southern Illinois
Marlene Rivero
Grand Chain
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Rivero
Johnson County
Illinois Humanities Council
Rivera
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
United States Forest Service
GSSI
Tullyne Oliver