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INKA, KECHWA PEOPLE TOPIC

OF MUSEUM LECTURE

KINGSVILLE (Oct. 6, 1998) -- Dr. Miguel C. Leatham, assistant professor of anthropology at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, will present a lecture and multimedia presentation entitled The Inka and Modern Kechwa Peoples: Surviving the Continuing Conquest of the Andes.

The lecture is scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, at the John E. Conner Museum on the Texas A&M-Kingsville campus.

Leatham's lecture concerns the native Inka and Kechwa peoples and their resistance to cultures of their conquerors, the Spaniards. They continue to speak their native languages and keep their traditions despite pressures from people around them.

This lecture is in conjunction with the museum's current exhibit, The Peruvians, which is on display through Friday, Oct. 30. The exhibit features black and white photographs of modern day Peru as seen through the eyes of its own people.

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