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Helen Nader, a history professor at Indiana University, from 1983-1992 was involved with Research Planning Conference or Wingspread Conference, held September 28-30, 1984 near Racine, Wisconsin. In addition to proposal drafts and budgets, related newsletters and conferences, and extensive correspondence (1981-1986), this series also includes the Wingspread session transcripts and audio tapes of the conference proceedings.

This series includes material from both organizations formed specifically to commemorate or protest the quincentennial, and the national commissions/international endeavors that produced officially sponsored projects and programs.

This series contains some of the Native American responses, programs, and publications related to the Columbus Quincentennial. The material is representative of various Native and alternative or counter-Columbus organizations, sharing a common Native American theme. The series contains newsletters, news clippings, notices of meetings and activities; material that is evocative of the Native American point of view.