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Home in the Swamp

“Home in the Swamp” centers on Toledo, the Great Black Swamp, and the region’s settlement history. The changing nature of the swamp means that it has no borders and cannot be grasped. As such, it is a fertile ground to explore topics of uncertainty, fear, settlement, migration, and shifting identities as we revive the swamp as a means to understand our modern experience.

Home in the Swamp

The Forgotten History of Ohio’s Indigenous Peoples

Jessie Walton - 5
In a landmark case this July, the Supreme Court ruled that about half of Oklahoma is Native American land, a decision that could have...
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Trailblazers of the Great Black Swamp: 31 Miles, 31 Taverns

Ruth Chang - 2
If you’ve ever driven from Perrysburg to Fremont or Fremont to Perrysburg—or anywhere along the way, for that matter—you’ve experienced a pleasant, roughly 40-minute...
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The Little [Great] Black Swamp

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Toledo, Ohio—Home in the Swamp

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Swamp Is Our Truth: Reconciliation in an Imagined Future

Midstory Team - 1
Over 150 years ago, a mere 26 years after the the city of Toledo was founded in 1833, settlers began to drain the Great...
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