Prairie Mural in Alumni Hall

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Title

Prairie Mural in Alumni Hall

Subject

This image provides insight into Knox College's myths about our relationship to indigeneity through prairie restoration at Green Oaks.

Description

This mural is a large image of the Green Oaks prairie printed on a wall at the top of the stairs on the third floor of Alumni Hall. One image of this mural is zoomed out, and one image is zoomed in to show the white text in the bottom left of the mural. This text includes a quote by Paul Shepard which asks: "How are we to become native to this land?" Below this quote is smaller text describing what Green Oaks Biological Field Research Station is, the history of Knox College, and who Paul Shepard was.

Source

Images of this mural taken by Teagan Springer

Publisher

Knox College

Contributor

The photo in this mural of the Green Oaks prairie was taken by Evin Temchin in 2010

Files

Citation

“Prairie Mural in Alumni Hall,” Myths and Materiality: Exploring the Presence of the Past at Knox College, accessed October 23, 2026, https://mythsandmateriality.knoxabolitionlab.org/items/show/16.