History Pub: Punjabi Rebels of the Columbia River Presented by Johanna Ogden

All Ages | Doors 6:00PM
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater
5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Monday March 31st, 2025 7:00PM

Historian Johanna Ogden traces the story of the Indian independence movement in Oregon during the early 1900s, exploring issues of colonialism, labor, migration, and race.  

Johanna Ogden (MA, University of British Columbia) is an independent historian and local activist based in Portland. She has published multiple articles in Oregon Historical Quarterly, including “Ghadar, Historical Silences, and Notions of Belonging,” which received the Oregon Historical Society’s Joel Palmer Award, and has spoken extensively across the Pacific Northwest and in India. She is the author of Punjabi Rebels of the Columbia River: The Global Fight for Indian Independence and Citizenship.