SAVI Indianapolis Racial Equity Report Card SAVI is a program of the Polis Center, a research unit in the Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing,… Read More »SAVI Indianapolis Racial Equity Report Card
Adolf Scherrer (Aug. 30, 1847-Feb. 13, 1925). Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Adolf Scherrer studied in Vienna and Budapest before immigrating to… Read More »Adolf Scherrer
Serbs Bookkeeper John Peterson (Jovan Perich, 1886-1978) was the first Serbian immigrant to arrive in Indianapolis from Prizren in Old Serbia… Read More »Serbs
Shapiro’s Delicatessen Shapiro’s delicatessen-cafeteria began as a storefront grocery at 1032 South Illinois Street. Louis Shapiro and his family escaped violent attacks… Read More »Shapiro’s Delicatessen
Sikhs Sikhism is a distinct religion and the fifth-largest in the world, with a following of over 35 million scattered across… Read More »Sikhs
Slovenian National Home who were less interested in religion–socialists, freethinkers, and anticlericals–organized the Slovenski Narodni Dom (Slovenian National Home) as a counterweight to… Read More »Slovenian National Home
Slovenians The first recorded Slovene in Indiana settled at New Alsace in Dearborn County in the early 1830s. Not until decades… Read More »Slovenians
Pete Smith Pete Smith was a Black pioneer who is thought to be the first non-Native American to live in the area… Read More »Pete Smith
Society Of Indiana Pioneers The Society of Indiana Pioneers was founded in Indianapolis in 1916 as part of the state centennial. Its purpose is… Read More »Society Of Indiana Pioneers
South Side Turnverein Hall The South Side Turnverein Hall was built in 1900 at 306 Prospect Street, located in the neighborhood, as a gymnastics… Read More »South Side Turnverein Hall
