The following is an excerpt from Lonesome Dreamer: The Life of John G. Neihardt (August 2016) by Timothy G. Anderson, the first biography written of Neihardt in forty years. Anderson will be at Indigo Bridge in Lincoln, Nebraska to sign copies of … Continue reading EXCERPT: Lonesome Dreamer
The following excerpt comes from Undesirable Practices: Women, Children, and the Politics of the Body in Northern Ghana, 1930-1972 by Jessica Cammaert (Nebraska, 2016). From Chapter Five: Put Some Clothes On or Nkrumah will Get You!: Antinudity Campaigns in the Nkrumah … Continue reading EXCERPT: Undesirable Practices
The following is an excerpt from Holding On: African American Women Surviving HIV/AIDS (June 2016) by Alyson O’Daniel. Hidden in Plain Sight In 2009 I sat with Lady E. in an HIV/AIDS service organization’s conference room as she described a recent relapse … Continue reading Excerpt: Holding On
The following contribution comes from Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt, authors of JewAsian: Race, Religion, and Identity for America’s Newest Jews (Nebraska, 2016). JewAsians celebrate Father’s Day, too We have recently completed a multi-year study of couples in which … Continue reading Lessons for Father’s Day
The following excerpt was taken from To Come to a Better Understanding: Medicine Men and Clergy Meetings on the Rosebud Reservation, 1973-1978 (Nebraska, 2016) by Sandra L. Garner. From Chapter 1: Which Kind of Indian? Ghostly Matters: Modernity, Identity, and Loss At … Continue reading EXCERPT: To Come to a Better Understanding
BOOKS Theodore E. White by R. Lee Lyman Praise from Anthropology Review Database: “Every scholar deserves his credit, and Lyman has gone a long way to restoring White’s… Maybe it is a modest claim to fame, but we can all hope … Continue reading News and Reviews
Emily Giller is the Advertising and Exhibits Coordinator in the marketing department. Organization of American Historians (OAH) April 7-10, 2016 (Providence, RI) UNP conference attendee: Bridget Barry, History, Geography, and Environmental Studies Editor “The theme of ‘On Leadership’ attracted a … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: April Exhibit Roundup
The following contribution is from Benjamin Klein, editor of Irwin Klein and the New Settlers: Photographs of Counterculture in New Mexico (June 2016). Benjamin Klein, Irwin’s nephew, teaches European and world history at California State University, East Bay. His articles on the counterculture have … Continue reading From the desk of Benjamin Klein
Emily Giller is the Advertising and Exhibits Coordinator in the marketing department. NINE March 9-12, 2016 (Tempe, AZ) UNP conference attendee: Rob Taylor, Sports Editor “We received many positive comments about George Gmelch’s Playing with Tigers, and sold all copies … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: March Exhibit Round Up
This year the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary and as the National Park Foundation said, “the Centennial is more than a birthday. We want people everywhere to embrace the opportunities to explore, learn, be inspired or simply have fun in … Continue reading From the desk of Elizabeth Dodd #FindYourPark
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