Heritage Center celebrating five years
The Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center at Chadron State College will celebrate the fifth anniversary of its opening Thursday through Saturday. Each activity is open to the public free of charge.
The events will begin Thursday with the showing of “Song of the Plains: The Story of Mari Sandoz” at 7 p.m. in the Student Center. The documentary was produced by Nebraska Educational Telecommunications in 1978 and features host Dick Cavett interviewing brothers, sisters and friends of Sandoz.
Dr. William Bauer, a University of Wyoming history professor, will present “Remembering Indian Lives: 4 American Indian Biographies from the American West” in the Student Center at 7 p.m. Friday. Bauer, who has served as assistant professor of American Indian ethnohistory at Wyoming since 2003, was raised on the Round Valley Reservation in Northern California. The labor history of the reservation served as his doctoral thesis topic when he was completing studies at the University of Oklahoma. He has been awarded research grants from at least five organizations and has had resident fellowships at the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History in Chicago and the American Philosophical Library in Philadelphia.
Moni Hourt, C.F. Coffee Gallery educator, will lead learners of all ages through fun and educational activities from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. The Coffee Gallery’s newly opened displays about the cattle ranching industry will be open for viewing. Also open in the Heritage Center is “Between Fences,” a traveling exhibit developed by the Smithsonian Institution, which guides visitors through and in-depth look at the role of fences, both visible and invisible, in American life.
In addition, this year’s CSC Pow Wow also is being scheduled in conjunction with the Heritage Center’s anniversity. It begins Saturday at 1 p.m. and is expected to last well into the night.
The Heritage Center was dedicated in September 2002 to honor the heritage and history of the High Plains and Sandoz' legacy. Sarah Polak, the center's director, and other employees work toward the center's goal through the acquisition, preservation, display and interpretation of historical items from the surrounding region.
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