Conversations with Clay Jenkinson – The Damming of the Missouri River at Garrison

Damming the Missouri River helped electrify rural North Dakota. It was to provide water to the eastern part of the state, and is a recreation destination for many North Dakotans, but it also destroyed rich farmlands and dislocated a portion of North Dakota’s native population. Have the benefits outweighed the costs? Humanities scholar and author, Clay S. Jenkinson and Bismarck State College President Larry C. Skogen discusses the history and future of the Missouri River.

Watch Conversations with Clay Jenkinson – The Damming of the Missouri River at Garrison on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)

These are conversations they both believe North Dakotans need to have. Their goal is to help people of the state reconnect with key events in their history within a broader social context and to spotlight Bismarck State College as an important player in promoting humanities within the community. These programs were funded in part by the North Dakota Humanities Council.

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Visit “Conversations at Bismarck State College” at: www.bsctalk.com.