Archive for March, 2010
Conversations with Clay Jenkinson – Wounded Knee
Posted by: | CommentsOn December 29, 1890, an engagement between Big Foot’s band of Lakota Indians and the US military’s Seventh Cavalry (the same military unit that Lt Col George A. Custer led to a devastating defeat at the Little Big Horn in Montana in 1876) resulted in what was first called the “Battle of Wounded Knee” and is today called the “Wounded Knee Massacre.” Humanities scholar and author, Clay S. Jenkinson and Bismarck State College President Larry C. Skogen dispassionately discusses what happened on that terrible winter day.
Watch Conversations with Clay Jenkinson – Wounded Knee 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.
You can find more information and schedules on our web site.
Visit “Conversations at Bismarck State College” at: www.bsctalk.com.
Spotlight North Dakota – The Radio Stars
Posted by: | CommentsThe Radio Stars, a band from Fargo, plays a variety of music, with a special treatment of both modern and traditional Western-style music. The band includes “Magic” Merrill Piepkorn, guitars, harmonica and vocals; Gregg “Smokey” Temple, guitars including pedal steel and vocals; Roger “R.P.” Sell, Bass guitar and vocals; and Alex Rydell, fiddle and vocals.
Watch Spotlight North Dakota – The Radio Stars on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)
The Spotlight North Dakota public programs of the North Dakota State Historical Society have been offered through the Sensational Sunday Series, at the North Dakota Heritage Center, featuring music, storytelling, historic preservation programs, and the North Dakota Humanities Council’s Larry Remele Memorial Fellowship lecture series.
You can find more information and schedules on our web site.
Destination Pets – Pet Cremation and Burial
Posted by: | CommentsPet cremation service is not a joyful subject, but one that might be inevitably needed by someone watching this episode. Volunteer host extraordinaire Rig Olsen interviews Club Fido Co-owner, Toby Schweitzer, on pet cremation and burial services.
Watch Destination Pets – Pet Cremation and Burial on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)
Destination Pets can be seen regularly on Community Access, cable channel 12, and is produced in conjunction with Central Dakota Humane Society.
You can find more information and schedules on our web site.
Thanks for watching!
Spotlight North Dakota – Germans, Japanese & Italians: Unwelcome in North Dakota
Posted by: | CommentsIn 1941, by presidential proclamation, any “enemy alien” in the U.S. could be detained without any recourse. Ft. Lincoln, one mile south of Bismarck, was one of the many internment camps set up to detain persons of German, Japanese, and Italian descent during World War II. Many of those detained were U.S. citizens. Marilyn Snyder and Scott Schaffnit present this story.
Watch Spotlight North Dakota – Germans, Japanese & Italians: Unwelcome in North Dakota by Marilyn Snyder & Scott Schaffnit on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)
The Spotlight North Dakota public programs of the North Dakota State Historical Society have been offered through the Sensational Sunday Series, at the North Dakota Heritage Center, featuring music, storytelling, historic preservation programs, and the North Dakota Humanities Council’s Larry Remele Memorial Fellowship lecture series.
Visit the State Historical Society of North Dakota at: www.state.nd.us/hist/
