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“Too thick to drink and too thin to plow!” The Mis-souri River from St. Louis to the Rockies was the high-way traveled by the Corps of Discovery, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and thence on foot and by horse to the Pacific Ocean. The Lewis and Clark Expedition has caught the imagination of all America in this Year of Our Lord 2004, two hundred years after the event began. The Center once again presented a June event (on the 15th of the month) made up of three parts of history, good food, and entertainment. Our program at the Oaks Convention Center, with 250 diners in attendance, was a celebration of the Expedition from the point of view of one of the members of the company—Pierre Cruzatte, one-eyed, half-French half-Omaha Indian, and the top-notch Missouri River boatman. In real life Cruzatte is Daniel Slosberg, Los Angeles musician, teacher, and Lewis-and-Clark expert. Before appearing on our stage at the Oaks, Slosberg had portrayed Cruzatte at such his-tory- rich events as the opening ceremony of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial; at Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello; at the Oregon State Capitol; at St. Louis’s Jefferson Expansion Memorial, and at the grand opening of the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Sioux City last fall. Slosberg’s presentation—in boatman costume and eye patch—was an entertaining combination of music, dance, and narrative. He talked about the bundles of Indian presents the expedition carried, which included Jew’s-harps and fishhooks, and then played the song “Soldier’s Joy,” with the audience joining in. He recounted the frightening episode on the river More than 300 attendees gath-ered at the Thirty-sixth Annual Dako-ta Conference on April 23-24 to dis-cuss issues relating to land and water use and depopulation on the Great Plains. Among the 84 presenters were 12 students, including 7 Augustana students. Other students came from Brown University (RI), North Dako-ta State University, and University of South Dakota. Among those attending the con-ference for the historical marker ded-ication ceremony for the Great Bend of the Sioux River, sponsored by the Minnehaha County Historical Soci-ety, were 19 Patrick Henry Middle School students, 19 of their parents, and 2 teachers. Environmental historian James Sherow, of Kansas State University, gave a compelling address about Euro-American use and abuse of the grasslands, and Robert Steensma, pro-fessor emeritus at the University of Utah, delighted the audience with an insightful overview of the environ-mental writings of Wallace Stegner. A special component of this year’s conference theme was the ses-sion “The Northern Plains: A New Frontier,” featuring members of the Miner County Community Revitaliza-tion organization of Howard, SD. The session was assembled by Tom Kilian, of the Rural Initiative Center, Sioux Falls, and included a presentation by The Center forWestern Studies Newsletter Vol. 24 Number 2 SUMMER 2004 June Event 2004 Sails the Big Muddy Making the Great Plains Greater (continued on page 3) (continued on page 2) Daniel Slosberg portrayed Pierre Cruzatte, the French-and-Indian river-man in the Center’s June Event production of “Pierre Cruzatte and the Music of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.” The audience was thoroughly entertained with his songs and antics. South Dakota Poet Laureate David Allan Evans was the keynote speaker at the Dakota Conference’s Friday luncheon. His address, “Still Chasing Chronos,” traced the theme of time in western and eastern poetry, and he read from some of his own poetry on the theme of time. His latest book, The Bull Rider’s Advice, New And Selected Poems, was published by the Center for Western Studies last fall.
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Title | CWS Newsletter - Summer 2004 |
Coverage | v. 24, no. 2 |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
Publishing Agency | Center for Western Studies, Augustana University, 2001 S. Summit Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57197 |
Date | 2004-06 |
Type | Newsletter |
Medium | text |
Format - Digital | |
Language | English |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Center for Western Studies--Newsletters |
Rights | This image may not be reproduced without the express written consent of the Center for Western Studies, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. |
Collection | CWS Newsletters |
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Title | Page 1 |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
Date | 2004-06 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Center for Western Studies--Newsletters |
Text | “Too thick to drink and too thin to plow!” The Mis-souri River from St. Louis to the Rockies was the high-way traveled by the Corps of Discovery, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and thence on foot and by horse to the Pacific Ocean. The Lewis and Clark Expedition has caught the imagination of all America in this Year of Our Lord 2004, two hundred years after the event began. The Center once again presented a June event (on the 15th of the month) made up of three parts of history, good food, and entertainment. Our program at the Oaks Convention Center, with 250 diners in attendance, was a celebration of the Expedition from the point of view of one of the members of the company—Pierre Cruzatte, one-eyed, half-French half-Omaha Indian, and the top-notch Missouri River boatman. In real life Cruzatte is Daniel Slosberg, Los Angeles musician, teacher, and Lewis-and-Clark expert. Before appearing on our stage at the Oaks, Slosberg had portrayed Cruzatte at such his-tory- rich events as the opening ceremony of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial; at Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello; at the Oregon State Capitol; at St. Louis’s Jefferson Expansion Memorial, and at the grand opening of the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Sioux City last fall. Slosberg’s presentation—in boatman costume and eye patch—was an entertaining combination of music, dance, and narrative. He talked about the bundles of Indian presents the expedition carried, which included Jew’s-harps and fishhooks, and then played the song “Soldier’s Joy,” with the audience joining in. He recounted the frightening episode on the river More than 300 attendees gath-ered at the Thirty-sixth Annual Dako-ta Conference on April 23-24 to dis-cuss issues relating to land and water use and depopulation on the Great Plains. Among the 84 presenters were 12 students, including 7 Augustana students. Other students came from Brown University (RI), North Dako-ta State University, and University of South Dakota. Among those attending the con-ference for the historical marker ded-ication ceremony for the Great Bend of the Sioux River, sponsored by the Minnehaha County Historical Soci-ety, were 19 Patrick Henry Middle School students, 19 of their parents, and 2 teachers. Environmental historian James Sherow, of Kansas State University, gave a compelling address about Euro-American use and abuse of the grasslands, and Robert Steensma, pro-fessor emeritus at the University of Utah, delighted the audience with an insightful overview of the environ-mental writings of Wallace Stegner. A special component of this year’s conference theme was the ses-sion “The Northern Plains: A New Frontier,” featuring members of the Miner County Community Revitaliza-tion organization of Howard, SD. The session was assembled by Tom Kilian, of the Rural Initiative Center, Sioux Falls, and included a presentation by The Center forWestern Studies Newsletter Vol. 24 Number 2 SUMMER 2004 June Event 2004 Sails the Big Muddy Making the Great Plains Greater (continued on page 3) (continued on page 2) Daniel Slosberg portrayed Pierre Cruzatte, the French-and-Indian river-man in the Center’s June Event production of “Pierre Cruzatte and the Music of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.” The audience was thoroughly entertained with his songs and antics. South Dakota Poet Laureate David Allan Evans was the keynote speaker at the Dakota Conference’s Friday luncheon. His address, “Still Chasing Chronos,” traced the theme of time in western and eastern poetry, and he read from some of his own poetry on the theme of time. His latest book, The Bull Rider’s Advice, New And Selected Poems, was published by the Center for Western Studies last fall. |
Collection | CWS Newsletters |
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