From Picketing to Peace

From Picketing TO Peace

2020 Program Catalog SDHC Staff: Welcome to the SDHC Ann Volin, Executive Director From the executive director [email protected] hanks for joining us to explore the they share ideas Jennifer Widman, Director of the Thumanities. Being in partnership with about the books, we Center for the Book you allows us to provide what I believe imagine that they’ll [email protected] is at the core of the humanities: time be excited, that they’ll Carolyn Marshall-Speakman, to listen and consider others’ ideas, have trouble sitting Office Manager time to read and discuss, time to mull still, and that they’ll [email protected] over your own thoughts for greater raise their hands and Ann Volin Deb Delaney, Program Assistant understanding. wave them wildly to [email protected] ask a question. They’ll Our One Book South Dakota, Unfollow, be as civil they are able to at eight and Melinda Berdanier, Project Coordinator offers a chance to enter a conversation nine years old, and we hope that they [email protected] with author Megan Phelps-Roper and take that ability to converse with them hear her think about why she changed as they grow up. Table of Contents in order to be more considerate of her fellow humans. We recently had our We also hope that you can be part Donate...... 1 first book club set of Unfollow books of a Speakers Bureau event. Our returned to the office. All eight books scholars offer ways to interact with One Book, YR One Book...... 2 were there, all in crisp condition, not a ideas that you might agree with — or Festival Previews...... 3 dog-eared page amongst the set — and have questions about. Choose from how very nice to have a resilient woman topics such as the Stavig letters, Oscar Grants...... 4 venture out on a day that dawned at 20 Micheaux, or women’s suffrage. Maybe degrees below zero to make sure she you’ll get excited like our Young Readers Scholar Directory...... 5-15 returned the books on time. or maybe it will lead you to think a little Teachings of 2020 One Book...... 16 more about others, like the book club She eagerly said how much they all members did. FY 2019 Annual Report enjoyed the book, and how it reminded them that life isn’t black and white — The Festival of Books October 2-4 in Stats, DA Awards...... 17 and how the author made them realize Brookings will offer ways to engage with Fundraising, One Book...... 18 they had to think a little more about authors and readers — and ideas by others. the book load! Hear journalists discuss Vets, Young Readers...... 19 civil discourse or poets share poems of Our Young Readers One Book, Bink and South Dakota. Thanks for checking out Festival Recap...... 20 Gollie: Three for One will provide second the South Dakota Humanities Council. Reading Memories, Award...... 21 and third graders an early chance to We can’t wait to meet with you, talk with talk about literature and its ideas. When you, and interact with you! Donors...... 22-24 Board of Directors...... 25 From the board chair he South Dakota Humanities Council’s to each and every one About the SDHC Tvision is to lead statewide advocacy of you who encourage he South Dakota Humanities Council for the humanities, working with other students to read and T(SDHC), founded in 1972 in response partners to foster literary and civic engage in our Young to an act of Congress, is a 501(c)3 non- profit and the only cultural organization engagement. As chair of the board, I Readers Initiative and in the state whose sole mission is to am honored to be part of such a great the Young Readers deliver humanities programming to the organization that continues to provide Festival of Books. Whitney people of South Dakota. As a statewide tools for many in South Dakota to tell Rencountre advocate for the humanities, our mission their stories. We are inspired by the We’re also thankful is to celebrate literature, promote civil conversation, and tell the stories that attendance and engagement at our to all of our staff for their hard work define our state. We fulfill our mission South Dakota Festival of Books each and dedication to ensure that SDHC by supporting and promoting public year. We also are appreciative of the continues to reach our objectives each programming in the humanities like the efforts of all the programs created from year. We are especially appreciative of Speakers Bureau, providing grant funding the grants we award each year. all the volunteers that help promote our for community programs and research and discussion projects in our grants work throughout the state. program, and hosting reading and literary We hope folks around our state continue programs like the annual Festival of the efforts to celebrate literature, We encourage you to stay updated and Books, Young Readers Initiative and One promote civil conversation, and tell the engaged in our work by visiting our Book South Dakota. stories that define our state. Thank you website, sdhumanities.org. WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 Donate | 1

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Building Lifelong Memories for Readers of All Ages id you know your donations help bring Dthe biggest names in literature to South Dakota and bolster humanities programs in the state, supporting future readers and writers for generations to come? Since 2003, donor support has helped us feature Pulitzer Prize winners Timothy Egan, Marilynne Robinson, and Michael Dirda, National Book Award winners Louise Erdrich, Tim O’Brien, and many more at the South Dakota Festival of Books. The 2020 Festival will feature Megan Phelps-Roper, Melanie Benjamin, author of The Aviator’s Wife and Mistress of the Ritz, and Carson Vaughan, author of Zoo Nebraska.

Help us add to this list of luminaries by making a Festival-specific donation today, or help secure the future of the South Dakota Humanities Council with a Legacy Pledge or gift to our Endowment or Unrestricted Fund. sdhumanities.org/give SDHC’s Donation Fund Options Festival of Books Unrestricted Gift Legacy Pledge Endowment Funds Help us continue to unite You can help where Many donors make a gift to Guarantee our organization’s readers and writers with SDHC needs it most. An SDHC in their will or estate future and donate to a donation to our annual unrestricted gift can be used planning. Mature stocks, endowment funds at Black Hills South Dakota Festival of for operations expenses, life insurance policies, and Area Community Foundation, Books and Young Readers programming and special IRA rollovers can easily be South Dakota Community Festival of Books. initiatives. processed by our Community Foundation and/or Sioux Falls Foundation partners. Area Community Foundation. 2 | One Book, YR One Book South Dakota Humanities Council

2020 One Book SD Facilitates Valuable Conversations on Civil Discourse he granddaughter of infamous "I'm so, so and improving communication across Treligious zealot and Westboro Baptist excited to religious and political divides, Phelps- Church pastor share with the Roper has spent much of her life in Fred Phelps, beautiful people the national spotlight, from appearing Megan of this state on programs like The Tyra Banks Show Phelps-Roper how the power during her protest days to performing grew up of civil dialogue a Ted Talk with more than eight million protesting changed my life views after leaving the church. funerals for the better," before leaving she said. “We’re pleased to feature such an the Westboro inspiring story of national significance, Baptist Having been and we’re especially excited that it’s told Church featured on by one of our state’s own residents,” and most of her family behind in 2012 Good Morning said Jennifer Widman, director of the and eventually moving to Clark, where America and excerpted in People South Dakota Festival of Books. “This she lives with her husband Chad and Magazine, Unfollow is on the national book will lead to valuable conversations daughter Sølvi. radar. It received a starred review from about civil discourse and the miraculous Publishers Weekly, which said, “Phelps- ability of humans to change their minds Unfollow chronicles her life in Kansas Roper’s intelligence and compassion and habits. Exploring what it means from childhood through adulthood, shine throughout with electric prose.” to be human is the cornerstone of our her departure from the church during mission.” her mid-20s, and the unlikely series of Now an educator on topics related events that led her to South Dakota. to overcoming ideological extremism *READ MORE ABOUT UNFOLLOW ON P. 16.* Bink, Gollie and Alison McGhee: A ‘3 for 1’ Deal past Festival presenter, Alison AMcGhee returns to the Festival of Books in 2020 with two adorable — and famous — characters in tow. The 2020 Young Readers One Book Bink & Gollie: Alison McGhee leads at writing workshop at Three for One stars the irrepressible and the 2017 South Dakota Festival of Books. precocious Bink and Gollie, created by McGhee and Kate DiCamillo, a Newbery medal, a MacDowell residency and medalist and past Festival presenter. several American Library Association awards. A professor of creative writing Setting out from their super-deluxe at Metropolitan State University, McGhee tree house and powered by plenty of has three grown children and lives peanut butter (for Bink) and pancakes a semi-nomadic life in Minneapolis, (for Gollie), the girls share three Vermont and California. comical adventures involving painfully bright socks, an impromptu trek to the “I was thrilled to hear that the Bink and Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous Gollie books are the Young Readers companion. selection for 2020! My marvelous In addition to winning the Theodor collaborators Tony Fucile and Kate While she will be featured in the Young Geisel Award in 2011 for Bink and Gollie, DiCamillo and I had so much fun making Readers track, McGhee will also lead McGhee’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated the books together, and I can’t wait to sessions for adults. “A versatile writer novel Shadow Baby was a Today Show laugh over Bink and Gollie’s antics with and a generous mentor for aspiring Book Club pick, and her picture book for kids in South Dakota next year,” she said. authors, Alison has been successful adults, Someday, was a No. 1 New York writing for children and adults,” Widman Times bestseller. Her honors include “From all three of us, thanks for choosing said. “We’re excited to have her return.” four Minnesota Book Awards, the Geisel us!” WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 Festival Previews | 3

2020 Festival Features Acclaimed Authors for Youth, Adult Readers Readers, rejoice – and mark your calendars! Plans for the 2020 South Dakota Festival of Books are well underway. The event will kick off with Young Readers Festival activities on Thursday, Oct. 1 in Sioux Falls and continue with sessions for all ages and interests Oct. 2-4 in Brookings. Headlining the 18th annual Festival will be Megan Phelps- Roper, author of the 2020 One Book South Dakota, Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church. She will be joined by at least 60 other writers, illustrators and publishing professionals, including • Robert Dugoni, bestselling thriller novelist (more than five million books sold) and writing craft teacher, will discuss his process and experiences

Above, Carson Vaughan, • Melanie Benjamin, author of national bestsellers like The author of Zoo Nebraska, Aviator’s Wife and Mistress of the Ritz, will explain why she socializes during the 2019 believes “facts are for the historian, but emotions are the Festival of Books Author province of the novelist” Reception. Vaughan will participate in the 2020 Festival • Carson Vaughan, author of Zoo Nebraska, will discuss and Democracy and the his book and join other journalists in examining the media Informed Citizen programming. environment as part of SDHC’s Democracy and the Informed Citizen initiative • Sally Roesch Wagner, editor of The Women’s Suffrage Below, young readers browse Movement, will lead a diverse group of scholars and writers books in Exhibitors Hall at in commemorating the national centennial of women’s the 2019 Festival of Books in Deadwood. The Young Readers suffrage Festival was started in 2014 • South Dakota Poet Laureate Christine Stewart will to boost reading habits of celebrate excellence in poetry that speaks to the state’s elementary school students. cultural life through a session on the publication of South Dakota in Poems: An Anthology

For Young Readers: McGhee, Sheinken, Many More The Young Readers Festival of Books will feature Alison McGhee, co-author of the 2020 Young Readers One Book, Bink & Gollie: Three for One. She and other children’s and young adult authors and illustrators will visit schools and cultural venues like the Washington Pavilion and the Children’s Museum of South Dakota. The authors and illustrators will include • Steve Sheinkin, author of historical books for middle-graders, such as Born to Fly: The First Women’s Air Race across America • Andrea Page, a Hunkpapa Lakota author whose first book, Sioux Code Talkers of World War II, includes the story of her great-uncle John Bear King.

For updates on Festival presenters and events, visit SDBOOKFESTIVAL.COM 4 | Grants South Dakota Humanities Council

SDHC-Funded Grants and Programs he South Dakota Humanities TCouncil awards funds to non- profit organizations in South Dakota through community project grants of up to $7,000 for humanities-related projects and events, providing vital and educational cultural programming for communities.

Review grant guidelines and information and apply online at sdhumanities.org. Direct questions to [email protected] or (605) 688-6113.

Guidelines are subject to change; visit the website to stay apprised.

SDHC grants over $1,000 (also known as “Major” grants) support miscellaneous expenses such as bussing costs for student cultural trips, scholar appearances at community conversation events, documentary films, and educational programs. They’re divided into two South Dakota Shakespeare Festival is one of 28 major grant projects funded by the categories: discussion and research. South Dakota Humanities Council in 2019. Photo by Laura Vidler.

Discussion Grants Grants $1,000 or under (also known Fund conferences, lectures, Research Grants Fund scholarly research in the as “Mini” grants) are awarded for presentations, festivals, and humanities, up to $2,500. Improve various humanities programs. symposiums that engage people your chances by choosing a topic Evaluated on a case-by-case basis, in humanities discussion, up to relevant to South Dakota culture they are distributed as funding $7,000. Programs must examine and heritage. Include a plan in allows with a rolling deadline. topics from a humanities perspective your application for a minimum of and use various forms of media to Apply today at: three public presentations of your advance that effort. research. SDHUMANITIES.ORG/GRANTS

Other SDHC-funded Programs: Host a Speaker or Discussion Leader for $50 Host a program e also offer grant-funded especially helpful in communities with Wpublic programs with shorter limited funding, encourage thoughtful 1. Book Club to Go - Borrow one of applications and time frames to community conversations and reading. our titles for your book club facilitate inexpensive humanities events for libraries, schools and other Apply for just $50. No applicant will be 2. One Book SD - Borrow our organizations — with an application turned away for lack of funds. current One Book for your book process that allows you to host a club Speakers Bureau member in three types of programs: Speakers Bureau, Join the Discussion Book Club to Go and One Book SD. 3. Speakers Bureau - Bring a Apply to host a One Book SD reading scholar to your community to group at sdhumanities.org. lead your group in one of the two Speakers Bureau events are informative above options, or to speak on a presentations covering a variety of Your $50 application fee will get you variety of topics (see opposite topics, while One Book SD and Book up to 30 copies of Unfollow: A Memoir of page). Club to Go programs are scholar- Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist led book club discussions, with the Church from our Lending Library and, if you’d like, an SDHC scholar to lead your Apply today: former using the current One Book SD and the latter using any book in group discussion. sdhumanities.org/programs our lending library. These programs, WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 Scholar directory | 5

Geraldine Goes in Center is part of the “Dakota Daughters” Speakers Bureau group that is commemorating the upcoming 130-year anniversary of the December 29, 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre. Dakota Daughters, which also includes Lillian Witt and Joyce Jefferson, is one of many SDHC-granted groups who make it a priority to educate South Dakotans by relaying historical information in an interesting, entertaining and memorable way. 2020 SDHC Scholar Directory DHC scholars provide humanities education and entertainment S— covering humanities disciplines like sociology, literature, music, history, art — to communities around the state of South Scholar Directory Key Dakota for a flat fee of just $50. = Chautauqua

Speakers Bureau programs, including Chautauqua performers (actor (historical re-enactors) and expertise-based presenters, teach performance) audiences about various topics.

Scholars also lead book clubs and community discussions on the = Book Club to Go 2020 One Book, Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the (book discussion Westboro Baptist Church, or any other book in the SDHC Lending leader) Library. SDHC scholars present programs on topics for all ages and backgrounds, with nearly 150 Speakers Bureau events annually. How To Apply = One Book SD Follow these steps for a successful program: (One Book discussion leader) • Contact the scholar to confirm availability and program for your event. • At least four to six weeks before your program, apply online ($50 fee). Note: all scholars are available for Speakers Bureau presentations, • Coordinator and scholar will receive follow-up information from SDHC. unless otherwise noted. This • Promote your event! Be sure to acknowledge SDHC and NEH. key denotes additional specialty • Host your event. Welcome your scholar and thank SDHC for program services each speaker will perform support. upon request. • Complete evaluation and submit to SDHC within two weeks of event. Apply today at: SDHUMANITIES.ORG/SPEAKERS 6 | Scholar Directory South Dakota Humanities Council

Marilyn Carlson Aronson Roderick Brown Retired Academic Dean/Professor Independent Scholar, Pastor [email protected] | (605) 957-4371 [email protected] | (605) 770-8493

A River Runs Through It: The Missouri River Discovering Dakota: A People & Land of Infinite Variety Is an Enigma Everyone comes from somewhere and everyone’s story is Aronson discusses how modern technology has tried to worth telling, and hearing! The questions are: Where did tame the mighty Missouri River and harness its energy to we come from? Why did we come here? What have we done meet the growing needs of the people in the Missouri River since coming here? What are we building for the future? Basin. She also delves into the building of the six giant dams on the Missouri River and explores which groups benefited most and least from the flood control projects. Patricia Catches the Enemy Lakota Elder, Retired She asserts that the Missouri River cannot be fully tamed [email protected] | (605) 867-1282 by modern technology and continues to provide water of uncertain quantity and quality. Boarding School Days (1940s to present) Catches the Enemy discusses boarding school days on Kiera Ball the reservation, having lived and experienced life on the Presentation College Pine Ridge Reservation from 1941 to present — to include [email protected] the goodness in the struggles of living off the land, the (763) 486-8508 boarding school era, her own battles with alcohol, faith (traditional spiritual beliefs vs. Catholic belief) and health Heirloom: Creative Life Writing issues of cancer and healing. This workshop-style presentation provides a space for participants to identify important life memories and record them onto paper through fun, hands-on activities. Phyllis Cole-Dai https://phylliscoledai.com/ Author, Public Speaker Molly Barari [email protected] | (605) 592-6293 https://mollybarari.com Master of Fine Arts The 1862 U.S.-Dakota War Through Sarah Wakefield’s [email protected] | (308) 440-0047 Eyes Consider the 1862 Dakota Uprising in Minnesota from the Heirlooms: Creative Life Writing for Adults perspective of Sarah Wakefield. During the uprising, Wakefield Barari helps adults identify important life memories and was married to a government physician on the Dakota (or record their stories onto paper through fun, hands-on Sioux) reservation. Captured with her two young children the activities. While most societies have oral storytelling first morning of the outbreak, Wakefield had a controversial traditions that teach us about history and culture, written and tragic relationship with Caske, her Dakota captor and records of events help explore the human experience. protector. Cole-Dai shares captivating stories behind her Written stories can be passed to future generations, and writing of Beneath the Same Stars, her novel that dives into creative writing not only preserves valuable memories, but this history. She leads her audience on a journey from a family also sharpens the mind and provides a therapeutic outlet. cemetery in Rhode Island to the ruins of the Upper Sioux Participants should bring writing materials. Agency in Minnesota; to the kitchen table of a Dakota elder in Peever, SD, exploring a largely forgotten history that still haunts this region. Verna K. Boyd [email protected] | (605) 594-6731

Journey into The Past Boyd introduces audiences to the First Nations people who made their home in southeastern South Dakota — Omaha, Ponca, Ioway — and discusses their traditional way of life. Farming techniques and crops are discussed, while artifacts, sample trade items, replicas of a dog travois, tools and pottery are discussed and exhibited.

SDHC Speakers Bureau programs feature film screenings, book discussions and more. WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 Scholar directory | 7

Jace DeCory Asst. Professor Emerita, BHSU [email protected] | (605) 722-8648

Traditional Lakota Philosophy DeCory discusses Lakota philosophy and how it relates to modern American culture.

Betsey DeLoache http://www.redbirdstudiosd.com Owner, Red Bird Studio [email protected] | (605) 222-0665

Country Schools: Past and Present DeLoache will describe her research as a city slicker learning firsthand what defines country schools as A group gathers for a September 2019 book discussion on described by folks she interviewed who were students and/ Neither Wolf nor Dog, led by Molly Rozum at Edith B. Siegrist or teachers, as well as discussing her personal experience Vermillion Public Library in Vermillion. visiting operating country schools from 2012-2019. She explains her process of illustrating the schoolhouses to document and preserve them and discusses “country Dyanis Conrad-Popova culture” and the ethnic background of folks who settled https://www.usd.edu/faculty-and-staff/Dyanis-Popova and lived in the northern central states. Assistant Professor, USD [email protected] | (540) 597-4758 Lawrence Diggs Culture and Schooling http://www.ldiggs.com/ The way that students read and understand the world and Speaker connect to society and community is heavily shaped by [email protected] | (605) 486-4536 their life experiences and social identities. A welcoming and inclusive school environment can create the space Connecting Communities for students to grow and blossom. This presentation Humans are feeling beings that think, not thinking beings explores the intersections of culture and schooling in the that feel. The motivation we feel to connect with others United States and provides educators with time to reflect comes more from what we feel about them than what we on and shape a schooling experience that celebrates the think about them. This program presents ways to lower experiences and cultures of all students. the resistance to meeting and interacting with people. Drawing on some groundbreaking research, it focuses on getting people to feel differently. It has been shown that Marian Cramer if people feel differently they will likely think differently. [email protected] | (605) 270-4904 In this interactive discussion participants will discover what others are doing and what they can do to bring Remembering Laura Ingalls Wilder, communities together. Her Family and Her Friends Cramer tells stories of Laura, her family and friends Music expert Ted Gioia, in her historical time and from her perspective. She author of “The History uses information gleaned from the 11 oral histories of Jazz,” discusses the she conducted of early Kingsbury County settlers who effect of technology on personally knew Ingalls Wilder, and members of her family. music during a program presented by the CLASSICS Institute at Curtis Dahl Dakota State University https://www.sissetonmuseum.com/ in Madison. Gioia was Stavig House Museum part of “The Cultural [email protected] | (605) 467-3142 Consequences of Computers” discussion series sponsored by an The Stavig Letters SDHC major grant. See description under John and Jane Rasmussen, P. 14. 8 | Scholar Directory South Dakota Humanities Council

Anne Dilenschneider Wayne Fanebust Counselor, Writer, Educator, Consultant Writer [email protected] | (605) 906-5404 [email protected] | 605-496-8730

Healing Our Shared Past, Present, and Future: The Chasing Frank and Jesse James: The Bungled Hiawatha Indian Insane Asylum Northfield Bank Robbery and the Long Manhunt Note: This presentation is best as a combined presentation Frank and Jesse James, the infamous brothers from with fellow Humanities Scholar Jerry Fogg. From 1902-1933, Missouri, rode with marauding Confederate guerrillas Native Americans who misbehaved in boarding schools or during the Civil War. Having learned to kill and raid without who angered reservation agents were incarcerated at the compunction, they easily transitioned from rebels to Hiawatha Asylum in Canton, SD – the linchpin of federal outlaws after the war, robbing stage coaches, banks and Indian policy. By the time it closed, 400 Native Americans trains in Missouri and surrounding states. A botched from across the United States had been incarcerated there. bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota, followed by an Until recently, this part of our state and national history improbable escape through the Dakota Territory and Iowa, was virtually unknown. Now, Anne and Jerry share this story elevated the James brothers from notorious criminals to in order to heal this wound in our own time. legendary figures of American history and folklore.

Pegie Douglas Jerry Fogg https://www.pegiedouglas.com/ https://www.facebook.com/NativeSoulArt Musician, Historian Cultural Historian, Artist [email protected] | (919) 414-9383 [email protected] | (605) 254-8189

The Life & Music of Badger Clark: South Dakota’s First Healing Our Shared Past, Present, and Future: The Poet Laureate Hiawatha Indian Insane Asylum Badger Clark is a treasure for South Dakota. He is a Note: This presentation is best as a combined presentation nationally known poet. His books are still popular and still with fellow Humanities Scholar Anne Dilenschneider; see in print, and his poems and music remain relevant today. program description at left. Douglas presents a one-hour show that includes narration of Badger’s life and at least 10 of his poems set to various music. She sings and plays the guitar. Geraldine Goes in Center [email protected] | (605) 220-6475

Arley Fadness Dakota Daughters: Wounded Knee 1890, Three Writer, Author, Clergy, Draftsman Women, Three Lives, Three Cultures [email protected] | 605-201-4241 Dakota Daughters Lillian Witt, Geraldine Goes in Center and Joyce Jefferson commemorate the upcoming 130- Black Bart - Feared Stagecoach Robber year anniversary of the December 29, 1890 Wounded Black Bart struck terror in the southwest Sierras by spewing Knee Massacre by relaying historical information in an intimidation and angst upon the Wells Fargo Stagecoach interesting, entertaining and memorable way. They hope line company. But oh — what the authorities discovered that when people see their play, they will realize that while when his reign of terror came to an inglorious end. Fadness our skin colors, cultures, and beliefs are different, deep discusses the adventures of the infamous outlaw in this down we are not all that different. By looking into the past, program. we can find peace, closure and understanding in the future. After all, we are all related, or as our Lakota sisters and brothers say, Mitakuye Oyasin.

APPLY FOR NEXT YEAR We encourage Speakers Bureau scholars to apply each fall for the following year. Scholar applications are reviewed by a committee of SDHC board members. To be included on a list for 2019, call (605) 688-6113 or email [email protected]. The committee reviews scholar applicants’ academic background and presentation experience combined with their knowledge of humanities subjects relevant to South Dakota. SDHUMANITIES.ORG WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 Scholar directory | 9

Patrick Hicks http://patrickhicks.org/ Professor, Augustana University [email protected] | (605) 274-5434

The History of Auschwitz Hicks will discuss how this notorious concentration camp grew in size from 1939 until 1945 and talk about what it means for us today. He can also discuss his novel, The Commandant of Lubizec, which is based upon Auschwitz and the other Operation Reinhard camps. Photos of the camp and discussion are usually part of this accessible talk, which he has given in many high schools and other venues in South Dakota.

Peter Hoesing https://peterhoesing.com/ Director of Sponsored Programs, Faculty Affiliate, DSU [email protected] | (850) 566-4929

Musical Healing Repertories and Ecologies of Wellbeing in Uganda Hoesing explores his main body of research in a 30-60 minute presentation — best suited to adult audiences — with repertories from two of southern Uganda’s ethnolinguistic groups, the Baganda and the Basoga. They reveal traditional healing in Uganda to be a highly social activity in which musical sound features prominently at nearly every stage throughout the diagnostic and therapeutic trajectory. They also highlight the close linkages among people, their lands, their crops, animals both domestic and wild, and the medicinal plants of the forest that they use so well. Wayne Gilbert speaks at the 2019 West River History Conference, one of many events sponsored by the South Dakota Humanities Yvonne Hollenbeck Council. The conference, organized by a group based in Rapid http://www.yvonnehollenbeck.com/ City, was held Oct. 10-12, 2019 in Deadwood. For more information Poet, Quilter, Entertainer about SDHC grants, for which applications are accepted twice per [email protected] | (605) 557-3559 year (Feb. 28 and Oct. 15), please visit sdhumanities.org/grants. Historic Quilt Program, “Patchwork of the Prairie” Hollenbeck presents a trunk show spanning 140 years of Peter Grady quilts from homestead days to present. https://petegrady.wixsite.com/ulysses-s-grant [email protected] | (641) 691-4675 Paul Horsted Ulysses S. Grant https://www.paulhorsted.com/ Both a Chautauqua and scholar performance, this Photographer, Author presentation lasts 70 minutes and explores the life [email protected] | (605) 673-3685 and times of Ulysses S. Grant. He comes to life in this informative, humorous, and touching portrayal. Meet the The Black Hills Yesterday & Today victorious general whose strategy and tenacity won the From the 1874 Black Hills “Custer” Expedition through the Civil War, the President who struggled to rebuild his country gold rush to the early days of tourism, Horsted matches after the war, and the husband and father whose final rare historic photographs with modern views from the efforts were devoted to the financial support of his wife same locations today. His fascinating “then and now” and family. Grady has years of experience as an actor and images reveal insights into history, development, ecology director in community theatre productions. and more across the Black Hills region. 10 | Scholar Directory South Dakota Humanities Council

Joyce Jefferson https://www.joycejefferson.net/ Principal/Owner Joyce Jefferson Creates Stories in Song [email protected] | (605) 393-2680

2020 - African Americans and the Vote Jefferson’s program addresses numerous social issues whose anniversaries occur in 2020, which marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment and the culmination of the women’s suffrage movement. The year 2020 also marks the sesquicentennial of the 15th Amendment (1870) and the right of black men to the ballot after the Civil War. The theme speaks to the ongoing struggle on the part of both black men and black women for the right to vote. This theme has a rich and long history, which begins at the turn of the 19th century. Barbara Johnson Humanities Scholar [email protected] (605) 229-5988 Light of the Prairie: South Dakota Stained Glass Joy Harjo, National Poet Laureate, speaks at the South Dakota Johnson examines stained glass in South Dakota and State University Performing Arts Center during an appearance relates some of the history of the windows found sponsored by the South Dakota Humanities Council and hosted by throughout the state. The presentation includes the Brookings Arts Council. Photo by Ryan Woodard. information on the stained glass in the host community.

Joanna Jones Adrienne Brant James http://jonesliterature.com/ http://turtleislandlc.com/ [email protected] | (605) 450-0121 President, Turtle Island Learning Circle [email protected] | (605) 864-1769 One Book South Dakota Jones is available to lead discussions on the 2020 One Book Moccasin Paths: Neither 1492 nor Columbus SD: Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro James educates the public on misleading information she Baptist Church. says she learned as a child about the discovery of America. In 1987, she heard that her mother’s Mohawk people taught immigrants about democracy, which was contradictory to Ruth Page Jones https://rpjhistories.com/ what she’d been taught: “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean Scholar blue” and discovered America, and Europeans enlightened [email protected] | (262) 366-3803 civilization in this land. She learned that democracy already existed across the continent. Specific contributions to the A Century Celebration: Woman Suffrage in South eventual governing structure of the United States came Dakota 1868-1918 in the form of the Iroquois Great Law of Peace, created in Celebrating the century birthday of woman suffrage in 1100 A.D. James will discuss these matters and explain how South Dakota in 1918, and throughout the United States in people can promote global democratic survival. 1920, this talk reviews the key moments, key individuals, and key issues that helped women achieve their equal V.R. Janis voting rights in the United States and, more specifically, in https://www.vrjanis.com/ South Dakota one hundred years ago. Author, Artist, Speaker [email protected] | (605) 391-0401 PROGRAM TIPS Cultural Poetry Host a minimum of 15 people and provide a Janis presents a hands-on workshop of creating poetry with space with comfortable accommodations. Allow an indigenous understanding. approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 Scholar Directory | 11

Bruce Junek & Tass Thacker http://imagesoftheworld.com/ Images of the World [email protected] | (605) 348-3432

World Bicycle Tour This program chronicles the adventures of Junek and Thacker, who bicycled through 23 countries for 26 months. Facts about their travels: - 14,000 miles, 23 countries, 42 flat tires - United States, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Southeast Asia, Nepal, India, Middle East, Europe - Penguins, kangaroos, orangutans, and Asian rhinoceros among 13 animal species seen - Maoris, Aborigines, and Thai hill tribes among indigenous groups encountered - 32-day hike to Mount Everest in Nepal - Experienced Hindu, Muslim and Sikh hospitality in India

Billie Kingfisher Jr Independent Scholar [email protected] | (605) 670-7961

The Indian Reorganization Act Kingfisher explores the landmark legislation, its drafting, Musical duo Allen and Jill Kirkham raise awareness of American and its impact on South Dakota tribes. While often seen Western Heritage through oral history and performances as part of by non-Native scholars as a boon to tribes, Kingfisher says the SDHC Speakers Bureau. the act undermined tribal sovereignty and cultural norms with the creation and imposition of tribal governments. Regardless of this, it is still the foundation of federal Native Jeanie Kirkpatrick policy. [email protected] | (515) 598-6382 Carrie Ingalls Swanzey: An Ingalls in the Black Hills Allen & Jill Kirkham Kirkpatrick examines Carrie’s life after high school until https://allenandjill.com/ her death in 1946. Three main stages will be examined — [email protected] | (605) 440-7338 working woman, feminist and stepmother. Carrie’s 150th birthday is in 2020. A History of Traditional American Western Music This presentation raises awareness of American Western music and history. As the country is long past the golden MaryJo Benton Lee era of Western movies, people under 50 may not know Adjunct Assistant Professor, SDSU popular Western music icons. The Kirkhams mix oral history [email protected] | (605) 692-8252 and live music of public domain Traditional Western Music from 1840-1907 (trail drives, Black Hills mining, and Charles Lee examines four community studies completed in Badger Clark eras); classic western movie era, 1930s to China’s Yunnan Province during the 1930s and 1940s at 1960s; contemporary Western and original Western music, the height of the Sino-Japanese War. The scholars who with background and history behind the songs, as well conducted these studies were largely unknown to each as current music of the American West. Western music other, but were strongly influenced by social anthropologist includes songs of the hills, valleys, pine trees and plains, Bronislaw Malinowski. Forced into one small corner of cowboys and cowgirls, horses and cattle, pioneer families, China not occupied by the Japanese and working under the gold miners, ghost towns, cavalry, Native Americans, most challenging conditions, they produced studies that outlaws, gamblers, and gunfighters. Presentations are shaped outsiders’ perspectives for decades and are still tailored to specific events, ranging from 75 to 90 minutes regarded as exemplars by sociologists and anthropologists long. worldwide.

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Ray Maple http://www.tomodayproductions.com/ Owner, Entertainer, Tom O’Day Productions [email protected] | 307-527-7314

Tom O’Day (Chautauqua) The Old West comes alive as real outlaw Tom O’Day tells entertaining, educational, and authentic stories about his own adventures, along with tales of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch and other colorful characters of the American West. It is the 1890s and 1900s like you have never heard it before. This living history performance includes a PowerPoint presentation with old photos and maps that Marsha Warren Mittman presents her program Makespace bring to life these vivid outlaw tales from the Big Horn Meditation 101 in Spearfish. Basin and Central Wyoming, as well as Tom’s involvement with South Dakota events in Belle Fourche, Deadwood and Timber Lake. Coleen Liebsch Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur PS Publishing and The Books 4 Kids Program Bill Markley [email protected] | (605) 691-2007 https://www.billmarkley.com/ Author Books 4 Kids Program [email protected] | (605) 224-5322 Youth Event: Pre-K through eighth grade students are visited in their classrooms, both in person and A Search for Truth in the Old West electronically, by authors from all around the world who Who wanted Crazy Horse killed? Were Wild Bill Hickok and read with students and partake when possible in a student- Calamity Jane lovers? Did Buffalo Bill ride for the Pony led discussion, with each student receiving a free book. Express? Who fired first at the gunfight at the O.K. Corral? This program uses books to bring students together as Could Custer have survived the Battle of the Little Big friends. With the help of generous sponsors, Books 4 Kids Horn? Were the cattle barons justified starting Wyoming’s has given out more than 30,000 books in the past five Johnson County War? Why did the James/Younger Gang raid years. Ages PK - Middle School; length 30 Minutes. Adult Minnesota’s Northfield Bank? Markley presents both sides Event: While teachers are able to identify potential violent of these and other topics he and coauthor Kellen Cutsforth offenders as early as kindergarten, their hands are tied researched for their book Calling Down the Thunder: A until something happens. Or are they? Learn how a 12-year Search for Truth in the Old West, released by Globe Pequot old’s drawing of a puppy helped prove youth violence is Press in October 2018. preventable. Ages 18+; length 90 Minutes. Michael F. McDonald Rich Lofthus [email protected] | (605) 664-7672 Professor of History, Mount Marty College [email protected] | (605) 661-4022 Nighthawk Tunes The great-grandchildren of Thomas Moore’s “Irish From Wentworth to the Western Front: The World War Melodies” poems — the classic cowboy poetry of the Great One Odyssey of Private John Warns Northern Plains. This program places the World War One era correspondence of the Private John Warns family from Wentworth, SD into the broader context of world and regional events Jason McEntee surrounding World War One. It explores the manner in https://www.sdstate.edu/directory/jason-mcentee which World War One impacted even the most isolated and Professor, English Department Head, SDSU rural areas, as the propaganda of the Wilson administration [email protected] | (605) 697-8019 sought to convince the American people that Germany was the primary enemy of the interests of the United States. Strangers in Their Own Land This family correspondence generates a lively and realistic McEntee examines Iraqi Freedom movies in the context of portrayal of life on the home front of rural South Dakota, as the warrior’s homecoming. He analyzes the “coming home” well as the war front in Europe. narrative and studies warrior trauma, re-adjustment, and repatriation as seen in movies.

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Kate Meadows Miss “V” https://katemeadows.com/ http://www.gypsycowbelle.com/ Writer/Editor/Workshop Instructor The Gypsy Cowbelle Kate Meadows Writing & Editing [email protected] | (307) 231-9252 [email protected] | (605) 858-0138 Homespun Instruments Writing and Community: Using Story as Connection This program is an interactive workshop which stimulates This dynamic writing workshop for all ages explores the music making, creative expression and positive group power of story and demonstrates how we can use words dynamics through the use of a wide array of simple and to create, communicate and connect. Create: How to bring homemade instruments. A brief overview of historic an idea to life; how to make the most of your writing time. origins and construction of selected instruments sets the Communicate: How to tell a story effectively; why it’s stage, after which participants “join the band,” as Miss “V” important to take risks with your writing. Connect: Why a leads traditional folk, cowboy and classic country tunes. community is crucial to the writing process; how to find The program is excellent for students, family-oriented your “tribe.” community events, living history demonstrations and folk festivals. John E. Miller Professor of History (Emeritus), SDSU Marsha Warren Mittman [email protected] | (605) 692-7680 Author, Feminist, Speaker, Meditation Instructor, Global Traveler, The Next Foundation, Inc. Current Challenges to American Democracy and [email protected] | (605) 644-8062 What We Can Do about Them This program will build upon the problems discussed in Enjoy Some Laughs! Miller’s book, Democracy’s Troubles: Twelve Threats to the Scurfpea Publishing has just released Mittman’s humorous American Ideal and How We Can Overcome Them. Miller memoir, You Know You Moved to South Dakota from discusses issues such as failing civic education, free fall New York City WHEN... Hear how a born and bred city gal of journalism, declining faith in institutions and leaders, learned to navigate the real Wild West, celebrating all the polarization in politics, deadlocks in Congress, and myriad cultural differences along the way. overreach of the president. Colin Mustful Kris Miner https://www.colinmustful.com/ http://www.circle-space.org/ https://www.historythroughfiction.com/ Director, Circle Space Services Author, Historian, History Through Fiction [email protected] | (605) 831-0119 [email protected] | (651) 788-0055

Restorative Justice: Building Community & Repairing Resisting Removal: The Sandy Lake Tragedy and the Harm Years that Followed Restorative Justice builds community and engages those Mustful catalogues the events surrounding the Lake most impacted in repairing harm. Effective in preventing Superior Ojibwe from 1850 to 1855; he focuses on the harm from serious crime and violence, Restorative Justice illegal removal efforts of Minnesota Territorial Governor is a powerful tool. This presentation provides audiences Alexander Ramsey and Indian Agent John Watrous that inspiring examples of how people find humanity and offer resulted in the death of 400 Ojibwe at Sandy Lake, forgiveness. Minnesota, now known as the Sandy Lake Tragedy. He addresses the cultural and historical interpretations of the events and the cultural and political context of the 1850 Removal Order. He details continued removal efforts VISIT US ON THE WEB after the Sandy Lake Tragedy and the perseverance of the Lake Superior Ojibwe to resist those efforts and earn a Find our full list of scholars new treaty that promised permanent reservation homes in and information about all of our their homeland. programs, including the South Dakota Festival of Books, at SDHUMANITIES.ORG 14 | Scholar Directory South Dakota Humanities Council

Laura Hovey Neubert Jim Reese westriverhistoryconference.org http://jimreese.org/ Secretary-Treasurer, Writer, Editor, Prison Advocate, Mount Marty College West River History Conference, Inc. [email protected] | (605) 668-1362 [email protected] | (605) 786-3344 Connecting with the Criminal in Your Classroom Freely, Mason and other W-esoterica One of five artists-in-residence throughout the country This presentation follows the trail of secret societies in who are part of the National Endowment for the Arts South Dakota and their influence in the late 19th and early initiative with Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of 20th century. Neubert discusses how, from the launch of Prisons, Reese established Yankton Federal Prison Camp’s Freemasonry here to the influence of the Theosophical first creative writing workshop and publishing course, Society and one of its founders, Helen Blavatsky, the editing a yearly journal, 4 P.M. Count, of creative writing inception of these groups, which did much to help early and visual artwork by inmates. With approximately 2.2 pioneers, opened paths for organization members. million Americans behind bars, the U.S. accounts for five Profiles of the founders and how they developed in early percent of the world’s population and 25 percent of its leadership roles are highlighted. inmates. More than 600,000 inmates are released annually from federal and state prisons, and another 11.4 million Jean Patrick people cycle through local jails. http://www.jeanpatrick.com/ Author, Speaker, Storyteller Bruce Roseland [email protected] | (605) 770-7345 http://heartoftheprairie.net/ President, SD State Poetry Society Women, Sports, & History [email protected] | (605) 436-6770 Jean uses storytelling techniques to present her award- winning books, The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth and Poetry of Place: Connecting with the Heart of the Prairie Long-armed Ludy and the First Women’s Olympics. In this National award-winning South Dakota poet and fourth- interactive presentation, Jean shows the research and generation rancher Bruce Roseland reads from his writing process, emphasizes teamwork, and introduces published works and shares writing tips. Participants will South Dakota athletes. The presentation is appropriate for discuss how poems revive memories, reveal meaning and all ages and group sizes. inspire creativity.

Jane & John Rasmussen Phyllis Schrag https://www.sissetonmuseum.com/ Independent Scholar Stavig House Museum [email protected] | (515) 337-1713 [email protected] | (605) 237-6004 Letters from the Attic The Stavig Letters Participants will gain a perspective on the people who The immigrant experience comes to life in this three- settled in Dakota Territory. The presentation, featuring person readers’ theater program created by Dr. Wayne PowerPoint, is based on 50 letters written in German script Knutson. Content comes directly from an extensive addressed to Schrag’s great-grandfather, F.J. Meier. Carefully collection of letters written over a 50-year period between saved, never translated, and handed down through the two brothers, one who emigrated to Dakota Territory generations, these letters detail faith, personal experiences, and one who stayed in Norway. The readers’ theater, and the agrarian nature of Dakotans from 1878-1889. performed more than 75 times in the United States and Scandinavia, led to an Emmy-award winning documentary and a published book. In Norway the collection of Stavig Christine Stewart letters was accepted into UNESCO’s Memory of the World https://www.christinestewartnunez.com/ Professor, SDSU Registry. [email protected] | (605) 691-3714

The Work of Creativity: Principles, Perspective, and Practice REMINDER This program offers a theory of understanding creativity, applicable across art, literature, architecture, music, etc., One program has been listed for each to explore how to break through creative “blocks” and Speakers Bureau scholar for space reasons. See all scholar programs and a full index at work as creatives (or support the creatives in our lives). sdhumanities.org WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 Scholar directory | 15

James Sullivan ancestors to build the life we know? Wilson’s novel Eden to Mount Marty College Orizaba encourages Americans to reconsider responses to [email protected] | (605) 857-1093 immigrant and refugee populations in a changing world. A love story, the book addresses the human condition and One Book South Dakota conflicts in love and commitment, especially amidst cultural Sullivan can lead discussions of 2020 One Book SD upheaval driven by economic forces beyond individual Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro control. Wilson reads from the novel then discusses issues Baptist Church. it raises and ways U.S. citizens might respond. Brad Tennant Professor of History, Presentation College Norma Wilson [email protected] | (605) 229-8577 https://sites.google.com/a/usd.edu/norma-c-wilson English Professor Emerita, USD South Dakota During the Progressive Era [email protected] | 605-670-1956 This presentation, for high school students and the general public, places events occurring in South Dakota within the Writing the Poetry of Place Wilson discusses the significance of place in poetry. From period known as the Progressive Era. Topics include the childhood she learned from relatives to appreciate nature as 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in South Dakota, the source of life. From America’s indigenous literature she political figures such as Peter Norbeck, the impact of the learned to think of herself as a part of, not apart from, the Populist movement on the state and the Progressive Era, environment. Wilson’s poetry celebrates the unique beauty and legislation regarding the state’s economy, workers, of the prairie bluff environment on the place where she has education, tourism, and more. lived for 37 years. She shows seasonal slides of its flora, fauna and waters, reads poetry from her books Rivers, Wings Marthetta Watson & Sky and Frog Creek Road and involves the audience in a Retired Educator discussion of writing the poetry of place. [email protected] (973) 255-9654 Steven Wingate Oscar Micheaux: From Homesteading to Hollywood https://stevenwingate.com/ Learn about Oscar Micheaux, an African American Associate Professor of English, SDSU homesteader from Gregory County, SD, who wrote seven [email protected] | (605) 692-5782 novels and wrote, produced and acted in 43 movies based on his experiences and influences on the prairies So, You Want to Write a Screenplay Today’s era is one of visual media, with film and television of South Dakota. His work teaches the challenges of the the most popular form of storytelling. Yet screenwriting, an first farmers and ranchers in Gregory County and the trials exacting form with very precise rules, is a mystery to most and tribulations of being Black in America. The program people who consume the finished product. Wingate takes includes a bibliography, clips of Micheaux’s movies, and a advantage of his two decades of teaching screenwriting display of his original books and other artifacts. at the college level to boil down the concepts and tools needed to launch a screen project. Gary Westgard [email protected] | (402) 992-8197 Lillian Witt The Stavig Letters [email protected] | (308) 360-9336 See description under John & Jane Rasmussen, P. 14. Daddies’ Dreams Getting hooked in the mouth by a bucking bull’s horn, Jerry Wilson finding a boiled egg with two baby chicken feet sticking out http://yote.biz/Jerry/ of it, and roping a deer and a badger are only a few of the Independent Author/Scholar hilarious but true stories told by Lillian Derflinger Witt of [email protected] | (605) 670-1893 her adventurous father as a young cowboy, WWII veteran, and South Dakota rancher. SDHC scholars Joyce Jefferson Across the Rio Grande and Geraldine Goes in Center add their stories and fond Should we fear the men, women and children trudging across memories of their Air Force and Army veteran fathers in this the Mexican desert as an “invasion” or a threat to our way of discussion/poetry/slideshow program. life? Or are they simply fleeing violence or poverty, seeking asylum or a way to feed their children? Are they driven by forces similar to those that prompted our own immigrant 16 | Teachings of the One Book SD South Dakota Humanities Council

Achieving First-Rate Intelligence: Teachings of the 2020 One Book SD hroughout the history of the One Book program, the As a protestor, TSouth Dakota Humanities Council has selected books that Phelps-Roper propel our mission, helping us create a more well-read and, demonstrates with by extension, more engaged and thoughtful state of South a large picket sign Dakota. The 2020 One Book South Dakota accomplishes and a single idea those things — and more. Not only was it written by a South in her head: her Dakotan, but Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the family IS right. Westboro Baptist Church may also be the first One Book in the program’s 18-year history to offer life lessons, learned Throughout firsthand by the author, Megan Phelps-Roper of Clark, SD, the book she related to every facet of our mission statement: The South undergoes the Dakota Humanities Council celebrates literature, promotes kind of character civil conversation, and tells the stories that define our state. arc that novelists dream of. Phelps- Phelps-Roper celebrates literature, citing classic novels Roper hints at that paved her path to enlightenment, and the portion of her life transformation on the very first page of her memoir the memoir that unfolds in South Dakota briefly but firmly with an epigraph suggesting the wisdom of inclusivity from – defines our state which, for the author, offers a rural haven: guess who? natural beauty, refuge, anonymity and “Midwest nice” for someone who desperately needs it. However, because the “Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope.” – F. Scott author is a former ideological extremist, and because she Fitzgerald articulates her evolving ideology in real time while edifying theology and reiligous philiosphy, her most profound advice What changed her mind? We hope you read the book is on civility — how it can be achieved by civil conversation. and find out. What we can tell you: the author endured a heartbreaking series of events that gave her perspective Discourse in 2020 is not often civil. Discussions of public beyond her years, leading her, before age 30, to the same policy, race, religion and politics tend to devolve into vitriol conclusion that an emotionally-battered Fitzgerald (the and insults, as people gravitate toward extreme positions essay was called “The Crack Up” for a reason) wrote about at and refuse to consider middle ground. Oft-suggested as the 39. solution for these prevalent social issues, civility may indeed unite our fractured society. The problem is that civility is a “Doubt causes us to hold a strong position a bit more learned skill, not just a notion that can be grasped quickly loosely, such that an acknowledgement of ignorance or error enough to satisfy the short-attention spans of our fast- doesn’t crush our sense of self or leave us totally unmoored paced digital age. if our position proves untenable,” she writes. “Certainty is the opposite: It hampers inquiry and hinders growth.” Deeply rooted in the humanities discipline, civility is form of humanities-driven intelligence acquired gradually by Enlightened by her experiences and by classics from reading, understanding and embracing other perspectives Fitzgerald, Hemingway and others, she has found a new in literature and life. Taking the idea a step further, the home in South Dakota, and a new career: author and activist. legendary F. Scott Fitzgerald said to live in consideration She has learned that her perspective is one of many — of others was to live intellectually. “The test of a first-rate that she is not always right. Nobody is. She changed. Civil intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in conversations can be had in our country if others are also the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to willing to change, to learn humanities-driven critical thinking function,” he said in his essay “The Crack Up,” a soliloquy skills and apply them to their interpersonal relationships of lessons learned at age 39. Having captured in fewer than and interactions. 50,000 words the essence of American culture with The Great Gatsby, considered by many as The Great American Reading expands your perspective, intelligence, empathy. Novel, Fitzgerald was an expert on human behavior and, by You need these skills to hold a civil conversation, which extension, the humanities. requires your acceptance of two opposing ideas: you are correct, and so is the other person. Therefore, the more you Fitzgerald’s logic dictates that single-minded people read, the more perspective you gain, the more likely you are who dismiss other opinions have not achieved “first-rate to achieve “first-rate intelligence,” so to speak. intelligence.” His quote, a vivid distillation of a complex idea, unfolds as a teachable moment, in textbook fashion (no pun We selected Phelps-Roper, in part, because she can intended), in Unfollow. How? encourage such conversations and further our mission. She has lived through a monumental change, and by reading her When the book starts, Phelps-Roper is a young member book, you will encounter the lessons that changed her. These of the dogmatic Westboro Baptist Church who would have lessons are important. Because we live in a “civilization,” scoffed at Fitzgerald’s quote and, had there actually been might it be possible that civility — the ability to relate to such a test, failed miserably. Her extremist family forces others on a personal level, to give context to events and its viewpoints; she spends her formative years shouting conversations and, therefore, to harness the intelligence of down bereaved families and people with different opinions. being human — is the most important skill of all? WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 FY ‘19 Annual Report: Program Stats, DA Awards | 17

Major Grants - 30 Total Dollars - $79,906 Communities Served - 18 Attendees - 8,833

Community Programs* - 177 Total Dollars - $51,429 Communities Served - 66 Attendees - 14,702

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Distinguished Achievements Honored at Festival of Books inners of the Distinguished Craig Johnson and U.S. Poet Laureate Scott Rausch, a retired faculty member WAchievement in the Humanities are Tracy K. Smith. The library has also and department head at the South selected based on their outstanding hosted One Book authors, Speakers Dakota School of Mines and Technology commitment to scholarly and cultural Bureau events and regional author in Rapid City, served on the SDHC Board advocacy around South Dakota programs. She also volunteers for the of Directors for 10 years and has been by presenting humanities-related Festival of Books. actively involved with the South Dakota events and programs, writing books Festival of Books, playing a crucial and publications important to the role with venue setup and technical humanities and providing funding assistance. He has also served on or partnerships to sustain a vibrant other non-profit boards, including the cultural landscape. The following Rapid City Arts Council, the Piedmont winners were honored at the 2019 Park Board and the School of Mines Festival of Books: Alumni Association. Rausch is a lifelong advocate of books and reading and Julie Moore Peterson, director of the maintains a large personal library Sturgis Public Library since 2004, has focusing on science, mathematics, served on the board of directors for the history, philosophy and religion. SDHC and the Sturgis Area Arts Council and continues to work closely with both South Dakota Historical Society Press to promote and provide literary and has partnered with SDHC on numerous arts-related programs in the community. projects. In addition to printing the Under her guidance the library has 2019 Young Readers One Book, the hosted, co-hosted or sponsored press also published the 2012 One numerous SDHC programs and speakers, Book South Dakota Dammed Indians including two Smithsonian Institution/ 2019 Distinguished Achievement in the Revisited and has been a constant Museum on Main Street Exhibits, Humanities award winners, from left: South presence at the Festival of Books, where Chautauqua events, author Tim O’Brien Dakota Historical Society Press (represented the organization displays its extensive (part of a three-month community Big by Nancy Tystad Koupal), Scott Rausch, Julie library of works published about South Read Grant in 2017), “Longmire” author Moore Peterson. Dakota and by South Dakota authors. 18 | FY ‘19 Annual Report: Fundraising Goals, One Book South Dakota Humanities Council

SDHC Meets $5K Giving Tuesday Goal, Reveals 2020 One Book he SDHC met its fundraising goal for the South Dakota the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper and, TDay of Giving, gathering more than $5,000 in donations for young readers, a three-book bind-in featuring the Bink from the Dec. 3 event. and Gollie characters created by co-authors Alison McGhee and Kate DiCamillo. Phelps-Roper, of Clark, visited the For the second consecutive year, SDHC participated in office to sign books and chat with readers after the reveal. the statewide movement, created by the organization Unfollow is available for book clubs statewide for just a $50 South Dakota Gives, that provides non-profits a chance to application fee. highlight their work as donors across the state celebrate generosity by donating to their favorite organizations.

Hundreds of non-profits in South Dakota participated, and a group of local nonprofits joined together as #BrookingsGives to encourage donations for Brookings County non-profits, including SDHC. Through donations received online, by mail or in person from visitors who attended SDHC’s event, a total of $5,050 was raised for humanities programming in South Dakota. SDHC received donations from 47 unique donors, including 13 first-time donors.

“Thank you to all of the donors who contributed to making the South Dakota Day of Giving such a special day for our organization,” said SDHC executive director Ann Volin.

SDHC hosted visitors throughout the day to celebrate; an The donation box and thermometer measuring donations made added draw was the unveiling of SDHC’s 2020 common during the 2019 South Dakota Humanities Council Day of Giving. read selections: Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving

One Book Author Reaches Masses Author Kent Nerburn has a massive following, and the 2019 landscape and its people — readers who enjoyed Neither One Book South Dakota author of Neither Wolf nor Dog Wolf nor Dog and wanted to discuss issues of race and reached droves of his readers — both online and in person — reconciliation explored within its pages. His tour spanned 14 during his year-long term. Fans traveled far to see Nerburn; days through towns both east and west of the Missouri River one couple drove nearly 600 miles from Chicago to Sioux Falls and featured 15 public discussions. to meet him during a tour event at the Full Circle Book Co-op. Nerburn's final stop was the 2019 Festival of Books in Not only did Nerburn visit numerous communities, but he Deadwood, where he gave a keynote lecture and signed books also posted regular updates on his Facebook page about his for fans. Visit the URL below to read his One Book Tour blog experiences in South Dakota, immersing himself in the state's consisting of updates from his Facebook page. sdhumanities.org/nerburn WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 FY ‘19 Annual Report: Veterans, A Young Readers First | 19

Vets Story Contest Celebrates Veterans he 2019 Veterans Story Contest was created by the South TDakota Humanities Council and South Dakota State University Veterans Affairs to encourage past and current service members in South Dakota to share their stories and process their war experiences. Winners were announced during the 2019 Festival of Books by acclaimed writer and U.S. Army veteran Brian Turner. Veterans who entered received a free ticket to Turner's Festival writing workshop.

U.S. Army veteran Stephan Randall of Sioux Falls won first place for his essay “Mountain Climber,” while U.S. Marine Corps veteran Alex Sebbey's "I'm Scared Too" won the video portion. Sebbey was a resident of Sioux Falls at the time of the contest and has since moved to Triangle, Va. Both received $500 for their first-place efforts.

U.S. Air Force veteran Michael Welsh of Yankton received second place for his essay “Last Sortie of the Day,” while third place essay went to U.S. Navy veteran Douglas Perret Starr of Sioux Falls for “Freeing Prisoners of War.” Second place winner in the video category was Shai Mason, currently serving in the U.S. Air Force and based at Ellsworth, for “Veterans' Story Video.” "There are many benefits for veterans to share their story through creative writing or U.S. Army veteran Stephan Randall of Sioux Falls speaks at the any other humanities driven experience that can encourage VFW during a ceremony for the Veterans Story Contest at the 2019 healing, release or support others," said Connie Johnson, South Dakota Festival of Books. He was declared the winner of the coordinator for Veterans Affairs at SDSU. Johnson is also writing category for his essay “Mountain Climber.” Throughout its history the SDHC has offered programs with resources for military the lone female Purple Heart recipient in North and South veterans who want to write about their experiences. Dakota.

2019 Young Readers One Book Becomes First Lakota Language Selection, Features the Official Indigenous Language of SD During the same year Tatanka and Other Legends of the Lakota People became the first book in the history of the Young Readers program to be made available in both Lakota and English, a bill passed by the South Dakota Legislature made Lakota, Dakota and Nakota the state's official indigenous language. The juxtaposition of the two events in 2019 was fortuitous, as it strengthened the heritage of Native American culture and language in South Dakota. South Dakota is now the third state to adopt an official indigenous language, joining Hawaii and Alaska.

Tatanka, a bind-in of three books authored and illustrated by Oglala Sioux Tribe member and Rapid City resident Donald F. Montileaux, was published by the South Dakota Historical Society Press and distributed to second grade students last spring. Montileaux and his translator, Agnes Gay, recorded an audio version of the book at Rapid City's Flat Iron Recording Studio in early April. Montileaux read the book in English; Gay 2019 Young Readers Author Don Montileaux discusses Tatanka and read it in Lakota. Montileaux was a keynote speaker at the Other Legends of the Lakota People during the Festival of Books. 2020 Young Readers Festival of Books. 20 | FY ‘19 Annual Report: Festival Recap South Dakota Humanities Council

rom gourmet meals to Wild West - Authors from all genres and Fshootouts to moving discussions cultures, including up-and-coming about books, life, and everything author Nick Estes (below, left) in between, readers and writers and renowned writer Elizabeth were treated to an assortment Weekend Cook-Lynn (to his right); illustrator of events during the 17th annual Rebecca Swift (second from right) Festival of Books October 4-6, 2019 in and Sean Covel, a movie producer Deadwood. in the turned children’s author.

Nearly 8,000 session attendees were - A relaxing Sunday conclusion on hand for 122 Festival sessions; the Wild West of the Festival with the Closing Deadwood Mountain Grand Event Luncheon featuring a special Center was packed for presentations gourmet meal by Sean Sherman by authors Megan Phelps-Roper, Kent of The Sioux Chef. The Pine Ridge Nerburn, Craig Johnson and others, native, who spent the majority while patrons gathered en masse at of his teenage years in nearby other venues in town. Spearfish, prepared traditional indigenous cuisine using natural, 2020 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS locally-sourced ingredients. - A moment of connection between SDPB’s Lori Walsh and Phelps-Roper - A Wild West Shootout outside as they empathized with each other the Deadwood Mountain Grand while discussing Phelps-Roper’s between mystery authors Sandra past and its effect on Walsh (Phelps- Brannan and Heather Graham. Roper used to protest military The event, which featured funerals; Walsh is a military veteran). good-natured ribbing between the two Festival presenters - A packed house for Craig Johnson, Attendees - 8,000 (with procedural help from the Deadwood favorite and author local Deadwood Alive troupe), of the popular Longmire novels Authors - 65 culminated with the “death” of that became a television series Brannan, and fun for all! Thank on A&E and Netflix. A young fan Sessions - 122 you to everyone who attended even brought Johnson a picture the 2019 Festival. We will see you he’d drawn of Longmire “land,” and at the 2020 Festival of Books in Johnson signed it. Brookings! WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 FY ‘19 Annual Report: Reading Memories, Festival Award | 21

Remembering Our First Reading Experiences year-long campaign of remembering first reading Aexperiences culminated with the distribution at the Festival of "I Learned to Read at..." stories of lifelong readers' first literary steps. "I Learned to Read at..." encouraged people to share stories of when and where they learned to read, along with donations to help SDHC promote literacy in South Dakota. The stories were assembled for a special publication made available at SDHC's Festival booth. Sample quotes:

"I learned to read at Brookings County District #42 and became a lover of literature in my country school library."

"As a boy growing up poor in Mitchell, there was little to do particularly in the summer months as our family could not afford summer camps or summer sports. Except that our town had a beautiful Carnegie Library, where a boy could enter free of charge and read At right, South Dakota whatever took him away from unpleasantries of life. Humanities Council I read all the Gentlemen Jim Corbett adventure tales executive director Ann of African and Indian hunts, and anything Jack London Barnett Volin on the first day of first grade with wrote." brothers Greg (left) and Mark (right). Her school To request a copy of the publication, please email lunchbox, pictured [email protected] or call 605-688-6113. Literature above, was featured in is needed now more than ever, as the Pew Research the “I Learned to Read Center revealed that in our technology-dominated At...” program that society, 25 percent of American adults did not read shared stories about the first literary steps of a single book in 2018. To help us raise awareness for many adult readers and literacy and money for our programs that encourage writers. reading, please donate at sdhumanities.org/give.

Festival of Books Receives Honors College Award for Community Partnership t its annual Honors Convocation March 28, the Van D. and ABarbara B. Fishback Honors College at South Dakota State University presented its Outstanding Community Partner Award to the Festival of Books in recognition of the opportunities it has offered to SDSU Honors students.

The Festival has helped SDSU students meet acclaimed authors like international bestseller Alice Sebold, whose debut novel, The Lovely Bones, created a literary sensation upon its release and was later made into a major motion picture by director Peter Jackson with a star-studded cast. Sebold spoke to students and members of the public during Festival events on the SDSU campus in 2018. Jennifer Widman, director of the South Dakota Center for the Book and the Festival of Books, accepted the award on behalf of the SDHC.

"We've been so fortunate to collaborate with the SDSU Honors Alice Sebold speaks at the 2018 Festival of Books in an College to provide opportunities for students to hear directly appearance made possible by SDHC’s partnership with SDSU from Pulitzer Prize-winning historians and journalists, best-selling and South Dakota Public Broadcasting. novelists and poets, and many more," she said. 22 | FY ‘19 Annual Report: Donors South Dakota Humanities Council

Fiscal Year 2019 Donors The following individuals and organizations — listed by donation totals — gave to the South Dakota Humanities Council during our Fiscal Year 2019 (Nov. 1, 2018 - Oct. 31, 2019). Thank you to the many generous donors who make possible South Dakota Humanities Council programs and events, including our largest event, the South Dakota Festival of Books. $20,000 and Above

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Your Gift is Crucial! Donations allow us to continue to provide quality humanities programming to South Dakotans.

Mail your donation to: South Dakota Humanities Council 1215 Trail Ridge Road Suite A Brookings, SD 57006

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Thank you to our donors who help make our programs possible. To donate and/or view donors who gave during the beginning of our 2020 fiscal year (Nov. 1, 2019 through Oct. 31, 2020) please visit: sdhumanities.org/give The SDHC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, funded through a combination of grants from private and public sources and large and small gifts from individual donors. Donations are tax-exempt. *Four members of the Council board are appointed by the Governor. WWW.SDHUMANITIES.ORG | (605) 688-6113 FY ‘19 Annual Report: Board of Directors | 25

Board of Directors Volunteer Members Help Guide Programming he South Dakota Humanities Council maintains a Tboard of South Dakotans who set policy, provide guidance and determine programming goals and missions. The board is comprised of volunteers with diverse backgrounds who work in education, finance, business and more; all of them share an interest in the humanities in South Dakota and beyond.

In addition to meeting three times a year at locations throughout the state to help guide SDHC policy and programming, board members often volunteer their time to help at events like the South Dakota Festival of Books — escorting authors, moderating panels and more. Board chair Whitney Rencountre, right, shakes hands with former board member and 2019 Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities award winner Scott Rausch at the 2019 Festival If you are interested in joining the board, please email of Books in Deadwood. [email protected]. The roster is curently full, but each seat has a limited term. 2019-20 South Dakota Humanities Council Board Roster

*Eric Abrahamson, Kathy Antonen, *Bobbie Bohlen, Cathy Clark, Tawa *Darlene Farabee, Principal Historian, Retired English Executive Director, Retired Banker, Ducheneaux, Associate Vantage Point Professor, Grant County Sioux Falls Archivist, Oglala Professor/Chair, Historical Services SDSMT, Development Lakota College, Dept of English at Inc., Rapid City Lake Norden Corp., Milbank Kyle USD, Vermillion

Jerome Freeman, Karen Hall, *Katie Hunhoff, Kelly Kirk, Heidi Kruse, Jay Perry, Chair Neurologist, Author, Publisher, Instructor, Secretary, Elect, Asst Vice Professor at USD, Environmental South Dakota Director of Honors Elementary President for Brandon Engineer, Magazine, Program, BHSU, Librarian & Media Academic Affairs, Rapid City Yankton Spearfish Specialist, Sturgis S.D. Board of Regents, Pierre

Frank Whitney Vonnie Shields, Tamara St. John, Kristi Tornquist, Jerry Wilson, Pommersheim, Rencountre, Chair, Past Chair, Tribal Archivist, Treasurer, Retired Teacher, Emeritus Program Community Sisseton Chief University Writer, USD, Professor, USD, Coordinator, Volunteer, Sioux Librarian & Vermillion Vermillion Rapid City Falls Professor, SDSU, Brookings *Four members of the Council board are appointed by the Governor. Connect with us. SD Stories: Our State’s Heritage Facebook.com/sdhumanities Order today! Call (605) 688-6113 or visit: @sdhumanities (Twitter) sdhumanities.org/SD-stories @sdbookfestival (Instagram) sdhumanities.org (605) 688-6113

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