The 2023 Pilster Great Plains Lecture & Sandoz Symposium will take place Sept. 28-30 on the campus of Chadron State College in Chadron. On Saturday morning, an informal coffee and discussion featuring Tony Malmberg of Union, OR, as discussion leader and Shannon Smith, Mari Sandoz Heritage Society President, as moderator will take place at The Bean Broker.

Tony Malmberg is the author of the book Green Grass in the Spring: A Cowboy’s Guide to Saving the World.

Mari Sandoz, 1896-1966, is celebrated for her histories of the Native Americans and homesteaders living on the High Plains. While Ms. Sandoz lived and wrote in Lincoln, Denver and New York City, the subject comprising the bulk of her work was the place and the people of the High Plains where she had been born and raised, where she centered her research and gained insights into the events and personalities that populate her histories. This event will look at the High Plains and its natural and human history in hopes to create increased interest in looking more deeply into this history and attendees own local or regional stories both individually and in group settings.