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SUMMARY:An Evening with El Vaquero
DESCRIPTION:Meet El Vaquero\, America’s first cowboy\, as portrayed by Angel Vigil. A composite of many different historic figures\, El Vaquero is a Spanish colonial cowboy. These cowboys were the first Europeans to ride the open ranges and sleep under the stars. They learned to tame the wild horses of the plains and delivered vast herds of cattle across great distances\, mastering riding\, roping and other skills. \nAngel Vigil is a Colorado Heritage Artist storyteller.who is the author of six award-winning books on Hispanic and Western culture and arts. Vigil’s portrayal of El Vaquero will give color to the enduring American myth of a self-reliant cowboy riding tall in the saddle with an independent spirit representing all that is good in the American character. \n  \n 
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/an-evening-with-el-vaquero-2/
LOCATION:French Memorial Chapel\, Hastings College\, Hastings\, NE\, 68901\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Women's Rights and the Saucy Mrs. Adams
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jessica Downing-Ford\, Chautauqua Scholar \nFive years after Abigail Smith married John Adams\, the American colonies adopted the British law of coverture. This law held that no female person had a legal identity. Married women owned nothing—not even the clothes on their backs. More importantly\, they had no rights over their own bodies\, or custody of the children they bore. \nAbigail’s marriage was based on mutual respect\, and she understood how lucky she was. She witnessed families torn apart by a husband’s drunkenness\, lack of employment\, temper\, and/or money mismanagement. Abigail’s famous ‘remember the ladies’ letter to her husband in which she implores him to “not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands\,” speaks directly to the law of coverture. This was the women’s rights issue of her time—remnants of which still exist in the year 2024.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/womens-rights-and-the-saucy-mrs-adams-2/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Picture Cave: Finding the Divine Within
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Taylor Keen \nPicture Cave is a 1\,300 year old rock art site approximately 60 miles south of present day St. Louis and the former city of Cahokia. Picture Cave was inhabited by the ancestors of the Omaha\, Ponca\, Kansa/Kaw\, Osage and Quapaw tribes\, otherwise known as the Dhegiha. The stories entombed in the rock art detail the first celestial family\, the Great Serpent\, and a mysterious being known as either Morning Star or Redhorn. There is a strong possibility that some of the stories may pertain to another Siouan speaking related group known as the Chirwere\, which includes the Hochunk\, Iowa\, Otoe and Missouri tribes. The site has been of recent controversy by its public auction and sale to an undisclosed buyer. The site may be inhabited by the spirit of the Great Serpent…
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/picture-cave-finding-the-divine-within/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T110000
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SUMMARY:The Origins of American Cowboy Culture
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angel Vigil\, Chautauqua scholar \nWhy are there rodeos? Why are there cowboys? Why are there horses in\nAmerica? Where did the word cowboy come from? The Stetson cowboy hat? Why were there TV shows like Gunsmoke\, The Lone Ranger\, and The Cisco Kid? \nThis fascinating presentation traces cowboy culture’s roots from the open plains of Spain to the establishment of ranching culture in the New World. Angel Vigil describes the role of the Spanish/Mexican vaquero in the establishment of\ntraditional cowboy and ranching practices in the west\, placing the historical and fictional lore of the origins of the American cowboy in the historical context of the vaquero\, the true first cowboy. \n 
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/the-origins-of-american-cowboy-culture-2/
LOCATION:NE
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T140000
DTSTAMP:20260529T183802Z
CREATED:20260529T181252Z
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SUMMARY:"Do Good Women Want This Kind of Freedom?" Nebraska and the Fight for Women's Suffrage
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Catherine Biba\, Associate Professor of History at Hastings College \nWhen the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 granting women the right to vote across the country\, it marked a momentous expansion of American participatory democracy. But the battle to get to this point was long\, contentious\, and complicated; and it looked different in every state in the country. Find out how Nebraskans fought for (and against) women’s right to vote\, and how they responded when suffrage finally arrived. \n(Concurrent session with “Japanese Americans in Nebraska“)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/do-good-women-want-this-kind-of-freedom-nebraska-and-the-fight-for-womens-suffrage/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Japanese-Americans in Nebraska
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Vickie Schaepler\, Coordinator of the Japanese Hall and History Project at Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering\, Nebraska \nFaced by laws targeting only Asians\, Japanese Immigrants began to settle in Nebraska in the early 1900’s. Many came following the railroads but stayed due to opportunities in business and agriculture. They overcame adversity\, brought picture brides\, and their families thrived. Learn of Laws impacting their lives\, the people who would support them and their impact in Nebraska. \n(Concurrent session with “Do Good Women Want This Kind of Freedom“)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/japanese-americans-in-nebraska/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:But\, Who Lived Here in 1491? Indigenous Archaeology in Nebraska
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Rob Bozell\, Retired State Archeologist  \nRob Bozell takes viewers back to the 15th Century\, when Nebraska was populated only by Indigenous peoples. Learn their stories from their perspectives.  \n(Concurrent session with “Lewis and Clark: What Was Their Value Worth? – Seaman\, York\, Sacagawea\, & Pomp Stories”)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/but-who-lived-here-in-1491-indigenous-archaeology-in-nebraska-2/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Lewis and Clark: What Was Their Value Worth? – Seaman\, York\, Sacagawea\, & Pomp Stories
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Renae Hunt\, scholar/educator \nThe Corps of Discovery was a fascinating group of individuals. But there were four members of the corps that were “valuable” but not paid. Hunt discusses these four members and tells stories of their adventures. She also dispels a few myths about these members. This program is appropriate for all ages. \n(Concurrent session with “But\, Who Lived Here in 1491? Indigenous Archaeology in Nebraska“) \n  \n 
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/lewis-and-clark-what-was-their-value-worth-seaman-york-sacagawea-pomp-stories/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T160000
DTSTAMP:20260529T190706Z
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SUMMARY:“We ought to go back to the place we came from in the end”: Nebraska’s Literary History
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Nathan Tye is the Associate Professor of Nebraska and American West History at the University of Nebraska at Kearney \nWriters\, like sandhill cranes\, return to Nebraska for inspiration and sustenance. From the poetry of Don Welch\, Nancy Westerfield\, and James Emanuel to novels of Willa Cather\, Mari Sandoz\, and Wright Morris\, Nebraskans found flight across the printed page. Exploring these and other writers’ works about Nebraska reveals a rich literary history in our midst. \n(Concurrent session with “Nebraska: Weaving a State“)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/we-ought-to-go-back-to-the-place-we-came-from-in-the-end-nebraskas-literary-history/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T150000
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SUMMARY:Nebraska: Weaving a State
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sara Crook\, professor emerita of political science and history\, Peru State College \nThis session will discuss the history and politics of Nebraska’s admittance as the 37th state in the Union. As the first state admitted after the Civil War\, Nebraska not only faced the politics within the state\, but Reconstruction politics as well. \n(Concurrent session with “‘We ought to go back to the place we came from in the end’: Nebraska’s Literary History”)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/nebraska-weaving-a-state-3/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T193000
DTSTAMP:20260529T191429Z
CREATED:20260529T190841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T191429Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Abigail Adams
DESCRIPTION:Abigail Adams played an important role in the founding of this nation. She and her husband\, John Adams\, were intellectual equals who discussed the complex issues of founding a nation together. She wrote him many letters that contained her astute advice while he worked with other patriots. \nPresented by Jessica Downing-Ford
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/an-evening-with-abigail-adams-3/
LOCATION:French Memorial Chapel\, Hastings College\, Hastings\, NE\, 68901\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T203000
DTSTAMP:20260529T191137Z
CREATED:20260529T191036Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Chief Big Elk
DESCRIPTION:Big Elk was chief of the Omaha Tribe during the 1800s. As the expanding U.S. threatened First Peoples\, he sought ways to protect his tribe and their culture from obliteration. He created alliances and attempted to prepare for a future that he thought depended on a closer relationship with the U.S. \nChief Big Elk will be presented by his great-great-great-great-great-grandson\, Taylor Keen. \nAudience members will be able to ask questions first of Chief Big Elk and then of Taylor Keen.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/an-evening-with-chief-big-elk-2/
LOCATION:French Memorial Chapel\, Hastings College\, Hastings\, NE\, 68901\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260731T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260731T193000
DTSTAMP:20260731T165655Z
CREATED:20260513T161014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T165655Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Problematic Legacy: Examining Race and Stereotypes in the Hastings Museum Collection
DESCRIPTION:Curators Sarah Minshew and Russanne Hoff will take visitors on a tour of the Hastings Museum highlighting items with problematic legacy. Participants will be invited to think about the ethics of objects that are on display\, multiple viewpoints of having these items on display\, and the difficult decisions museums make every day about preservation\, representation\, and education. \nDue to the sensitive subject matter\, this is a 21+ event. 
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/problematic-legacy-examining-race-and-stereotypes-in-the-hastings-museum-collection/
LOCATION:Hastings Museum\, 1330 N. Burlington Ave.\, Hastings\, NE\, 68901\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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