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  • Guadalupe Dancers

    Midwest Theater 1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE, United States

    Enjoy traditional music while the Guadalupe Dancers perform! The Los Guadalupanos is a Traditional Mexican Folklore dance group out of Western Nebraska.

  • Meet El Vaquero: America’s First Cowboy

    Midwest Theater 1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE, United States

    Free family fun with an educational thread! El Vaquero is a conglomeration of many different cowboys who first roamed the continent. You'll be enthralled as he is brought to life by Angel Vigil. Audience members will be invited to ask questions of El Vaquero, as well as Angel Vigil.

  • Women’s Rights and the Saucy Mrs. Adams

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    Five 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 […]

  • Sacred Seed: Reviving Indigenous Agricultural Lifeways

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    Seed is sacred to the First Peoples of this land. Taylor Keen shares his 10 year journey to reclaim his Omaha tribal seeds and the teachings afforded by the Plant […]

  • The Origins of American Cowboy Culture

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    Why are there rodeos? Why are there cowboys? Why are there horses in America? Where did the word cowboy come from? The Stetson cowboy hat? Why were there TV shows […]

  • “Ins” & “Outs” of the Nebraska Hall of Fame

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    This session will discuss the various Nebraskans, some well-known and some lesser-known individuals, who have shaped the history and culture of our state. Presented by Dr. Sara Crook, Professor Emeritus, […]

  • Mexican-Americans in Nebraska

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    A full 150 years before the first pioneer families entered Nebraska territory, Mexican traders, soldiers and explorers left their imprint on the land and its culture. This presentation takes you […]

  • Ancient People on the Plains

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    Speaker: Dr. Steven P. Howard, PhD Dr. Howard, director  of the Archaeology and Anthropology department at Eastern Wyoming College will provide a brief synopsis of what is known about peoples […]

  • Storytelling in the Hispanic Tradtion

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    An experienced storyteller, Linda Garcia-Perez draws on her experiences as a young girl in Omaha’s Mexican-American barrio. Her stories convey a universal message of humor, wonder and tradition. This program […]

  • Nebraska: Weaving a State

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    This 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 […]

  • Unseen Pioneers

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    This program takes a look at black American influences in the early west, and at the movement of freed blacks after the civil war as they move into and settle in the west. We will look at black settlements in the plains and the causes for their ultimate demise. This program is not a broad […]

  • An Evening with Abigail Adams

    Midwest Theater 1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE, United States

    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 […]

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