Meadowlark Hearth Living Environment Foundation is hosting an Archaeology Fair at Legacy of the Plains Museum. The event is free and open to the public. Activities include: • Friction Fire-Making • Flintknapping • Arrow Making • Atlatl Throwing • Cordage and Basketry • Ochre Hand-Spray Art • Seed Processing
Speaker: Fred Nielsen Sponsored by the Legacy of the Plains Museum
Circle Theatre invites the Gering and Scottsbluff community to a full day of creativity and cultural exploration with Momotaro at Legacy of the Plains Museum, a hands-on workshop celebrating Japanese arts, folklore, and performance. This engaging event, inspired by the beloved Japanese folktale of Momotaro and led by artists of all abilities, will run from 9:00 a.m. to […]
Novelist and humanities scholar Alison Moore and singer/songwriter Phil Lancaster have combined audio visual elements, historical fiction and musical ballads into a collaborative performance that brings the Orphan Train movement, a largely-unknown chapter in American history, to public awareness. The presentation tells the story of the 250,000 orphans and unwanted children who were put on […]
Speaker: Jerome Kills Small Sponsored by the Meadowlark Hearth Living Environment Foundation
Speaker: Jerome Kills Small Sponsored by the Meadowlark Hearth Living Environment Foundation
Meadowlark Hearth Living Environment Foundation is partnering with Legacy of the Plains Museum to bring an archaeology fair to Gering. This free, family-friendly educational event will run from 11 am to 3 p.m., with guided tours being offered at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Activities will include: friction fire making, flintknapping, arrow making, atlatl throwing, […]
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 […]
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 faced the politics within the state, but Reconstruction politics as well. Presented by Dr. Sara Crook, Professor Emeritus, Peru State College This talk will be […]
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 is appropriate for all ages. This presentation will be given in the East Room.
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 that lived in this region prior to contact, and a discussion of developments during and after the Contact Period.
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 along on a journey of exploration that began in 1720 and continues in Nebraska to this very day. Presented by José Garcia This presentation will […]
