States. From been revered in early being prevented, a disease that science will one day cure. Of author is the founder boomers 3. 0 a Consultancy Firm that advocates or more positive outlooks on aging. It includes meaningful relationships with baby boomers and our youth obsessed culture. He holds a phd and american studies and ama and english from the university of minnesota. As well mba from the university of georgia, he is also a Smithsonian Institute fellow. He has written for the new york times, the atlantic, the washington post, and has made recent appearances on npr and cbc radio. Please give a big warm welcome, we welcome him back here. [applause] thank you for coming everybody. First things first, i want to ask, how many people think about aging . They think that they are getting older . [laughter] it is just not on your radar. You do not think about it . You dont think about it much . Ok. For those people who do think about it, do you think about it in a positive way . How man
Mandan people she brings to , life the culture and challenges faced by this Indian Nation that made its home along the Missouri River in north dakota, from 1100 to 1845. The pulitzer judges called her work, quote, an engrossing original narrative showing the mandan, a native american type in the dakotas as a people with a history. She spent 12 years working on this book. Elizabeth fenn joined the university of colorado, boulder faculty in 2012 and also the faculty affiliate of the department of ethnic studies. She previously taught at Duke University and at yale and earned her phd at yale university. She specializes in the early American West focusing on epidemic disease, native american and environment all al history. Her 2001 book, pox americana, the great smallpox academic epidemic of 177582 unearthed a devastating effect of a smallpox epidemic that went through the north American Continent during the years of the american revolution. She is now at work on unaccented expensive exten
Thank you all for coming. It is a privilege to share this most american of stories with you. Some of you may feel disconcerted as you look at the title of my book. Because you are not quite sure who the mandan indians are. Familiarot have that , or comanche or seminole. But i want to put you at ease because in fact you do know about the mandan. And the reason you know about them is because, the explorers lewis and clark in their era of discovery, spent the winter of 1804 and 1805 among the mandan on the outbound portion of their famous transcontinental journey. Were earth dwellers and they lived on the Missouri River in the middle of what we now know as north dakota and they continue to live there to the present day. The mandan and their ancestors had made their homes at what they called the heart of the world, the confluence of the heart and Missouri Rivers since around the year 1300. The mandan occupied a distinctive ecological niche. They grew corn in tremendous quantities despite l
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