Elliot west is the alumni distinguished professor of history emeritus at the u of a. He earned his ph. D. At the university of colorado and the story that we hear is that he went to colorado study the history of the american south, but he was told they dont do that at university of colorado. And so he said so. Instead, he went on to become one of the leading scholars of the American West. He has written nine scholarly books, the last indian war, the nez pares story, the essential west. Hes won numerous prizes for his research, including the casey prize from the western historical association, the Francis Parkman prize from the society of american historians and the billington from the organization of american, those of you that have the good fortune to have been in class with him know that he is an outstanding teacher. Hes been recognized with the sec faculty Achievement Award arkansas professor of the year recognition from the carnegie foundation, and he was also named a finalist for
Together. Im grateful to have been and katrina and all of you for this wonderful most really full program and worthy of the David Stockman tradition. Anyway, when i was growing up on small town montana, pretty rural and a community picnic, one time, the sole timer who was a homesteader. We back when was reminiscing about the family farm in wisconsin, and i asked how come he moved out to montana . And he said, well, there was free land out here and land was 20 an acre back in wisconsin. So he said he came out here for free land, which was the most expensive land he ever bought. So this panel was a dream of mine. Amy lauter is going to talk about the free land, socalled free land and i ive been looking for years and my search of 19th century illustrated stereotypes or stereotype ups of. And we have a panelist today who has figured out how to get a handle on that, which i never did. And so im excited about that as well. Hes our second presenter. The john coward our third presenter is the
Nonprofit and mission is of course to preserve and share treasures of colorados early history. And most of what we do focuses on the early of the first half of the 19th century. And that makes marx lecture that much appropriate to us and we have begun to read a land acknowledgment statement which id like to read to you for our imaginations, who call colorado home, since its in 1999, this Historic Centers Mission Statement has recognized and celebrated native American Indian cultures tesoro, a signature annual june created in 2000, is the indian and powwow celebrating todays American Indian nations and featuring award artists and intertribal powwow competitors. American indian patriots who fought bravely in american wars and many of colorado indian nations are honored at this event, this public reaches thousands of visitors. Tesoro acknowledges the forbidden the ute nations, the kiowa, southern and northern cheyenne, the southern and northern arapaho, the pawnee, the lakota and many oth
Talked about the daytoday workings of the presidency including the history making moments he witnessed. Exploring the american stories. Watch American History tv saturdays on cspa and find a full schedule und Program Guide watch online anytime at cspan. Org history. Elliott west is alumni dismiss professor of history emeritus at the u of a work he earned his phd at the university of colorado. And history that we hear is that to colorado to study the history of thehe American South, but he was told they dont do that at the university of colorado, and so he said okay so instead he went on to become one of the leading scholars of the American West. He has written nine scholarly books including the last indian war, the essential west. Hes won numerous prizes for his research including the price of the western historical association, the Francis Hartman priced from the society of american historians, and the billington price from the organization of american historians. Those of you who hav
I sue and i am the managing director at tesoro cultural center, which is a501c3 nonprofit and mission is of course to preserve and share treasures of colorados early history. And most of what we do focuses on the early of the first half of the 19th century. And that makes marx lecture that much appropriate to us and we have begun to read a land acknowledgment statement which id like to read to you for our imaginations, who call colorado home, since its in 1999, this Historic Centers Mission Statement has recognized and celebrated native American Indian cultures tesoro, a signature annual june created in 2000, is the indian and powwow celebrating todays American Indian nations and featuring award artists and intertribal powwow competitors. American indian patriots who fought bravely in american wars and many of colorado indian nations are honored at this event, this public reaches thousands of visitors. Tesoro acknowledges the forbidden the ute nations, the kiowa, southern and northern