Defense table and went over and shook Standing Bears hand. That was not all that common in the 1870s either. But from all accounts, it was a pretty magical moment on the corner of 15th and the corner of 15th and dodge on may 2, 1879. I think if you have the proper people what is Standing Bear there are many answers, but there are many who kin toe that he is a the Martin Luther king of native americans. He was, in the minds of many , the and native Americans First civil rights hero this country has ever produced. Ponca see him in that vein. They see him as a civil rights hero,r, is a civil rights who went into the white mans court and be the white man at his own game. Thehis freedom, and started native people on the path that eventually led to indian rights indian citizenship and becoming a part of the dominant culture. Up next, on the cspan cities to her, the letters of will encounter, the university of nebraska graduate and novelist who wrote about frontier life on the great plains. W
[inaudible conversations] and good evening. They give poor joining for our it event for the oregon trail. We got so excited when we read the book at the very beginning we decided to do something fun with the publisher. Here is what we did. We thought we would take the advanced copy to send it on its own Little Journey to independent bookstores. In kansas city we got together then retook get on its own little trail which went to the Indian Mission and the Pioneer Family section and in the old west port to take it there and the scalp statute and we went to the pioneer area there is two pictures of that then we went to the Stock Exchange building behind the cows and we started the of books to put the pictures as it went on his journey. We had customers right notes in the book and put the pictures in their. So that is the book as we shipped it out across the country. We had so much fun we got some great feedback from other booksellers along the way some was a fun project. So now please tel
By either the executive legislative or judicial branches of the federal government has affected you and your life or your community. The competition is open to students in grades six through 12 and students may work alone or in groups of up to three. Contestants are asked to produce a five to seven minute video documentary supporting their chosen topic and to include some cspan programming. That 100,000 in cash prizes will go to 150 students and that the three teachers and the grand prizewinner for the best overall entry will win 5000. The deadline for entry this year is january 20, 2015 and winners will be announced in march. Visit www. Studentcam. Org for more information on this years contest the three branches and you. Today the Senate Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on terror threats, including from global computer hackers, the militant group isis and homegrown terrorists. Officials from the department of Homeland Security, the fbi and the office of the director of Nati
To. One is theres a changing social compact between companies and the work force and companies are increasingly looking for individuals who have some important technical skill which is why Stem Education is so important. We were fortunate to see an 8. 6 increase in our enrollment of students in engineering programs and i think students are realizing that skrg these skills is important because its what employers are looking for. Were talking with james linder, the interim president of the university of nebraska lincoln, part of cspan buss big 10 college tour. We kicked that off this weekend. We will continue next week, a monthlong series here on washington journal talking to University President s about Higher Education issues. We want to get your thoughts as well so weve divided the lines by students, parents, educators and nebraska residents. There they are on your screen. Parents 2025853881, educate orts 2 025853882. Nebraska residents well hear from you, 2025853883. Also send us an
Carrot additionally. One of the things that we dont have enough of are programs or grants that encourage and inspire innovation and new practices and new knowledge about this issue when were placing all of our resources in enforcement and were not complementing that with innovation, then i think were creating a situation where we do have box checking instead of new thinking. I understand what youre saying. I guess what youre saying. One thing thats disappointing to me about this is that we depend on College Campuses for innovation for so many things in our society. You have on a College Campus i dont want to pick on michigan, although i kind of would like to pick on michigan. If you were at kansas, id really like to pick on you. Your system. You have law school. You have a medical school. You are training psychologists and psychiatrists. And social workers. You have every discipline and Academic Excellence in every discipline that is needed to come together on this problem. And you hav