Documentary filmmaker and journalist who has studied and written vastly about Climate Change and fossil fuels. Erika bolstad the personal connection to oil was brought to light and late in late 2009 when her ailing mother unexpectedly received a check for leased mineral rights. They were rights that dated back to 1951, leased by ericas grandfather from the land that his mother had homesteaded in the early 1900s. In north dakota. Ericas great grandmother, anna, was a woman of potential fortune, lost to history with very little photo evidence or writing. In fact, annas husband had committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. In her book windfall, the prairie woman who lost her way and the great granddaughter who found her Erika Bolstad excavates. Her familys buried past and its stark connection to the Promised Land of the american west. Both dad will be joined in conversation tonight by lydia kiesling. Shes the author of the novel the golden state. Tonights event includes a
Written vastly about Climate Change and fossil fuels. Erika bolstad the personal connection to oil was brought to light and late in late 2009 when her ailing mother unexpectedly received a check for leased mineral rights. They were rights that dated back to 1951, leased by ericas grandfather from the land that his mother had homesteaded in the early 1900s. In north dakota. Ericas great grandmother, anna, was a woman of potential fortune, lost to history with very little photo evidence or writing. In fact, annas husband had committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. In her book windfall, the prairie woman who lost her way and the great granddaughter who found her Erika Bolstad excavates. Her familys buried past and its stark connection to the Promised Land of the american west. Both dad will be joined in conversation tonight by lydia kiesling. Shes the author of the novel the golden state. Tonights event includes an audience q a. We ask that you raise your hand during th
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Forward to taking questions and comments from the audience. As you know, we are here because a year ago, almost exactly a year ago today, president obama created the First Ever National park site devoted to reconstruction. As we all know, the United States has dozens of sites , buted to the civil war until january 2017, we had none devoted to reconstruction. Fittingly, the site that was designated was in beaufort, South Carolina. We set up this roundtable to bring together some of the people who played crucial roles in making that happen. Chanceed to give them a to tell us what we should be learning from it, and how historians can be helpful and interesting partners in those processes of improving Public Memorials and other places across the country, and to hear some amazing tales of how it came to be. I am breakdowns, university greg downs, university of california. Quickly do a sound test for this video, so bear with me for one second. Array, we are in good shape. I am from northwest