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September 22-25, 2016 in Brookings

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    Women Warriors

    September 8, 2016

    WRITING AND teaching have been the lifework of Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. Her stories come from childhood experiences on the Rosebud Reservation. Continue Reading

  2. thumbnail image for blog post: Understanding Middle Eastern Tumult

    Understanding Middle Eastern Tumult

    August 25, 2016

    A revolution in Tunisia in December of 2010 is seen today as the beginning of the Arab Spring, a series of riots, revolts and protests that swept through the Arab world. Marc Lynch wrote about the upheaval in, The Arab Uprising. Continue Reading

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    Seeking Hugh Glass

    August 18, 2016

    Last winter’s blockbuster movie The Revenant brought renewed attention to the story of frontiersman Hugh Glass and his near-fatal encounter with a grizzly bear near present-day Lemmon in 1823. Continue Reading

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    Ted Kooser: A Poet of Connection

    August 15, 2016

    “One of my mother’s Moser uncles had raised, from a seed, in a copper laundry boiler, a little lemon tree that as it had grown had twisted this way and that, trying to escape those bone-cold Iowa… Continue Reading

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Programs & Events

27
Sep
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
27
Sep
Young Readers Festival Events - YR One Book Keynote, Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Rapid City
5:30 pm | Rapid City Public Library
28
Sep
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
29
Sep
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
29
Sep
"Some Luck" Discussion, Deadwood
6:00 pm | Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center
30
Sep
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
30
Sep
Hugh Glass Grizzly Survivor, Watertown
12:15 pm | Watertown Event Center
1
Oct
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
2
Oct
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
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South Dakota Humanities Council

The South Dakota Humanities Council (SDHC), founded in 1972 in response to an act of Congress, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and the only cultural organization in the state whose sole mission is to deliver humanities programming to the people of South Dakota. Our vision is to "lead statewide advocacy for the humanities, working with other partners to foster literary and civic engagement." This programming vision forms the core mission:

The South Dakota Humanities Council celebrates literature, promotes civil conversation, and tells the stories that define our state.

It’s technology married with liberal arts, humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing.
- Steve Jobs (the late founder and CEO, Apple)