An hour-long program narrating the life of Badger Clark interspersed with many of his poems set to music.

Scholar: Pegie Douglas

Sponsored By:Black Hills Retired School Personnel

For more information, contact:Vicki Sterling <vicki.sterling@dsu.edu>

NOTE: This event takes place at 12:00 pm Mountain Time.
See below for Zoom registration.

The Monthly Lakota Cultural & Language Instruction will provide cultural teachings and discussions to encourage cultural identity development among indigenous youth and families. These teachings will strengthen families by learning Lakota language, cultural practices, creativity, and lifeways to promote healing, harmony and Wolakota (peace/balance) among families, and support the social, emotional, and cultural development of the Wakanyela (children). Based on Lakota values and ways of knowing and being, this series encourage understanding and awareness of Lakota culture for all community members, in order to better serve indigenous families.

Register for Zoom Webinar here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qdnCdgFLSHCK9CSCNI2aNw

Scholar: Richard Two Dogs

Sponsored by: Friends of the Children – He Sapa

For more information, contact Trivia Afraid of Lightning-Craddock <tcraddock@friendshesapa.org>

The Poetry on the Road project consists of a series of monthly poetry readings around the state over the course of a year. At each location, South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS) members from that area will participate. The readings by SDSPS member poets will be followed by a Q & A session and an open mic, during which any area poets will be invited to sign up and read their work.

Scholars: Matt Miller, Steve Point, Dana Yost

Sponsored by: The South Dakota State Poetry Society

For more information, visithttps://sdpoetry.org/poetry-on-the-road/or contact: Dana Yost <indyed2003@yahoo.com>

George Seamon, South Dakota’s State Librarian, joins SDHC Scholar Lawrence Diggs for a conversation about the roles that libraries play in today’s digital world.

Zoom Link

Scholar: Lawrence Diggs withGeorge Seamon

Sponsored By: South Dakota Humanities Council

Please let us know what you thought of the program!
https://sdhumanities.wufoo.com/forms/r10zvgvg124kfm2/

Program covering 150 years of quilt making in South Dakota and Nebraska. Also touching on flour sacks and their use in quilting and garment sewing in the thirties. Will also offer a free-will offering lunch after /before the program.
The community Christmas Tea is an annual event at the Custer Community Church, the church first organized in 1882. Traditionally, the event includes a featured speaker and musical selections. An elegant assortment of cookies and tea sandwiches concludes the event for the audience of both women and men. This is one of the highlights of the holiday season in Custer SD.

Scholar: Yvonne Hollenbeck

Sponsored by: Custer Community Church

For more information, contact:Lois S. Wells <bilo@gwtc.net>

Anarration of the life of Hank Williams, Sr. interspersed with many of his songs. Live performance.

Scholar: Pegie (Margaret) Douglas

Sponsored by: Rapid City Public Library

For more information, contact:
Aly Quinn <aquinn@rcplib.org>

Daughter Tianna (Owner) and father Guss (Tour Guide Specialist) join SDHC Scholar Lawrence Diggs to highlight their organization which focuses on sharing the stories and traditions of the Lakota people to foster a greater understanding, appreciation, and respect for the Indigenous culture and promote cross-cultural exchanges of understanding, compassion, and acceptance.

Zoom Link

Scholar: Lawrence Diggs withTianna and Guss Yellow Hair

Sponsored By: South Dakota Humanities Council

Please let us know what you thought of the program!
https://sdhumanities.wufoo.com/forms/r10zvgvg124kfm2/

Author Chuck Raasch joins SDHC Scholar Lawrence Diggs for a conversation about his latest book.

Zoom Link

Scholar: Lawrence Diggs withChuck Raasch

Sponsored By: South Dakota Humanities Council

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David Bordewyk, Executive Director of the South Dakota Newspaper Association, joins SDHC Scholar Lawrence Diggs for a conversation about the role that newspapers play in supporting the humanities.

Zoom Link

Scholar: Lawrence Diggs withDavid Bordewyk

Sponsored By: South Dakota Humanities Council

Please let us know what you thought of the program!
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2023 One Book South Dakota
A haunting novel spanning several generations, Wilson’s The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family’s struggle to preserve their way of life. Its main character, Rosalie Iron Wing, draws strength from the knowledge that she is descended from women with souls of iron, women who have protected their families, their traditions, and a precious cache of seeds through generations of hardship and loss.

Sponsored by: Wessington Public Library

For more information, contact:Donna Runge <wesspublib@venturecomm.net>

2023 One Book South Dakota
A haunting novel spanning several generations, Wilson’s The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family’s struggle to preserve their way of life. Its main character, Rosalie Iron Wing, draws strength from the knowledge that she is descended from women with souls of iron, women who have protected their families, their traditions, and a precious cache of seeds through generations of hardship and loss.

Sponsored by: Lillian Greenbaum Book Club

For more information, contact:Lillian Greenbaum <greenbaum@brookings.net>

Fanebust’s title book deals with the tragic American experience of 16-year-old Agnes Polreis, an immigrant from Austria-Hungary who died June 1, 1906, at the Sioux Falls Hospital. Agnes had been employed as the live-in maid of Emma Kaufmann who was arrested for murder after it was discovered that Agnes had been buried with forty-nine wounds on her body. There were two trials amid scandalous national newspaper coverage.

Scholar: Wayne Fanebust

Sponsored by: Moody County Historical Society

For more information, contact:Caitlyn Drietz <mchsmus@gmail.com>

NOTE: This event takes place at 12:00 pm Mountain Time.
See below for Zoom registration.

The Monthly Lakota Cultural & Language Instruction will provide cultural teachings and discussions to encourage cultural identity development among indigenous youth and families. These teachings will strengthen families by learning Lakota language, cultural practices, creativity, and lifeways to promote healing, harmony and Wolakota (peace/balance) among families, and support the social, emotional, and cultural development of the Wakanyela (children). Based on Lakota values and ways of knowing and being, this series encourage understanding and awareness of Lakota culture for all community members, in order to better serve indigenous families.

Register for Zoom Webinar here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fMBS1C0yTTqlH9-Em7EdBg

Scholar: Richard Two Dogs

Sponsored by: Friends of the Children – He Sapa

For more information, contact Trivia Afraid of Lightning-Craddock <tcraddock@friendshesapa.org>

2023 One Book South Dakota
A haunting novel spanning several generations, Wilson’s The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family’s struggle to preserve their way of life. Its main character, Rosalie Iron Wing, draws strength from the knowledge that she is descended from women with souls of iron, women who have protected their families, their traditions, and a precious cache of seeds through generations of hardship and loss.

Scholar: Molly Barari

Sponsored by: Hill City Public Library

For more information, contact:
Tammy Alexander <hcpubliclibrary@hillcitysd.org>

The Poetry on the Road project consists of a series of monthly poetry readings around the state over the course of a year. At each location, South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS) members from that area will participate. The readings by SDSPS member poets will be followed by a Q & A session and an open mic, during which any area poets will be invited to sign up and read their work.

Scholars: Marcella Remund, Barbara Duffey

Sponsored by: The South Dakota State Poetry Society

For more information, visithttps://sdpoetry.org/poetry-on-the-road/or contact: Dana Yost <indyed2003@yahoo.com>

2023 One Book South Dakota
A haunting novel spanning several generations, Wilson’s The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family’s struggle to preserve their way of life. Its main character, Rosalie Iron Wing, draws strength from the knowledge that she is descended from women with souls of iron, women who have protected their families, their traditions, and a precious cache of seeds through generations of hardship and loss.

Sponsored by: Lillian Greenbaum Book Club

For more information, contact: Lillian Greenbaum <greenbaum@brookings.net>

NOTE: This event takes place at 12:00 pm Mountain Time.
See below for Zoom registration.

The Monthly Lakota Cultural & Language Instruction will provide cultural teachings and discussions to encourage cultural identity development among indigenous youth and families. These teachings will strengthen families by learning Lakota language, cultural practices, creativity, and lifeways to promote healing, harmony and Wolakota (peace/balance) among families, and support the social, emotional, and cultural development of the Wakanyela (children). Based on Lakota values and ways of knowing and being, this series encourage understanding and awareness of Lakota culture for all community members, in order to better serve indigenous families.

Register for Zoom Webinar here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OVTV3MU9Q2O7SeHfe6hHbQ

Scholar: Richard Two Dogs

Sponsored by: Friends of the Children – He Sapa

For more information, contact Trivia Afraid of Lightning-Craddock <tcraddock@friendshesapa.org>

Program covering 150 years of quilt making in South Dakota and Nebraska. Also touching on flour sacks and their use in quilting and garment sewing in the thirties. Will also offer a free-will offering lunch after /before the program.
The community Christmas Tea is an annual event at the Custer Community Church, the church first organized in 1882. Traditionally, the event includes a featured speaker and musical selections. An elegant assortment of cookies and tea sandwiches concludes the event for the audience of both women and men. This is one of the highlights of the holiday season in Custer SD.

Scholar: Yvonne Hollenbeck

Sponsored by: Viborg Public Library

For more information, contact:Becky Nutley <vpsdlibrary@gmail.com>

The Poetry on the Road project consists of a series of monthly poetry readings around the state over the course of a year. At each location, South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS) members from that area will participate. The readings by SDSPS member poets will be followed by a Q & A session and an open mic, during which any area poets will be invited to sign up and read their work.

Scholars: Marcella Remund, Betty Beer, Jodi Andrews, Erika Saunders

Sponsored by: The South Dakota State Poetry Society

For more information, visithttps://sdpoetry.org/poetry-on-the-road/or contact: Dana Yost <indyed2003@yahoo.com>

NOTE: This event takes place at 12:00 pm Mountain Time.
See below for Zoom registration.

The Monthly Lakota Cultural & Language Instruction will provide cultural teachings and discussions to encourage cultural identity development among indigenous youth and families. These teachings will strengthen families by learning Lakota language, cultural practices, creativity, and lifeways to promote healing, harmony and Wolakota (peace/balance) among families, and support the social, emotional, and cultural development of the Wakanyela (children). Based on Lakota values and ways of knowing and being, this series encourage understanding and awareness of Lakota culture for all community members, in order to better serve indigenous families.

Register for Zoom Webinar here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zxfV9LEyRty5yYQTctXtZw

Scholar: Richard Two Dogs

Sponsored by: Friends of the Children – He Sapa

For more information, contact Trivia Afraid of Lightning-Craddock <tcraddock@friendshesapa.org>

Dispelling the myth that comics are for kids, this discussion will take readers from the magical childhood worlds of Mo Willems (Pigeon and Elephant & Piggie series) Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants, Dog Man) to the young reader adventures of Judd Winnick’s HiLo, & Jeff Smith’s Bone; on through the traditional mythologies, super heroics and New York Times best selling, Tony Winning and Pulitzer prize winning comic books from Authors Gaiman, Willingham, Spiegelman, Bechdel, Moore, Lewis and others.

Scholar: Shane Gerlach

Sponsored by: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

For more information, contact: Thea Miller Ryan <thea.ryan@usd.edu>

NOTE: This event takes place from 1:00-3:00 pm Mountain Time.

The Poetry on the Road project consists of a series of monthly poetry readings around the state over the course of a year. At each location, South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS) members from that area will participate. The readings by SDSPS member poets will be followed by a Q & A session and an open mic, during which any area poets will be invited to sign up and read their work.

Scholars: Jean Helmer, Holly Moseley, Bruce Roseland

Sponsored by: The South Dakota State Poetry Society

For more information, visithttps://sdpoetry.org/poetry-on-the-road/or contact: Dana Yost <indyed2003@yahoo.com>

The Poetry on the Road project consists of a series of monthly poetry readings around the state over the course of a year. At each location, South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS) members from that area will participate. The readings by SDSPS member poets will be followed by a Q & A session and an open mic, during which any area poets will be invited to sign up and read their work.

Scholars: John Nelson, Bruce Roseland

Sponsored by: The South Dakota State Poetry Society

For more information, visithttps://sdpoetry.org/poetry-on-the-road/or contact: Dana Yost <indyed2003@yahoo.com>

NOTE: This event takes place at 12:00 pm Mountain Time.
See below for Zoom registration.

The Monthly Lakota Cultural & Language Instruction will provide cultural teachings and discussions to encourage cultural identity development among indigenous youth and families. These teachings will strengthen families by learning Lakota language, cultural practices, creativity, and lifeways to promote healing, harmony and Wolakota (peace/balance) among families, and support the social, emotional, and cultural development of the Wakanyela (children). Based on Lakota values and ways of knowing and being, this series encourage understanding and awareness of Lakota culture for all community members, in order to better serve indigenous families.

Register for Zoom Webinar here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NSnvx4Z8T1W98kFyvjy1ag

Scholar: Richard Two Dogs

Sponsored by: Friends of the Children – He Sapa

For more information, contact Trivia Afraid of Lightning-Craddock <tcraddock@friendshesapa.org>

The Poetry on the Road project consists of a series of monthly poetry readings around the state over the course of a year. At each location, South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS) members from that area will participate. The readings by SDSPS member poets will be followed by a Q & A session and an open mic, during which any area poets will be invited to sign up and read their work.

Scholars: Pen Pearson, Lysbeth Benkert, Marcella Remund

Sponsored by: The South Dakota State Poetry Society

For more information, visithttps://sdpoetry.org/poetry-on-the-road/or contact: Dana Yost <indyed2003@yahoo.com>

The Poetry on the Road project consists of a series of monthly poetry readings around the state over the course of a year. At each location, South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS) members from that area will participate. The readings by SDSPS member poets will be followed by a Q & A session and an open mic, during which any area poets will be invited to sign up and read their work.

Scholars: John Nelson, Marcella Remund, Bruce Roseland

Sponsored by: The South Dakota State Poetry Society

For more information, visithttps://sdpoetry.org/poetry-on-the-road/or contact: Dana Yost <indyed2003@yahoo.com>

NOTE: This event takes place at 12:00 pm Mountain Time.
See below for Zoom registration.

The Monthly Lakota Cultural & Language Instruction will provide cultural teachings and discussions to encourage cultural identity development among indigenous youth and families. These teachings will strengthen families by learning Lakota language, cultural practices, creativity, and lifeways to promote healing, harmony and Wolakota (peace/balance) among families, and support the social, emotional, and cultural development of the Wakanyela (children). Based on Lakota values and ways of knowing and being, this series encourage understanding and awareness of Lakota culture for all community members, in order to better serve indigenous families.

Register for Zoom Webinar here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IvqCR3yGTkeouA0kXcEduQ

Scholar: Richard Two Dogs

Sponsored by: Friends of the Children – He Sapa

For more information, contact Trivia Afraid of Lightning-Craddock <tcraddock@friendshesapa.org>

NOTE: This event takes place at 12:00 pm Mountain Time.
See below for Zoom registration.

The Monthly Lakota Cultural & Language Instruction will provide cultural teachings and discussions to encourage cultural identity development among indigenous youth and families. These teachings will strengthen families by learning Lakota language, cultural practices, creativity, and lifeways to promote healing, harmony and Wolakota (peace/balance) among families, and support the social, emotional, and cultural development of the Wakanyela (children). Based on Lakota values and ways of knowing and being, this series encourage understanding and awareness of Lakota culture for all community members, in order to better serve indigenous families.

Register for Zoom Webinar here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GITQDXGdQRirYTYD0-uSxQ

Scholar: Richard Two Dogs

Sponsored by: Friends of the Children – He Sapa

For more information, contact Trivia Afraid of Lightning-Craddock <tcraddock@friendshesapa.org>