Exhibit: Relative Position, The Sculptural Beadwork of Molly Murphy Adams
The 2013 Center for Great Plains Studies Symposium: See the photos
Great Plains Art Museum and Center participating in Give to Lincoln Day
Top 50 Ecotourism Sites in the Great Plains digital map released
Give to Lincoln Day
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The Center for Great Plains Studies
and the Great Plains Art Museum will
participate in Give to Lincoln Day
May 16, 2013
Give To Lincoln Day is your chance to make a real impact on Lincoln’s quality of life. Together, we have the power to raise thousands of dollars to support Lincoln’s nonprofit organizations
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About the day
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See the Center's page
Upcoming Events
If you need an accommodation, please call 402/472-3964.
Ongoing Exhibits
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April 23 — May 26
Artist in residence
Sculptural beadwork
Current Issue
Volume 33, No. 1
(Winter 2013)
News & Notes
Great Plains Dinstinguished book prize winner
"Blackfoot Redemption: A Blood Indian's Story of Murder, Confinement and Imperfect Justice" by William E. Farr is this year's winner of the Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize. It was published in 2012 by the University of Oklahoma Press. Farr's book reconstructs the events of a Canadian Blackfoot called Spopee who shot and killed a white man in 1879. Through the narrative, he reveals a larger story about race and prejudice as the transition to reservations began. More about the book prize here.
2013 Great Plains Graduate Fellows chosen
The Center for Great Plains Studies has appointed eight UNL graduate students to its Graduate Fellows Program. The program is a place for selected students to work, meet, obtain support, learn from fellow students, engage with the Center faculty and staff, benefit from the Center's resources and progress in their studies. The students (the second round to be accepted since the program’s beginning last year) are Mikal Brotnov, William England, Joshua Ewalt, Kent Fricke, Nora Greiman, Joe Hamm, Jason Hertz and Kristin Sorensen. Click here for contact info and more about the students' work.
2013 symposium photos and news coverage
Educators, researchers and interested parties from across the region attended the Center's Annual Symposium this year in Kearney. See photos from the event here. And check out the coverage of the event in the Kearney Hub, 10/11 News, KHAS-TV 5 and the Omaha World Herald.
Wes Jackson speaks at Center
Life Magazine predicted that Wes Jackson will be among the 100 "most important Americans of the 20th Century," a listing based on his work since founding The Land Institute. Jackson has pioneered the technique of Natural Systems Agriculture -- an agriculture informed by nature that preserves biodiversity. His public talk will be available on-demand a few days after Jackson's visit. See the press release for more information.
Journal award winners announced
The 2012 Frederick C. Luebke Award for Great Plains Quarterly has been given to Harvey Markowitz, Department of Anthropology at Washington and Lee University. For Great Plains Research, the Charles E. Bessey Award for the best natural science article in 2012 goes to Sharon N. Kahara, Department of Natural Resource Managment and Steven R. Chipps, U.S. Geological Survey. Leslie Hewes Award for the best social science article in 2012 goes to Robert Pahre, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read the release here.
Classroom reservations for Artist-in-Residence
The Great Plains Art Museum is now taking classroom reservations for our 2013 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence Molly Murphy Adams. Molly will be performing her beadwork creation live, there will be interactive beadwork activities for all age groups, and a solo exhibition of Molly's work titled "Relative Position: The Sculptural Beadwork of Molly Murphy Adams." If you want to schedule your group for April 23-May 3, contact Amber Mohr at 402-472-0599.
Top 50 Ecotourism Sites in the Great Plains
Last year, we surveyed 51 naturalists in nine states to determine the top 50 ecotourism sites in the Great Plains and produced a print map. Now, an interactive map of the sites is available online here. Be an ecotourist! Check out the map and help us fill in the photos.
Recently Published Books About the Great Plains
Gary Willson named
Editor of Great Plains Research
Gary D. Willson has accepted an appointment as editor for Great Plains Research, a social and natural sciences journal published by the University of Nebraska's Center for Great Plains Studies. He replaces Robert F. Diffendal Jr., who led the journal for nine years.