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Reconciling Genoa: A Historiography Of The Genoa Indian Industrial School, Andrea Huebner
Reconciling Genoa: A Historiography Of The Genoa Indian Industrial School, Andrea Huebner
Graduate Review
In 1884, the Genoa Indian Industrial School was established to aid in the assimilation of Native American students. Schools, like Genoa Indian Industrial School, were originally considered successful but as historians uncovered abuse and unsafe living conditions the narratives surrounding the schools changed. This paper builds looks directly at how historians’ interpretation of the Genoa Indian Industrial School has changed over time. This contributes to a deeper understanding of how important it is to continue re-evaluating events throughout history.
Shadowlands, James C. Schaap
Beautiful Dannebrog, Nebraska, Christie Jensen Gehringer
Beautiful Dannebrog, Nebraska, Christie Jensen Gehringer
The Bridge
In June, a yearly festival is held in Dannebrog, Nebraska, in conjunction with Grundlovsdag (Danish Constitution Day). The festival, which observes Denmark’s independence and honors the town of Dannebrog, named for Denmark’s flag, began in 1987. Dannebrog celebrates its Danish Days, known as Grundlovsfest, every year during the first weekend in June; however, the festival was previously held from the late 1800s through the 1930s when it was called Gorbennad (Dannebrog spelled backwards). Driving down the main street in Dannebrog today one can find an antique store, an ice cream shop, and a bakery, which showcase the town’s Danish …
Little Denmark In Nebraska, David Hendee
Little Denmark In Nebraska, David Hendee
The Bridge
No charming Old World architecture. No Main Street decorated with Danish flags flapping in the breeze. No annual ethnic festival celebrating Danish roots. And it can’t be found on a map. But a small cluster of farms and ranches carved out of the prairie by Danish immigrants in sparsely settled western Nebraska in the late nineteenth century has maintained its identity as “Little Denmark” long after the homesteaders and their families assimilated into American culture. This obscure and remote Little Denmark was founded, flourished, and faded in the shadows of other Nebraska communities with vibrant Danish populations and institutions— Blair, …
Goldenrods, Cory Willard
Goldenrods, Cory Willard
The Goose
This poem centres around finding something familiar in a new place. Through comparing the goldenrods of Nebraska with those in Alberta, the author finds a connection that speaks to finding one's place in a new landscape as well as re-evaluating what has been left behind.
Why Nebraska Is A Quintessential Movie About The American Midwest, Joshua Matthews
Why Nebraska Is A Quintessential Movie About The American Midwest, Joshua Matthews
Pro Rege
No abstract provided.
World War I: The Soldiers Of Kearney State Normal School, Parker Witthuhn
World War I: The Soldiers Of Kearney State Normal School, Parker Witthuhn
Undergraduate Research Journal
The purpose of this article is to help modern scholars and members of the UNK community understand the significance the Great War at KSNS by discussing the specific experiences of students and staff that served during the conflict. The goal is that by sharing these experiences, the UNK community might be better able to identify, understand, and overcome new challenges that will no doubt shape the future of the University and the country.
Norfolk Regional Center Cemeteries: Attempts To Honor Those Who Were Forgotten, Tatiana Moore
Norfolk Regional Center Cemeteries: Attempts To Honor Those Who Were Forgotten, Tatiana Moore
Undergraduate Research Journal
Commemoration serves as an important element of American culture. Memorializing heroes and the sacrifices they made has a certain sacredness for most people. Remembering a relative for who they were and all they did shows the respect people hold for their lost loved ones. However, there was a rather long period in American history where people were intentionally forgotten. Asylums were the destinations for those considered less-desirable, strange, or just plain weird by society; they were the homes for the unwanted. Nebraska had three asylums, and only in recent years have efforts been made to remember those who were forgotten …
A Rural Nebraska Boy’S Comic Strip Narrative Of World War Ii, Mike Kugler
A Rural Nebraska Boy’S Comic Strip Narrative Of World War Ii, Mike Kugler
Northwestern Review
The comics drawn by James “Jimmy” Kugler (the author’s father) when he was 13 in 1945 and living in Lexington, Nebraska provide a microhistorical perspective on at least four things. First, they offer a glimpse of an adolescent boy’s life in small town America during the mid-twentieth century. The strips took local buildings and situations and turned them into something strange, reflecting some of Jimmy’s loneliness and alienation. Further, they “back talked” the adults in charge of school and town. Second, they manifest the power of a dynamic American popular culture at the time. Jimmy’s war comic strips depict fairly …
Finalizing Plans For The Trek West: Deliberations At Winter Quarters, 1846-1847, Richard E. Bennett
Finalizing Plans For The Trek West: Deliberations At Winter Quarters, 1846-1847, Richard E. Bennett
BYU Studies Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Cultural Conflict: Mormons And Indians In Nebraska, Lawrence G. Coates
Cultural Conflict: Mormons And Indians In Nebraska, Lawrence G. Coates
BYU Studies Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Burial, Gary Frazier
My Brother Is Born, Holger O. Nielsen, Harald R. Jensen, Translator
My Brother Is Born, Holger O. Nielsen, Harald R. Jensen, Translator
The Bridge
The day was February 14, 1889, and dusk had just fallen. As one looked over the western Nebraska prairie, the whole world was a huge blanket of glittering snow. The bright beams from the full moon fell upon the white snow, almost making day out of the night. Even the harsh Nebraska landscape was now white and soft, as gentle as a fairyland.
Recent Swiss Immigration Into Nebraska: An Empirical Study, W. Ernst Study
Recent Swiss Immigration Into Nebraska: An Empirical Study, W. Ernst Study
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
In the Bicentennial Year it appears fitting that social scientists, especially those with a historical bent and with ties to the fount of immigration into the Western Hemisphere, address themselves to the role played by non-American ethnic minorities in the United States today.