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We're Still Here: American Indian Spirit in the Unmade Place

… We're Still Here: American Indian Spirit in the Unmade Place . These Native American artists have brought together … and omissions can only be conjectured, an examination of place would not be complete without including a response … The result is “visual poetry,” depictions of beauty, nature and transcendence. A self-taught artist, Anne began …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town … I attended school at Batin (the little tin schoolhouse) and Prairie Gem until I completed the eighth grade and then went … in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Travel Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … arrival, you are immediately immersed in the natural and material world that inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… its opening week Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED … that helped rehabilitate an empty historic commercial building into a boutique hotel and event center. Leaders … of Willa Cather, the Hotel Garber project raised more than $7 million in charitable gifts and grants. Paired with an …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… of these creatures, alongside the habitats in which they were collected. Featured sites include the Willa Cather … educational and exciting journey. I'm enormously grateful for the opportunity to work with so many wonderful accomplished peopleand very proud of what we produced." Tracy Sanford Tucker joined the staff of …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… when he was made head of the U.S. Food Administration. This WW1 food rationing program encapsulated a number of …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Chase Earles

… by Southwestern Pueblo pottery,” Earles says. “That’s what really sparked my interest early in pottery.” A … wear headdresses or live in teepees. Earles says the Caddos were also an agricultural people, living in grass houses and … 49 Minutes of Fame artist profiles at that link. We are grateful to freelance writer Juli Oberlander for her artist …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Nathaniel Ruleaux

… Image 49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Nathaniel Ruleaux December 13, 2021   … more. I did politically charged work that tied more into Native issues.” During one of their talks, Ruleaux says his …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… Nebraska classrooms; from letters, to lectures, to this gallery. He is now “over the Rainbow.” His joy in this … is very swift. How any one could sit in such a peaceful place and plan such wars, I can’t figure out… Image …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue … Willa Cather, an author who explored both the meaning and place of gender roles, now represents Nebraska at our … —Watch a recording of the ceremony and scroll down for a gallery of images and more information— The Congressional …
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