Workshop
Agate Teacher Writing Workshop
Date:
–
Time:
All Day
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
301 River Road
Harrison NE 69346
Harrison NE 69346
Contact:
Robert Brooke, rbrooke1@unl.edu
“Women and the West: Strength in the Nebraska Panhandle”
Explore Western Nebraska history and paleontology with National Park Service (NPS) and the Nebraska Writing Project (NeWP).
NPS rangers and NeWP teacher-consultants are collaborating on our third Agate Teacher Writing Workshop. Teachers at all levels and disciplines are welcome. This three-day workshop’s focus is Women and the West: Strength in the Nebraska Panhandle. Together we will explore the stories and contributions of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American Indian, Euro-American, and African American women, including scientists, ranchers, businesswomen, and writers.
Scheduled talks include
-Women in paleontology, by Ellen Stapleton, a retired fossil preparator from the University of Nebraska State Museum (invited)
-Octavia Reeves, an African American woman in the Nebraska panhandle in the 1880s, by Holly Counts, an independent historian (confirmed)
-American Indian Women and their art, by Audrey Jacobs, museum educator, Red Cloud Indian School Heritage Center (confirmed)
-The contributions of women ranchers, by Gretchen Meade, great-granddaughter of Agate homesteader James Cook and the granddaughter of paleontologist, geologist, and writer Harold Cook (invited)
-Agate museum collection and artifacts, by Maryann Neubert, NPS museum curator (confirmed)
Scheduled activities Include:
- A ranger-led tour of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, including of the Red Cloud artifacts in the park’s museum collection
- A tour of the The Heritage Center at the Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, SD
- Access to primary sources from the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument museum collections
- Visits to the Fort Robinson State Park, including site of the Red Cloud Indian Agency
- A Monday evening cookout with National Park Service rangers and staff
Workshop Information:
Registration is available through June 30th at https://goo.gl/21pj1p or by contacting Jan Knispel at jknispel@gmail.com
Dates - July 16-18th
Cost - $75
Accomodations - Participants will need to make their own lodging accommodations. Accommodations can be made at the Sage Motel (http://sagemotelharrison.com/) in Harrison, NE (the community nearest the park); the Quivey House Bed and Breakfast in Mitchell, NE; Comfort Inn, Days Inn, Hampton Inn and Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Monument Inn and Suites, or other hotels in Scottsbluff and Gering, NE; and Fort Robinson State Park in Crawford, NE (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission). If you would like to split the cost of a room with a roommate, please choose the option at this registration link, and you will be connected with another teacher to make arrangements. Tent and RV campsites outside of the park are available (https://goo.gl/mkL49P). Refrigeration is available at the park for those tent camping. Questions about accommodations can directed to Alvis Mar at alvis_mar@nps.gov.
Explore Western Nebraska history and paleontology with National Park Service (NPS) and the Nebraska Writing Project (NeWP).
NPS rangers and NeWP teacher-consultants are collaborating on our third Agate Teacher Writing Workshop. Teachers at all levels and disciplines are welcome. This three-day workshop’s focus is Women and the West: Strength in the Nebraska Panhandle. Together we will explore the stories and contributions of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American Indian, Euro-American, and African American women, including scientists, ranchers, businesswomen, and writers.
Scheduled talks include
-Women in paleontology, by Ellen Stapleton, a retired fossil preparator from the University of Nebraska State Museum (invited)
-Octavia Reeves, an African American woman in the Nebraska panhandle in the 1880s, by Holly Counts, an independent historian (confirmed)
-American Indian Women and their art, by Audrey Jacobs, museum educator, Red Cloud Indian School Heritage Center (confirmed)
-The contributions of women ranchers, by Gretchen Meade, great-granddaughter of Agate homesteader James Cook and the granddaughter of paleontologist, geologist, and writer Harold Cook (invited)
-Agate museum collection and artifacts, by Maryann Neubert, NPS museum curator (confirmed)
Scheduled activities Include:
- A ranger-led tour of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, including of the Red Cloud artifacts in the park’s museum collection
- A tour of the The Heritage Center at the Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, SD
- Access to primary sources from the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument museum collections
- Visits to the Fort Robinson State Park, including site of the Red Cloud Indian Agency
- A Monday evening cookout with National Park Service rangers and staff
Workshop Information:
Registration is available through June 30th at https://goo.gl/21pj1p or by contacting Jan Knispel at jknispel@gmail.com
Dates - July 16-18th
Cost - $75
Accomodations - Participants will need to make their own lodging accommodations. Accommodations can be made at the Sage Motel (http://sagemotelharrison.com/) in Harrison, NE (the community nearest the park); the Quivey House Bed and Breakfast in Mitchell, NE; Comfort Inn, Days Inn, Hampton Inn and Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Monument Inn and Suites, or other hotels in Scottsbluff and Gering, NE; and Fort Robinson State Park in Crawford, NE (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission). If you would like to split the cost of a room with a roommate, please choose the option at this registration link, and you will be connected with another teacher to make arrangements. Tent and RV campsites outside of the park are available (https://goo.gl/mkL49P). Refrigeration is available at the park for those tent camping. Questions about accommodations can directed to Alvis Mar at alvis_mar@nps.gov.