First Friday at the Great Plains Art Museum
Opening reception
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5:00 pm–7:00 pm
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Great Plains Art Museum
The Great Plains Art Museum is open late for Lincoln’s First Friday Art Walk on Sept. 2, 5-7 p.m. for the opening reception of two new photography exhibitions.
Alaina Roberts: Black Freedom on Native Land
Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize lecture
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5:30 pm–7:00 pm
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Center for Great Plains Studies
Dr. Alaina Roberts will speak about her book “I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land,” the winner of the 2022 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). Books will be …
Reckoning & Reconciliation in Education
In-person conference
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9:00 am–6:00 pm
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Nebraska Union
A one-day, in-person conference addressing reconciliation efforts in education
Sheryl Lightfoot: Reconciliation in Canada
In-person and virtual
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12:00 pm–1:00 pm
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Center for Great Plains Studies
Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot will speak at the Center for Great Plains Studies on reconciliation efforts in Canada as part of the Center’s year-long focus on reckoning and reconciliation in the Great Plains. This event is presented in partnership with the …
Kalenda Eaton and Heidi Dodson: Oklahoma’s Black Homesteaders
Virtual talk
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5:30 pm–7:00 pm
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Center for Great Plains Studies
Join the Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project research team for a public talk on Black homesteaders in Oklahoma Territory. The presentation will discuss our process of researching and locating specific homesteading families. There will be a focus on …
