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Category Archives: Native American history
The Work of Respect: Student Interns Lead Indigenous Collection Review
This month is Native American Heritage month, and this year, the American Heritage Center has chosen to highlight two student interns currently working on an internship project with us. Georgie Moss and Darwin St. Clair are working with the Native … Continue reading
Posted in Interns' projects, Native American Heritage Month, Native American history, Uncategorized
Tagged American Heritage Center, archival education, archival internship, Community Engagement, Crow Nation, cultural sensitivity, Darwin St. Clair, Demitri B. Shimkin papers, Eastern Shoshone, ethical stewardship, Georgie Moss, Indigenous collections, John Roberts papers, NAERCC, Native American Education, Northern Arapaho, tribal consultation, University of Wyoming
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Through the Stereoscope: White Tourists, Native Prisoners, and the Colonial Gaze
One afternoon at the American Heritage Center an old photograph retrieved from deep in the archive propelled me on a fascinating research journey. It also led me to reckon with the power of photography as a colonial tool and to … Continue reading
Posted in Historical analysis, Native American history, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged 19th century photography, American West, Archival Research, Catherine Weldon, Colonial gaze, Dakota Territory, Fort Randall, Frontier photography, Gilded Age, Historical Collections, Historical Photography, Indigenous representation, Lakota, Native American representation, Photographic archives, Sitting Bull, Stanley J. Morrow, Stereographs, Stereoscope, Susan Sontag, Thomas King, Visual culture, W.R. Cross
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‘It’s in My Heart’: A Lakota Chief’s Descendant Bridges Past and Present in Wyoming
I had the opportunity to listen to many interviews conducted for the American Heritage Center’s Wyoming Voices Project. It’s an oral history project, which means it is a collection and study of historical events and information using recordings of interviews … Continue reading
Posted in Interns' projects, Native American history, oral histories, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged AISES, American Heritage Center, American Indian Studies, Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, Cultural Heritage, Donovin Sprague, Higher Education, Indigenous Culture, Lakota, Miniconjou, music, Oral History Interviews, Sheridan College, Tribal History, Wyoming Voices oral history project
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