Daily Schedule At a Glance
June 17 - June 22, 2012 or June 24 - June 29, 2012Sunday, June 17 and June 24: Introduction and Overview
| 1:00-4:00 pm | Arrival on the Central Community College Campus, Columbus, NE and
check into college residence hall.
Lunch available on your own at Country Shadows Restaurant, near the CCC campus
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| 1:30 pm | Complimentary CCC Shuttle leaves Omaha airport |
| 4:00 pm | Workshop Begins. Get acquainted, general orientation and overview led by Dr. Dianna Parmley, Dean of Educational Services, Central Community College, and Project Director. Resource Center |
| 4:45 pm | Mel Janousek, Project Curriculum/Technology Coordinator, will introduce students to the interactive website for each week's participants. Room 507 |
| 5:00 pm | Robert Palmquist, tribal attorney from Tucson, will provide legal background information about tribal relationships with the government, specifically the three tribes we are studying. Resource Center |
| 6:30 pm | Reception at Elk's Country Club (mini-buses) |
| 6:45 pm | Working dinner at Elk's Country Club. Cash bar |
| 6:30 pm | Cultural Speaker: Matt "Sitting Bear" Jones, and Otoe-Missouria native, will lead an interpretive discussion of Native American stories |
Monday, June 18 and June 25:
Landmark Site Visit to Pawnee Indian Village
Tribal Relationships with the U.S. Government, Pawnee Culture, Current Pawnee Tribal Issues, Future Plans
| 7:00 am | Complimentary breakfast buffet at the CCC Windmill Dining Center, Raider Room #179
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| 7:45 am | Travel to Pawnee Indian Village Museum in Republic County, KS. via chartered bus. Robert Palmquist, a tribal attorney, will discuss tribal relationships with the U.S. government en route |
| 10:00 am | Pawnee Indian Village Museum in Republic County, KS. Museum tour provided by Richard Gould, Museum Curator,and archaeologist Dr. Donna Roper, Research Associate Professor, Kansas State University |
| 1:00 pm | Depart to Scandia, KS. |
| 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own at Tags Grill. Cultural Speaker: Pat
Leading Fox, Head Chief of the Pawnee Nation's Nasharo Council,
Pawnee, Oklahoma |
| 4:00 pm | Depart for Columbus. |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner on your own at Dusters in Columbus |
Tuesday, June 19 and June 26:
Landmark Site Visit to Genoa U.S. Indian School, Nance County Archaeological Sites
U.S. Indian Boarding Schools, Pawnee Scouts
| 7:00 am | Complimentary breakfast buffet at CCC Windmill Dining Center, Raider Room #179
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| 7:45 am | View In the White Man's Image (room 205) Christine Lesiak, producer of the film, will lead discussion on the film, and on U.S. Indian Boarding Schools in general |
| 9:15 am | Travel to Genoa, NE, location of Genoa U.S. Indian School, via chartered bus |
| 10:00 am | Tour Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School, guided by Nancy Carlson, Nance County Archaeologist |
| 11:00 am | Cultural Speaker: Judi gaiashkibos, Executive Director, State of Nebraska, Commission on Indian Affairs, whose mother, a member of the Ponca tribe, was a student at the school. |
| 12:30 noon | Working lunch catered in Genoa |
| 1:00 pm | Guest Lecturer: Dr. Jean Lukesh, The North Brothers and the Pawnee Scouts. Discussion of required book. |
| 2:30 pm | Nancy Carlson will be our guide as we visit Valley View Cemetery in Genoa, where 405 Pawnee, including the six Pawnee scouts who were killed by U.S. Army soldiers, were reburied following the repatriation act. Sites of several large Pawnee villages in Nance County will be explored. |
| 4:30 pm | Return to Columbus |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner on your own at Valentinos in Columbus (mini buses) |
| 7:00 pm | Curriculum Development/Interactive Website with Mel Janousek. Room 507 |
Wednesday, June 20 and June 27:
Landmark Site: Standing Bear Trial
Native American Art, Ponca Legacy, Current Tribal Issues, Future Plans
| 7:00 am | Complimentary breakfast buffet at CCC Windmill Dining Center, Raider Room #179 |
| 7:45 am | Leave for Omaha, NE via chartered bus. Catlin video en route |
| 9:15 am | Site where Standing Bear was Incarcerated; General Crook House - Fort Omaha |
| 10:30 am | Tour Joslyn Art Museum. Tour will include 1) Durham Center for Western Studies, introduction to the Maximilian Journal Project; or 2) Native American and Western galleries, including works by Karl Bodmer, Alfred Jacob Miller, and other artists |
| 11:30 pm | Lunch on your own at the Joslyn |
| 12:30 pm | Complete tour of Joslyn Art Museum |
| 1:15 pm | Proceed to auditorium for Ponca speakers |
| 1:30 pm | Dr. Beth Ritter, UNO Professor, Ponca scholar |
| 2:45 pm | Becci White and James lapointe, Ponca tribal leaders |
| 4:00 pm | Guest scholar lecturer, Joe Starita, journalism professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and author of I Am A Man: Standing Bear's Journey for Justice, will discuss his research for his recent work and lead discussion of the book |
| 4:30 pm | Book signing with Joe Starita |
| 5:30 pm | Free time to explore historic Old Market area in Omaha, NE. Dinner dining on your own in the Old Market Area |
| 8:15 pm | Meet to return to Columbus |
| 9:30 pm | Arrive at CCC |
Thursday, June 21 and June 28:
Landmark Sites: Omaha Indian Reservation
Macy: Culture, Tribal Issues, Future Plans, Nebraska Indian Community College
Walthill: Picotte Center, and
Bancroft: Neihardt Prayer Garden
| 7:00 am | Complimentary breakfast buffet at CCC Windmill Dining Center, Raider Room #179 |
| 7:45 am | Travel to Macy, NE via chartered bus En route - Wynema Morris, member of Omaha tribe will discuss Omaha culture |
| 10:00 am | View the Omaha Reservation from Blackbird Bend |
| 10:15 am | Visit the Omaha Tribal Office, Omaha tribal leader will discuss tribal issues, plans for the future |
| 11:15 am | Visit the Nebraska Indian Community College in Macy, NE. Dr. Michael Oltrogge, President, will lead the tour and discussion. Tentative: Student panel |
| 12:30 pm | NICC - lunch Catered working lunch at NICC Community Room |
| 1:00 pm | Speaker: Wynema Morris and guests will lead discussion on required book Women Elders' Life Stories of the Omaha Tribe |
| 2:00 pm | Speaker: The Life and Work of Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte |
| 3:00 pm | Travel to Walthill, NE Visit Picotte Center |
| 4:30 pm | Travel to Bancroft, NE Film en route Tour Neihardt Center and Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden |
| 5:30 pm | Travel to Columbus |
| 6:45 pm | Dinner on your own at Traditions in Columbus |
Friday, June 22 and June 29: Legacy of the Plains Native Americans
| 7:00 am | Complimentary breakfast, CCC Windmill Dining Center |
| 8:00 am | Dr. David Wishart, Guest Lecturer & Author. Discuss An Unspeakable Sadness: The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians. Dr. Wishart won the coveted J.B. Jackson prize, which designates the best North American Geography book of the year. Room 205 |
| 10:00 am | Curriculum Project/Interactive Website with Mel Janousek Room 507 |
| 11:30 am | Complete NEH Evaluation. Room 507 |
| 12:00 noon | Wrap-up working lunch at the CCC Windmill Dining Center |
| 1:00 pm | Check out of room |
Please note this is our plan to date. Details of the schedule may change as needed.