“Too thick to drink and too thin to plow!” The Mis-souri River from St. Louis to the Rockies was the high-way traveled by the Corps of Discovery, led by CaptainsMeriwether Lewis and William Clark, and thence onfoot and by horse to the Pacific Ocean. The Lewis andClark Expedition has caught the imagination of allAmerica in this Year of Our Lord 2004, two hundredyears after the event began.

The Center once again presented a June event (onthe 15th of the month) made up of three parts of history,good food, and entertainment. Our program at the OaksConvention Center, with 250 diners in attendance, was acelebration of the Expedition from the point of view ofone of the members of the company—Pierre Cruzatte,one-eyed, half-French half-Omaha Indian, and the top-notch Missouri River boatman. In real life Cruzatte isDaniel Slosberg, Los Angeles musician, teacher, andLewis-and-Clark expert. Before appearing on our stageat the Oaks, Slosberg had portrayed Cruzatte at such his-tory-rich events as the opening ceremony of the Lewisand Clark Bicentennial; at Thomas Jefferson’s home,Monticello; at the Oregon State Capitol; at St. Louis’s JeffersonExpansion Memorial, and at the grand opening of the Lewis &Clark Interpretive Center in Sioux City last fall.

Slosberg’s presentation—in boatman costume and eyepatch—was an entertaining combination of music, dance, and

narrative. He talked about the bundles of Indian presents theexpedition carried, which included Jew’s-harps and fishhooks,and then played the song “Soldier’s Joy,” with the audiencejoining in. He recounted the frightening episode on the river

More than 300 attendees gath-ered at the Thirty-sixth Annual Dako-ta Conference on April 23-24 to dis-cuss issues relating to land and wateruse and depopulation on the GreatPlains. Among the 84 presenters were12 students, including 7 Augustanastudents. Other students came fromBrown University (RI), North Dako-ta State University, and University ofSouth Dakota.

Among those attending the con-ference for the historical marker ded-ication ceremony for the Great Bendof the Sioux River, sponsored by theMinnehaha County Historical Soci-ety, were 19 Patrick Henry MiddleSchool students, 19 of their parents,and 2 teachers.

Environmental historian JamesSherow, of Kansas State University,gave a compelling address aboutEuro-American use and abuse of thegrasslands, and Robert Steensma, pro-fessor emeritus at the University ofUtah, delighted the audience with aninsightful overview of the environ-mental writings of Wallace Stegner.

A special component of thisyear’s conference theme was the ses-sion “The Northern Plains: A NewFrontier,” featuring members of theMiner County Community Revitaliza-tion organization of Howard, SD. Thesession was assembled by Tom Kilian,of the Rural Initiative Center, SiouxFalls, and included a presentation by

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June Event 2004 Sails the Big Muddy

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Daniel Slosberg portrayed Pierre Cruzatte, the French-and-Indian river-man in the Center’s June Event production of “Pierre Cruzatte and theMusic of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.” The audience was thoroughlyentertained with his songs and antics.

South Dakota Poet Laureate David Allan Evanswas the keynote speaker at the Dakota Conference’sFriday luncheon. His address, “Still ChasingChronos,” traced the theme of time in western andeastern poetry, and he read from some of his ownpoetry on the theme of time. His latest book, TheBull Rider’s Advice, New And Selected Poems, waspublished by the Center for Western Studies last fall.

when Sacagawea’s husband, Charbon-neau, lost control of the Expedition’smost important boat, and Sacagaweaand Cruzatte rescued the boat, crew,and contents. To commemorate thearrival of the Expedition at the PacificOcean, and to call attention to the suf-fering that the Captains and their menunderwent there, Cruzatte sang a flea-scratching song, “Shake that LittleFoot,” accompanying himself on thebones.

And Slosberg ended his perfor-mance by recounting the incident forwhich he is best remembered: he acci-dentally shot Lewis in the buttocks whileout hunting, and the suffering captainhad to endure the last days of the journey home lying in the bot-tom of one of the pirogues, in pain but able to continue.

Not entirely by coincidence, a special group of people wasin attendance on that June night. More than a dozen authors ofbooks about the West were on hand to help celebrate the Bicen-tennial of the Expedition. After all, the journals of the men area significant part of American literature as well as history, anaccount of the greatest wilderness trip ever recorded.

Among the authors were Bob Elmen, author of a bookabout Sioux Falls business, Vernell and Louise Johnson,authors of books of photos of Dakota landmarks, Tom Kilian,author of a book about setting up small businesses in the state,Art Olsen, co-author of a book of essays, Gary Olson, a picto-rial history of Sioux Falls, Lyn Oyos, a history of the Farmers’Union, Ron Robinson, author of a novel based on the l936

Powderhouse blast, Al Schock, Brothers in War, Mike Mullin,chapter on S. D. history, Dr. Jerry Simmons, chapter on Lewis& Clark, and Harry Thompson, general editor of the new histo-ry of South Dakota in preparation.

Just as the evening’s entertainment was based on historicalfact, so was the banquet. The 250 diners enjoyed a sampling ofwhat the members of the Expedition ate: yellow hominy withbacon (Lewis stowed on board several hundred pounds ofeach), wild grape punch, and cherry wojapi—fruit sauce—likethat enjoyed by the Mandan Indians in North Dakota. But thevenison, buffalo, and elk meat that the company ate in greatquantities were too much of a reach for our banquet budget.Besides, during several month-long stretches, the Corps of Dis-covery devoured as much as 9 pounds of meat daily—too muchfor most of us to tackle on that June night with Pierre Cruzatte!

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CWS Volunteers Host Weekends

Now in its second year, the CWS Volunteer program hashelped to maintain hours on Saturdays at the Center. The hourscontinue to be from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. This group has hostedlarge number of guests during the recent months of May, June,and July. We believe part of this increase in visitors is the resultof the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial observance. Since January1, 2004, the Center has had visitors from 32 states and interna-tional visitors from Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Aus-tralia, England, and Bulgaria. We have had many great com-ments in our guest book both about the Lewis and Clark artshow and sale as well as the Native American, Scandinavian,and woodcarving exhibits. A special thanks to our dedicatedgroup of volunteers who include, Lynn and Barbara Aspaas,Gary Earl, Frank Gibbs, Dick Haase, Milt Hanson, Tom Houle,Shirley Savage Jones, Carolyn McClain, Fran Noteboom, A.Richard “Pastor Pete” and Bev Petersen, Bernice Weilage, andArlen Viste. If you would like to volunteer one Saturday amonth please call us at the Center at 274-4007.

Two of the pieces of art that were displayed at the Center’s June event, Pierre Cruzatte andthe Music of the Lewis and Clark include Dave Paulley’s painting “Immense Ranges of HighMountain Still to the West of us,” featuring Lewis and Clark and Pamela Harr’s bronze“Pomp” featuring Sacagewea and her baby son.

The Center for Western Studies Newsletter is published threetimes annually by the Center for Western Studies, Box 727, Augus-tana College, Sioux Falls, SD 57197. Phone: (605) 274-4007,Fax: 605-274-4999, E-Mail: CWS@augie.edu, Homepage:http://www.augie.edu/cws. Subscription is a benefit of member-ship in the Center.

Arthur R. Huseboe, Executive DirectorDean A. Schueler, Director of DevelopmentHarry F. Thompson, Director of Research

Collections and PublicationsLisa Hollaar, Office Coordinator

The Center's gift shop, gallery, library, and offices are located inthe Fantle Building at 2201 S. Summit, Sioux Falls, and are opento the public Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Center's archives are openMonday -Friday 9 a.m.-12 noon and 1-4 p.m.

James Beddow. Twenty-five authors participated in the

Regional Authors’ Autograph Party, includingOregon writer Craig Ryan, author of the Smith-sonian Institution Press’s Magnificent Failure:Free Fall from the Edge of Space, the story ofhigh-altitude balloonist Nick Piantanida, whoselast, fatal flight originated in Sioux Falls.

Bruce Blake of Sioux Falls received theAward for Distinguished Contribution to theHistory and Cultures of South Dakota and theNorthern Plains at the Saturday evening awardsbanquet.

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$600 in Awards Presented at Dakota ConferenceAt the awards banquet during the 2004 Dakota Conference,

five presenters from the Thirty-fifth Annual Dakota Conferencein 2003 were awarded cash prizes. Their names and paper titlesare listed below:

Herbert W. Blakely Professional Scholar Award ($150)Recipient: Richard C. Buckstead, St. Olaf College, for “Poems ofInitiation: A Boy Grows Up on a South Dakota Farm in the1930s”

Arthur I. and Willmeta Johnson Amateur Scholar Award($150)Recipient: Gordon Hull, Tulare, SD, for “Preserving Food withIce Then and Now”

Cedric Cummins Student Award ($100)Recipient: Krista Benson Ohrtman, Berkeley, CA, for “`Out ofHarm’s Way’ or ‘Out of our Way?’: The Rhetoric of JapaneseAmerican Internment and Multiculturalism in America”

Dakota Conference Professional Scholar Award ($100)Recipient: Douglas W. Werden, West Texas A&M University, for“Looking Towards the East in Western Non-fiction: Linda Has-selstrom’s Going Over East: Reflections of a Woman Rancher”

Richard Cropp Amateur Scholar Award ($100)William E. Aisenbrey, Aberdeen, SD, for “ ’Grosspapa’s’ Adven-ture with a Horse Thief in Eastern South Dakota Territory”

Several presenters received Honorable Mentions: In theamateur category, Mary Hawker Bakeman, Elizabeth Gutch,Diane Hensley, and Janet Rathbun. In the professional category,David Kvernes, Gary Olson, and Brad Tennant.

The Center for Western Studies would like to thank theanonymous independent judges for their support of the confer-ence through reading and evaluating the papers in the three cate-gories: amateur, professional, and student. Please contact HarryThompson if you would like to serve as a judge for future con-ferences.

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Recipients of Dakota Conference awardsare (left to right) Douglas W. Werden,Dakota Conference Professional ScholarAward; Gordon Hull, Arthur I. and Will-meta Johnson Amateur Award; RichardC. Buckstead, Herbert W. Blakely Profes-sional Scholar Award; Bruce Blake, Dis-tinguished Contribution to the Historyand Cultures of South Dakota and theNorthern Plains Award. Dakota Confer-ence Director Harry F. Thompsonpresided at the Saturday awards banquet.

Major support for the conferencewas provided by the South DakotaHumanities Council, with matchingfunds from Richard and Michelle VanDemark, Augustana College’s MellonFund Committee, and Deadwood His-toric Preservation Commission.

Dr. Robert C. Steensma, professor emeritus of English, University of Utah, was the keynote speakerat the Dakota Conference’s awards banquet. He spokeabout one of the great western writers and environ-mentalists of the twentieth century, Wallace Stegner,who wrote, “Except as we belong to a tradition and acommunity... we are nothing. We have no language, nohistory, no lore, no legend, no myth, no custom, noreligion, no art, no species memory.” In his conclud-ing remarks, Steensma observed, “Wallace Stegnernever had an opportunity to visit the Center for West-ern Studies or the Mikkelsen Library, but I am certainthat he would have been pleased with an institutionand a staff that fulfills exactly what he was describinga ‘library is about’ [‘one of the noblest activities ofany culture: measure of what has been, indication ofwhat may be’]. And he might have suggested that agreat library and a great western studies center,whether at the University of Utah or Augustana Col-lege, is a kind of living water that nourishes and sus-tains our lives, our spirits, and our heritage.”

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Waterville, MN, recently celebrated the 40th Anniversary ofthe their local festival dedicated to the bullhead–a fish thathelped the hometown of world-renowned artist Roger Preussbecome a summertime destination. Thousands descend onWaterville for Bullhead Days to catch bullheads on the lake andenjoy eating them on the streets during the festival that began in1964.

Preuss, a world-renowned artist, conservationist, andWaterville native son, was honored during the festival when hisbullhead painting was featured in the design of a commemora-tive Bullhead Days button. “I was happy that my art supportedthe celebration back in ‘64”, shared Preuss, “and I’m glad to seeit featured again for people to enjoy 40 years later.

Readers of this newsletter will remember that the Center forWestern Studies is the repository for the Roger Preuss WildlifeArt Collection. Preuss’s art was featured during the Fall of 2003in the gallery exhibit, “Roger Preuss—Wildlife Art as Fine Art.”A gallery talk in December by National Advisory Council mem-ber Cornell Norby shared the story of the twenty-four originalworks of art coming to the Center’s permanent collection.

In summing up his long and productive artist’s life, Preussused these words—“My basic goal throughout my work hasbeen to help people appreciate and understand nature. If I as anaturalist am a small voice for our world’s waters, woods, andwildlife, if I have influenced children and adults to become moreenvironment-conscious, if my art brings to others a measure ofjoy, then my best aspirations for my creations have been ful-

filled.” Congratulations, Roger, on this latest of many awardsand recognitions over six decades of work.

Writing recently in The Black HillsPioneer, State Capitol Bureau reporter BobMercer noted, “No longer will the late Her-bert Schell’s 1975 book be the definitivetext on South Dakota history. The New His-tory of South Dakota is set for publicationin 2005, with 16 different authors con-tributing chapters and essays. Their wordswill reflect the research and events of theintervening 30 years. And they will coverground left unexplored by Schell . . . .” Thestory accompanied an excerpt from BlackHills State University historian DavidWolff’s contributing chapter for the book,“The Black Hills in Transition.”

At the request of faculty at both USDand SDSU, a custom-text edition of A NewHistory of South Dakota will be madeavailable exclusively for use this fallsemester at the two universities. Since thebook is nearing peer-review stage, the

comments of faculty and students using thepreliminary custom-text version will behelpful before the book enters final editingand photo selection stages early in 2005.

Representing many leading historiansand writers of the state and region, the six-teen contributors to the book are Herbert T.Hoover, John E. Miller, Ruth Ann Alexan-der, Vine Deloria, Jr., Edward P. Hogan,Carol Goss Hoover, Arthur R. Huseboe,Bob Lee, Michael J. Mullin, Rex C. Myers,Gary D. Olson, Lynwood E. Oyos, RonRobinson, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve,Betti Van Epps-Taylor, and David A. Wolff.

Publication is made possible withfunding from Howard and Eunice Hov-land, Elmen Family Foundation, SiouxFalls Area Community Foundation, SouthDakota Community Foundation, SheldonReese Foundation, Herbert T. Hoover, andJerry Johnson.

Roger Preuss, Wildlife Artist, Honored by Home Town

New History of South Dakota Book Adopted for Class Use

Photographer Marc Norberg shot this recent portrait of RogerPreuss by taking the artist back to the site on the Minnesota Riverbottom where he was inspired to paint the critically acclaimed oilmasterpiece “Widgeon Along the Minnesota River.” (Photo byMarc Norberg, used with permission)

Dr. William Krause (r.) presents HerbertKrause’s Bushnell binoculars to ED ArtHuseboe for the Center’s collections. Dr.Krause, of the University of MissouriMedical School, visited the Center withwife Winifred in early July. He is anephew, son of Herb’s younger brotherJohn. An avid ornithologist as well as abest-selling prize-winning novelist, Herbwas the father of the Center, which cameinto official existence in March 1970.

The Center for Western Studies’ Fantle Building was thesetting for the June 11-13 opening of the Lewis and Clark ArtShow and Sale. The exhibit “Lewis and Clark Through Artists’Eyes 1804-2004” features works by nine different artists fromacross the West. The show and sale will continue through Sep-tember 4, 2004 at the Center.

Over 125 people attendedthe premier showing recep-tion on June 11th. A shortprogram was held at 7:45PM. CWS art committeechair, Lynn Aspaas was theemcee for the program. Heintroduced Augustana Col-lege President Dr. BruceHalverson who brought awelcome to the assembledguests. Dean Schueler, Direc-tor of Development at theCenter and the coordinatorfor the show and sale, gavesome background to theevent. This Lewis and Clarkshow and sale is part of thelarger Sioux Falls communityeffort by the Sioux Falls Con-vention and Visitor’s Bureauto help observe the 200thanniversary of the Lewis andClark Expedition. Schuelerrecognized the efforts of agood friend of the Center andlong time supporter of the artsin Sioux Falls, Mrs. ShirleySavage Jones. Shirley wasinstrumental in encouragingthe Center to host this showand sale. He also recognizedthe artists who were partici-pating in the event. Five ofthe nine were able to be withus. They are Ron Backer, ahistorical painter from PalmDesert, CA; Dave Paulley, apainter from Osage, WY.Dave’s piece “The Corps ofDiscovery” was featured onthe invitation to the show andsale. Others are Harvey Rattey, a bronze sculptor from Glen-dive, MT; Jan Johansen, a painter from Anoka, MN; and CoryWheeler, a bronze sculptor from Billings, MT. Four of theartists were unable to join us because of prior commitments.

They are Howard Friedland, a painter from Bozeman, MT;Thomas English, a painter from Great Falls, MT; Pamela Harr,a sculptor from Glendive, MT; and Susan Blackwood, a painterfrom Bozeman, MT. Thanks to each of these artists for helpingto make this event a success.

As part of the exhibit,National Advisory Councilmember Larry Ness lent theCenter a number of artifactsfor our display case. Theseincluded a couple of gunsfrom this period, one of whichmay have been part of theCorps of Discovery. Ourthanks to Larry to for his helpwith the exhibit. Dr. HarryThompson and Lisa Hollaarfrom the Center’s staff wereresponsible for creating thedisplay. Thompson’s researchwork on a possible descen-dent of Meriwether Lewis is afeatured part of the display.

Schueler next noted andthanked the sponsors of theshow and sale. Darwin andJane Sletten of Sioux Fallsand David and Sandra Sol-berg of Billings, MT, weremost encouraging with theirfinancial support of the event.Don Jacobs and Results Radiodoubled the number of ads forthe show and sale, and DaveStrain of Dakota West Booksfrom Rapid City and MarionFroiland, the widow of formerCWS executive director SvenFroiland, sponsored thereception for the evening. TheCWS staff and Board ofDirectors are grateful to thesepeople for their support of thisimportant observance.

We would like to remindthe public that the show andsale will continue throughSeptember 4. While a num-

ber of pieces have been sold, there are many choice pieces ofart left. This is one of the rare opportunities in our area tobuy a piece of art to commemorate the Lewis and ClarkExpedition.

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Art Show and Sale Continues Lewis and Clark Observance at CWS

Five of the nine artists who are part of the “Lewis and Clark ThroughArtists’ Eyes 1804-2004” art show and sale at the Center are shownhere. From the left are Dave Paulley, Osage, WY, Ron Backer, PalmDesert, CA, Jan Johansen, Anoka, MN, Harvey Rattey, Glendive, MT,and Cory Wheeler, Billings, MT. The show and sale continue throughSeptember 4 at the Fantle Building.

Major sponsors for the “Lewis and Clark Through Artists Eyes 1804-2004” art show and sale are from the left: Darwin and Jane Slettenfrom Sioux Falls and Sandra Solberg and her husband David fromBillings, MT. David could not be with us for the opening of the showand sale. The show and sale continue through September 4 at the Fan-tle Building.

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Center Sets Short- and Long-term GoalsFor some time, while the Fantle Building was in the plan-

ning stages, the staff and a number of CWS Board members hadfelt the need for a closer examination of the Center’s potentialfor making the best use possible of the new facility, its contents,and the Center’s staff, Board of Directors, and National Advi-sory Council. In February of 2002, Board chairman Tom Kilianand I visited with President Bruce Halverson about the oppor-tunities that would now be offered. As a consequence, a long-range planning committee was set in motion in March 2002,headed by Dr. Kilian. Monthly meetings of the ten-persongroup led to a decision in April of the following year to institutethe committee as the Strategic Planning Committee. Its goals,to be reached by June 2004, were expressed as the followingrecommendations (here in summary form) for CWS Boardaction:

l. To adopt a more flexible institutional orientation to thenorthern plains region;

2. To discover what new priorities and processes willemerge that will influence the Center’s mission and role;

3. To maintain a regular process of strategic planning;

4. To review emerging personnel and staffing needs;

5. To prioritize future programming;

6. To seek a more diverse and stable revenue base; and

7. To continue to strengthen the relationship between theCenter and the College.

By January 14, 2004, the Strategic Planning Committeehad completed its work, largely under the direction of Boardmember Gene McGowan, who led the committee through anOctober 31-November 1 workshop, providing insights from his

long experience in strategic planning. At the close of the two-day session, five committees were appointed to continue thework and to bring their reports to the May 15 Board and Coun-cil retreat for review and recommendations. These five wereGovernance, Finance/Development, Marketing/Promotion,People We Serve/Clients, and Products/Services/Programs.

Among the most salient outcomes proposed to the Board inthe January report were to tie the Center more closely to theCollege; to review Board, Council and Staff makeup; to involvethe Board more fully in the development of the annual budgetand in defining financial relations with the College; to continueto strengthen the development program, and to manage and pro-mote all CWS activities by means of a marketing committee.

Now, in the minutes and reports prepared over two yearsare to be found the fruits of some of the best thinking ever doneabout the Center’s future. Under the leadership of the staff, andcurrent Board chair Dr. Gary Earl, short- and long-term goalsare being organized into the five areas identified by the fivecommittees. Five wall charts will enable the staff and Board tomonitor the progress of each program and project underway orto be undertaken. Each project or program is placed for actionin a One Year, 2-4 Years, or 5+ Years category; and each is sub-divided into “action items” or attainable objectives. Once theresponsible person or committee (the “Owner”) is added to thewall chart, the progress of each project can more readily betracked, modified, completed, and evaluated.

If one of the underlying goals of the strategic planningprocess was to increase Board involvement, this new approachmakes that possible—and even likely. Staff members arepleased at the prospect. The Center has before it a wealth ofopportunities to “Preserve and Interpret the History and Cul-tures of the Northern Plains.”

Copies of The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Then and Now, edited by DavidKvernes, professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, are now avail-able and may be ordered directly from the Center for Western Studies. The 200-pagebook features 18 revised papers originally presented at the Dakota Conference duringits five-year emphasis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1998-2002) and sells for$19.95 plus $3.00 p/h. South Dakota residents please add $1.18 state sales tax.

The new book is arranged in two sections. The section Then: The Journey Beginsexamines Don Alonso Decalves’ imaginary 1786-87 exploration of the West, Perrin duLac’s 1802 journey up the Missouri River, pragmatic-aesthetic tension and imperialisticrhetoric in the journals, medical and sexual challenges, Sioux honoring and gift-givingpractices, Trans-Mississippi Indian trade, and President Jefferson’s expectations.

The section Now: Contemporary Controversies and Critical Approaches considersthe DeSomet paternity claim against Meriwether Lewis, the murder-suicide debate sur-rounding Lewis’s death, the myth of Sacajawea, the rediscovery of the Lewis and Clarkstory in the twentieth century, Bernard DeVoto’s legacy, Lewis and Clark as harbingersof colonialism, and Fort Mandan and Spirit Mound today.

Publication was made possible by gifts and grants from First Dakota National Bank,Larry Ness, CEO, and the Augustana College Mellon Fund Committee.

From the Executive Director

CWS’s Second Lewis and Clark Book Now Available

CWS National AdvisoryCouncil member and longtime auctioneer Vernell John-son and his wife Louise havetraveled the length andbreadth of the United Statesover the years. During theirtravels, they have taken thou-sands of pictures of our coun-try. Some of these photoswere used in two books thatthey have published, SouthDakota Every Town on theMap and More and NorthDakota Every Town on theMap and More. Now they aregoing to share VanishingScenes of the NorthernPrairie with us. You will bedelighted with the manybeautiful photos they havetaken over the years, featur-ing many of the ghosts of ournorthern prairie region. Thehomes, the barns, themachinery, the barb wirefences, and wide open spacesof this land are all part of thisexhibit. The exhibit will alsoinclude a display of hand-made Scandinavian tools collected by the late Dr. DennisMoe of Brookings. Dr. Moe, a former Augustana College regent, and his wife Hazelcollected these tools from family farms in Norway and America and donated the entirecollection to the Center for Western Studies. We are pleased to share these tools as partof the Vanishing Scenes exhibit. The exhibit will run from September 11, 2004,through January 8, 2005. A reception will be held at the Center on Thursday, Septem-ber 16, from 4:30-6:30 PM with a short gallery talk and auction of ten pieces of art at5:30 PM. The public is invited to attend this free event.

VVeetteerraannss OOrraall HHiissttoorryy PPrroojjeeccttGGeettss UUnnddeerrwwaayyIn cooperation with the

Augustana College Student

History Association, the Center

for Western Studies will serve

as the partner archive for

taped interviews of US war

veterans conducted by history

students. In further support of

the project, the Center will

supply blank tapes for the

interviews and manage the

collection.

The project is affiliated with

the Library of Congress’s

Veterans Oral History Project.

Augustana senior Brian Herbert

is the project coordinator.

On April 14, the Center hosted

a reception for the project.

Sioux Falls Mayor Dave Munson

spoke about the city’s efforts to

recognize veterans and com-

mended the students and CWS

for collecting these interviews.

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A Word from Our Summer InternMy experience with the Center for Western Studies

archives during the summer of 2004 will be something forwhich I will be forever grateful. Whereas for most undergradu-ate students internships aren’t available, CWS has been kindenough to allow me to do two archival internships this pastyear. As a history major, this has allowed me to explore a pro-fession that otherwise I would have known very little about andnever would have considered pursuing. With the help of Dr.Harry Thompson I am happy to say that I have found a purposefor my history degree. I am currently in the process of selectinga Library and Communications Science institution with anemphasis in archives to attend beginning in the fall of 2005.

During this summer I have been able to gain further expe-rience in archival management and preservation with my workwith several collections. I was given the opportunity to workwith the 2002 and 2003 United Church of Christ acquisitionsfrom Elizabeth Riggs Gutch, acquisitions to the Boe collection,the Sioux Falls Historic Slide Collection, as well as severalother small collections housed at the CWS.

Once again I would like to thank Dr. Thompson as well asthe rest of the CWS staff for allowing me to work with themthis past year and especially this summer. I will be continuallygrateful for this experience.

Thank you, Holli Axtell

Vanishing Scenes Photo Exhibit at CWS Galleries This Fall

This “lone sentinal” is a stark reminder of “VanishingScenes from the Northern Plains”, one of fifty photos byVernell Johnson.

2004 CWS Membership Surpasses Last Year

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Dakotan ($10,000 & Up)Roy & Dorothy Mayeske

Westerner ($2,500 - $4,999)J. Richard & Carole BlandRobert & Gerry LawJerry & Gail SimmonsTorness Family FoundationAnson & Ada May Yeager

Pioneer ($1,000 - $2,499)Les & Mary BaylorHerb & Esther BowdenCNA Western SuretyWilliam HarveyJeff & Tami HayzlettKingswood Development Corp -

Myron & Joan Van BuskirkJoe & Jennifer KirbyKevin & Peggy KirbyTim & Lynn MoratzkaRonald R. NelsonV. Ronald & Joyce NelsonCurt & Karen PochardtSchock Foundation, Paul, Al, &

Steve SchockRobert & Wilma SellinBlair & Linda TremereRichard & Michelle Van Demark

Ranger ($750 - $999)Charles & Elizabeth BalcerDarrell ButterwickDiocese of South DakotaRick & DiAnn KolkmanLuVerne & Helen MadsenDean & Sharon Schueler

Scout ($500 - $749)Chuck & Carol AustinRonald & Rebecca BrakkeDonald & Cara Lee DavisDan & Diane EmmelHoward & Eunice HovlandRichard & Mary Jo JaquaAudrey KleinsasserHerman & Carol LerdalConstance & Lavere LundVicki MadsenGene & Susan McGowanTom & Elaine McIntosh

Rex Myers & Susan Richards Cornell NorbyRodney & Ruth ParryLowell & Florence RonningDarwin & Jane SlettenThe Printing Center -

Mike & Diane SpearsHarry & Ronelle ThompsonJamie & Penny Volin

Partner ($250 - $499)American Indian Culture Reserch

Center - Rev. Stan MaudlinDonald C. & Alice AndersonJames & Peg AplanHelen AspaasLynn & Barbara AspaasDuane & Bonnie BlyEarl & Helen BohlenGary & Mary BrendtroMartin BrokenlegBruce & Janna ChristensenRosemary & William DraegerGary & Sandra EarlDeLoris EricksonRichard & Mary FroilandLarry & Suzanne FullerJudy GaalswykThomas & Ann GarryAnton & Anne HagaBruce & Nancy HalversonDavid & Elizabeth HardyPaul HauffeDr. John & Nancy HoskinsJDS Industries, Inc - Darwin SlettenDon & Terry JacobsJeff & Amy JohnsonR.C & Jane JohnsonVernell & Louise JohnsonShirley KingDan & Arlene KirbyKoch Hazard Baltzer, LtdJames & Roselyn KrauseRobert & Dode LeeRev. Allen & Brenda LewisAgnes LokkeDouglas & Marlys LuebkeMalloy Electric – Garry & Dianne

JacobsonRon & Laverna MedrudRobert & Glennys Meerdink

Helen MontgomeryC.P. "Buck" MooreJeff & Mary Jo MurrayLarry & Diane NessNeurology Associates – Jerry &

Mary FreemanMargaret NovakJon & Julie OienFranklin & Karen OlsonMichael & Deborah OlsonPaul & Joyce OlsonLyn & Bedia OyosMartin & Mary OyosJohn & Jane RasmussenRiver Park Foundation - Glenn &

Phyllis JorgensonVirgil SandvigGerhard & Marilyn SchmuttererLloyd & Annelotte SvendsbyeJerel & Nancy TieszenMary TornessUnited Church of ChristRobert & Marianne VatneArlen & Betty VisteOrville & Audrey WaltnerTom Zimmer

Explorer ($100 - $249)Marian AakerJames & Bonnie AgetonWilliam AisenbreyAmerican Association of

University WomenLoren & Mavis AmundsonDelores Wennblom AndersonDennis and Julie AndersonE. Jeanette AndersonLeonard & Charlotte AndersonL.D. AndrewsJohn & Sherry ArcherDayton & Ada ArminGail & Susan ArnottKenneth & Margaret AspaasRon & Janell BeckArlon & Tara BerkhofMarlin & JoAnn BerklandTodd & Marilyn BernhardBrian & Marilyn BerryLyle & Cathy BienDonald & Leona Bierschbach Robert & Helen Bledsoe

Curt & Marilyn BloemendaalGeorge & Faye BoomMarvin BoelmanFrank & Lois BoyceRoger & Karen BraatenBonnie BraendlinRobert & Rosalie BrodinLester & Alice BrueRonald & Barbara BrueStanley & Terry BrueDenis & Diane BruggemanDavid & Jean BrunkowPhillip BrunsJohn & Cynthia BultenaJohn BylsmaGary & Dorothy CarlsonJim CarlsonRod CarlsonPaul & Rhoda CarpenterLes & Shirley CarsonDuane & Susan CekallaC. Bruce & Dorothea ChamberlainCharles & Clara ClayMark CollinsRobin CoonCrazy Horse Memorial Foundation–

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You did it! For the second year in a row you have helpedthe Center for Western Studies reach new goals for our 2004membership campaign. We will have over 770 members and wecontinue to bring in new people with over 80 new membershipsthis year. We are grateful for each gift that was given to theCenter. We are very excited for the new people who see thework of the Center and support those efforts. The CWS staffwould again like to thank the Center’s Board of Directors andNational Advisory Council for their willingness to challengethemselves with a goal for the membership campaign. Many ofthem went beyond this and made phone calls and personal vis-its to our continuing members. We continue to provide manyservices, educational opportunities, and cultural programs to“Preserve and Interpret the History and Culture of the NorthernPlains.” The Center’s Dakota Conference was a huge successwith more students involved than ever before, our 24th annualArtists of the Plains Show and Sale once again exhibited manyquality artists from our region, the ninth Boe Forum with Rudy

Guiliani was filled to capacity, and our June fundraising event,“Pierre Cruzatte and the Music of the Lewis and Clark Expedi-tion,” was part of the Center’s efforts to recognize the 200thanniversary of the “Corps of Discovery.” Other observanceswill be the publishing of Lewis and Clark Then and Now, acompilations of papers presented at the Dakota Conference.The Center is also hosting the art exhibit and sale of Lewis andClark Through Artists’ Eyes 1804-2004 through September 4th.Your support of these programs is appreciated. We have visitedwith many of you this year and hope we can reach more nextyear. For the thirteenth year in a row over 88% of you renewedyour membership this year—what a record! Thank you! Ourefforts are only as good as the support we receive from you.Please review the 2005 membership materials when theyarrive in October and help us to make next year even bet-ter. We are pleased to share this annual list of donors for 2004.Please accept our apologies and let us know if for some reasonwe have omitted or misspelled your name.

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Arie GaalswykGreg & Corrine GanskeRobert & Nancyann Beduhn GeigleRobert & Darlene GeorgeFrank & Jan GibbsFlorence GoertzLynette & Dwayne GorderMarion GrahamRobert & Kyle GreenfieldRichard GregersonMarvin & Nora GulsrudCharley & Elizabeth GutchRichard & Edna HaaseCurt & Glenda HageLeRoy & Janet HalstensonMelvern HalversonJack & Judith HamiltonDennis & Cynthia HamptonLavonne HardyJohn J. HarrisJohn W. HarrisAlbert & Mary Ann HarrisonSelmer & Mary HatlestadSteve & Susan HauffRoger & Sandra HaugoBob & Mim HazardJeff & Sheila HazardRonald & Eloise HeftyScott & Susan HeidepriemMarlys HendersonIrving & Eula HinderakerColleen HofelmanDean & Phyllis HofstadEdward & Joan HoganWilliam HoganPaul & Camille HorstedCharles & Sandra HowlinHuman Engineering Solutions, LLC

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Contributor ($50-$99)Robert & Anne AbyDuane & Eva AddisonKarol AeschlimannCordelia AgrimsonRobert AhlnessRonald & Lois AhrendtSally AhrendtDuane & Mary AlbersJoey & Robert AldernRuth Ann AlexanderDuane AndersonKenneth & Pearl AndersonMargaret AndersonO. Larry & Marilyn AndersonShirley AndersonVirgil & LaVonne AndersonKathy AntonenFrank & Clare Aplan

John ArnoldMarilyn & David AronsonRonald & Elie BackerJohn & Linda BarkerTom BatchellerMarilyn BatesKen & Jean BaugeBob & Phyllis BellBob & Liz BennettTom & Julia BennettRobert & Donna BensonVerna BergRobert & Clarice BingerJ. Bruce BlakeGilbert & Janice BlankespoorDaniel & Becky BluePearl BoeWayne & Sally BoeseJanyce BoettcherEarl & Betty BonackerJoan BorgwardtHelen BoydMary & Bruce BoydLoren & Sheila BoyensTom & Sue BrakkeLarry & Janna BrendtroLaurence & Penny BreslowDale & Phyllis BreuerDick & Sue BrownMiles & Marilyn BrowneGerald & Patricia BrugetKevin & Mary BuchholzC. Charles BuchlerMarilyn BurkeEleanor BurkmanMary BurnetteSusan CallahanPat & Joan CannonRobert & Gail CarlsonBill & Charlotte CarverMary Lee ChildKeith & Dawn ChristensenGerald & Anne ChristophersonDelores ClevelandGeorge & Joan ClevenEd ClintonKay CoddingtonJohn ColePaul & Mary Ellen ConnellyGary & Kathleen ConradiSteve & Betty CrimTom & Kathy DainsNate & Mary DallySadie DardisDennis & Donna DarringtonJohn & Stephanie DavisWarren & Phyllis DayVirginia DettmanThomas DeupreeMildred DickRaymond & Ruth DunmireWilliam DunnKen EbenNorman & Muriel EkelandRobert & Cynthia EllsworthJean EllweinEleanor EmmelFred & Ann EntwistleDon & Judy EricksonKirsten EricksonDavid & Janice EvansMarvin EvensonEdward EverettArley & Pamela FadnessWayne FanebustKenneth & Crystal FeddersRobert & Lela FeuerbornBeverly Barnes FixDon & Kathleen Fjellestad

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Denise OttosonFrank & Dee OwensShirley ParksHoward & Lou Ann PaulsonJohn & Trudy PeckhamEd & Char PetersA. Richard & Bev PetersenCharles & Delilah PetersenGarneth PetersonGlen & Irene PetersonLloyd PetersonRandolph & Dorothy PetersonStephanie J. Peterson & Greg BrownCraig & Karen PfeiferTruman & Nancy PhelanFrancis & Cyndi PhillipsMerle PfluegerKathryn PieplowBill & Priscilla PochardtHarry & Pauline PoletesPerry PollardRuth QuinnSusan RadostiLaura RaedekeMartin & Alma ReineckeHarry ReinerWilliam & Loreli ReuterElizabeth RezekBarbara RiesBernice RikansrudDonald & Carol RiswoldJim & Danah RiswoldLarry & Beryl RitzOpal RognessDavid & Leona RokkeDick & Marilyn RonkenRev. Fred & Sally RosinJean RuddSpencer & Sharon RuffShirley RyanLaurie SachseArdyce SampRollyn & Karen SampE.W. & Kay SandersonRoger & Linda SandnessRoy & Dorothy SatreMary Lee ScarbroughJ. Craig ScherfMarlys SchmidtJames & Sally SchnatterlyMarjorie SchoonPalmer & Marjorie SchragFlorence SchubertHarold & Leona SchulerDorothy SchultzDon & Harriet ScottReed & Karin ScottSteven SeimMarlys ShaffMargarett ShieldsGeorge ShurrWilliam & Beverly SimpsonOrville & Charlotte SmidtEsther SmithDonald & Jean SneenVance & Virginia SneveJon & Kristy SognEarl & Anna SorlieSouth Dakota State Historical SocietyAnna SplideRolland & Sandra SteinbergDennis & Glenda SteneLloyd & Dorothy StiversKirstine StjernholmMary StollerVerna StundahlBob & Maureen SugaRobert & Katherine TalleyJohn & Denise Tapia

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The Center for WesternStudies is especially gratefulto the numerous companieswho have matching gift pro-gram. If your company has amatching gift program, pleasemake your gift to the Center apart of it. The following com-panies have contributed a totalover $12,000 this fiscal year:the 3M Foundation, ExcelEnergy Foundation, SiouxFalls Area Community Foun-dation, Thrivent Financial forLutherans, Prudential Foun-dation, Wells Fargo Founda-tion, Chevron USA Inc, Amer-ican Express Foundation, USBancorp, Dow Agro Sciences,Medtronic Foundation, andthe South Dakota CommunityFoundation. Thanks to thesecompanies for their support ofyour philanthropy.

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Food, Nutrition, and Healthby Elaine Nelson McIntosh (2003) $12.95

“McIntosh’s book is the guide that Lewis and Clark shouldhave had 200 years ago. It would have helped the Corps of Dis-covery stay healthy.”

Reviewed in South Dakota Magazine (Jan./Feb. 2004)“McIntosh is a registered dietician with a doctorate in bio-

chemistry, and her study assesses the Corps of Discovery’s diet bythe standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recommend-ed Six Food Group Plan, with its emphasis on a balanced diet ofgrains, fruits, vegetables, meat, and dairy products. She demon-strates that throughout the expedition the explorers’ diet waschronically lacking in several essential elements, including fiber,folic acid, and vitamins C and E. She suggests that the consump-tion of great quantities of meat during the ascent of the MissouriRiver in the spring of 1805—a daily average of nine pounds perman—was ‘clearly unhealthful,’ and that Sacagawea’s sporadicforaging for wild vegetables and fruits, while providing a welcomevariety to the corps’ larder, had little effect on overall nutrition.”

“The explorers’ diet was always adequate, she writes, andbeginning ‘in late summer 1805, the decreasing health and hardi-ness of the men became increasingly evident.’This condition couldonly have worsened had the expedition lasted into 1807, McIntoshconcludes, and might have seriously compromised the mission.”

Reviewed in the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation’s We Proceeded On (May 2004)

The Bull Rider’s Advice: New and Selected Poemsby David Allan Evans (2004) $14.95

“As befits his role as South Dakota poet laureate, David Evansbegins his new collection of poetry with an autobiographical essaythrough which he reveals why poetry is important. We see how theteenaged Sioux City pole vaulter he once was discovered poetry,how the images of Carl Sandburg seared his mind, how he discov-ered poems that ‘reminded me of things I already knew but weredescribed so convincingly that I would never forget them.’

“And that is how Evans writes. Many of his images are directfrom childhood. In ‘Poet,’ for example, he parallels his artistic pur-suit to that of the ‘little deaf man and his iron-wheeled cart crunch-

ing through the cindered alleys at odd hours selecting (before thegarbage truck comes) his useful fabulous junk.’”. . . Hopefully there are more poems to rise from the memories ofthe poet laureate. For now, this book is the definitive Evans.”

Reviewed in South Dakota Magazine (March/April 2004)

“Dave Evans got me sooner, way back in 1976, in poems aboutbull riders and bullfrogs, packing plants and pole vaulters, agingathletes and young lovers in red Ford pickups drifting across theyellow line.

“He sealed the deal with a poem called ‘The Story of Lava,’ anelegant description of his dad ‘bending over a long sink in thepressroom of the Sioux City Journal at 5 a.m., his gray long-under-wear peeled down over his white belly, a thin bar of Lava tumblingover and over slowly in his ink-stained hands.’

“It was more than the story of soap, of course. It was the storyof a son’s love for his pressman father . . . .”

“[Evans] is an easy guy to like, if you care about vivid imageryand muscular language. It’s no-nonsense writing, solid as a lug nut,that opens the mind rather than confounding the senses. . . .”

“The collection begins with an insightful foreword by ChiefU.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol of Sioux Falls. A former farmkid whose family sold hogs to the Sioux City slaughterhousewhere Evans worked while in college, Piersol clearly loves whatthis poet has to say. . . .”

“Evans got to him, too.”“Good poets will do that, sooner or later.”

Reviewed by Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal (May 2004)

“South Dakota poet laureate, Dave Evans, continues to drawon the depths of his experience.... Many of the poems selected arealready considered to be timeless and are favorites of many read-ers...”

“This collection can be read with ease, but gives Evans’ state-ment about life with the understanding and insight that only he cangive—because he lived it. It is a vivid picture of life in the Mid-west that many will relate to and enjoy. This is truly an excellentcollection that will be read again and again by many.”

Reviewed in South Dakota Library Association’s Book Marks (May/June 2004)

What the Critics Say About Our Books . . .

The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Then and Now edited with an introduction by David Kvernes $19.95 Eighteen selected essays from the Dakota Conference in observance of theLewis and Clark Bicentennial.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Food, Nutrition, and Health by Elaine N. McIntosh $12.95 “The guide that Lewis and Clark should have had 200 years ago”--SouthDakota Magazine; “fascinating study [and] informative” – CHOICE

The Bull Rider’s Advice (New and Selected Poems) by David Allan Evans, South Dakota Poet Laureate $14.95“This book brings out a whole life, rooted in place, with real humanbonds. The poetry comes through in the convergence of captured momentsin time . . . that evoke the larger rhythms and concerns of life.” – JosephCarroll, University of Missouri–St. Louis

Sioux Falls, South Dakota: A Pictorial History (New and Enlarged Edition) by Gary D. Olson and Erik L. Olson $39.95

Sioux Country: A History of Indian-white Relationsby Herbert T. Hoover and Carol Goss Hoover $49.95

Soldier, Settler, and Sioux: Fort Ridgely and the Minnesota River Valley, 1853-1867by Paul N. Beck $12.95

Memory Songs (poems) by Lydia Whirlwind Soldier $12.95

“Drifting to an Unknown Future”: The Civil War Letters of James E. Northup and Samuel W. Northupby Robert C. Steensma $9.95

The Geography of South Dakota (Third Edition) by Edward Patrick Hogan and Erin Hogan Fouberg

To order, call 605-274-4007, fax 605-274-4999, or email cws@augie.edu.Request a copy of our new 2004-2005 Books From the Northern PlainsCatalog, or view it at www.augie.edu/CWS.

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A number of CWS members were nominated for the SiouxFalls’ Mayor’s Awards in the Arts this spring. The categories andthe nominees are Literary Arts: Jerome Freeman; PerformingArts: Nancy Halverson, Leland Lilehaug, and Merle Pflueger;Advocacy (Individual): Mary Goings, Art Huseboe, and MarvLooby. Our congratulations to these people for their extra effortson behalf of the arts in Sioux Falls.

At its May 23rd commencement, Augustana College recog-nized CWS member Janet Blank-Libra with the Vernon andMildred Niebuhr Faculty Excellence Award to recognize bril-liance in classroom teaching and CWS member and formerBoard member, Maureen Diggins-Hutcheson with the Orin M.Lofthus Distinguished Professorship for teaching excellence.Congratulations to Janet and Maureen.

Sioux Falls Sales and Marketing Executives honored CWSmember and South Dakota Magazine publisher Bernie Hunhoffas the Sales and Marketing Executive of the Year for 2004.

Sales and Marketing Executives International honored CWSmember Mrs. Ruth Ziolkowski and her late husband Korczakwith the “Pinnacle Award” and inducted them into the Sales andMarketing Hall of Fame. Speaking of the founders of the CrazyHorse Memorial, SMEI President and CWS National AdvisoryCouncil member Jeff Hayzlett said, “through their artistry andbusiness leadership the Ziolkowskis have shown the world thecollective benefits of vision, diligence, and entrepreneurialism.”Jadwiga Ziolkowski represented her parents at the event.

Francis and Cyndi Phillips, owners of Wild Water WestWater Park and CWS members, were recognized by the SiouxFalls Convention and Visitors Bureau with the 2004 VisitorIndustry Business of the Year Award.

The Center is sad to share the passing of a number of CWSmembers since our last newsletter. Among those we were noti-fied of are CWS members LuVerne (Lou) Madsen, ErnaEggers, and Les and Helen Hetager. The Center extends itssympathy to their family and friends.

Thanks to the watchful eye of CWS National AdvisoryCouncil member Larry Ness, a Native American pipe bag, withan estimated value of $40,000 was returned to the Dakota Terri-torial Museum in Yankton. The pipe had disappeared in 1995 andNess carried a photo and description of the piece for these nine

years. While looking at a collection in New York City, Ness rec-ognized it and eventually helped get it returned to the museum.

The Minnehaha County Historical Society will hold itsNovember 18, 2004, meeting at the Fantle Building for the Cen-ter for Western Studies. The program will include the presenta-tion of a letter from the widow of Judge Joseph Amidon relat-ing the deaths of her husband and son, Willie, during the DakotaConflict of 1862. Their deaths, which occurred near Sioux Falls,are the only recorded deaths in what became South Dakota. Theletter was donated by Judge Amidon’s descendant Mary M.Doran, of Michigan, through the efforts of Bruce Blake.

Antonia Dauster, a graduate student in the HistoricalAdministration program at Eastern Illinois University, will be thenew CWS graduate intern in archives, beginning in late August2004.

Augustana professor emeritus Harriet Hybertson receivedthe Distinguished Alumni Award at the Augustana AcademyAlumni and Friends Reunion banquet on July 24, 2004.

The Center’s most recent book of poetry, The Bull Rider’sAdvice, continues to sell and receive warm reviews. This pastApril a new recognition was given to its author, David AllanEvans (already South Dakota’s Poet Laureate): The South Dako-ta Council of Teachers of English has selected Evans as “SouthDakota Author of the Year.” In addition, Evans will be the 2005conference speaker, and the Council will promote sales of hisbooks. Congratulations, David!

We note with regret the passing on May 4 of MikeSougstad, chairman of the Art Department at Dakota WesleyanUniversity. Among his many accomplishments, Mike designedand built the exhibits at both the Middle Border Museum andOscar Howe Art Center in Mitchell. In his work was the featuredpiece for the Artists of the Plains Art Show and Sale, presentedby the Center at the Radisson Convention Center. Our sympathyto Mike’s relatives and many friends.

The Center congratulates Board member Ruth Parry,whose husband Rodney has just been appointed interim Dean ofthe University of South Dakota School of Medicine and VicePresident of Health Affairs, effective July l. Ruth is an activemember of the Center’s Development Committee.

For the third year in a row, the Center has received a grantfrom the Deupree Family Foundation of Scottsdale, AZ. Theaward, for $2,000, is intended to provide encouragement toSioux Indian artists and to promote the appreciation of Sioux art.

The Center for Western Studies held itsannual Board of Directors and NationalAdvisory Council retreat on Saturday,May 15 at the Fantle Building. Pictured from the left are Board memberMike Spears, Council membersJeff Hayzlett, Sioux Falls, and David Solberg, Billings, MT, Board member Rosemary Draeger, and Councilmember Gerry Berger Law, Clear Lake, SD.

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“Pierre Cruzatte and the Music of the Lewis and Clark Expedition” ContributorsPATRONS--$1000Art & Doris HuseboeShirley KingRobert & Gerry LawRoy & Dorothy MayeskeResults Radio – Don JacobsRound Mountain Ranch Dean & Sharon Schueler

DONORS--$500-$999Don C. & Alice AndersonBluestem Capital Company – Paul SchockHerb & Esther BowdenJeff & Tami HayzlettHoward & Eunice HovlandLewis Drug – Mark GriffinLou & Helen MadsenJohn McIntyreV.R. & Joyce NelsonSencore, Inc. – Al BowdenSioux Valley Hospitals and Health System Jamie & Penny VolinWells Fargo Bank

CONTRIBUTORS--$250-$499Dennis & Julie AndersonLynn & Barbara AspaasAvera Health Plans, Inc.Charles & Elizabeth BalcerDavenport Evans Hurwitz & SmithJerome & Mary Freeman Dick & Edna HaaseAnton & Anne HagaHeart Hospital of South Dakota –

Jon Soderholm

Vernell & Louise JohnsonLodgenet EntertainmentMike & Carol MullinNorthstar Publishing of Sioux Falls –

Garry & Pat WebberJoyce OlsonLyn & Bedia OyosPine Hill Press – Joe MierauRod & Ruth PerryThe Printing Center –

Mike & Diane SpearsShowplace Wood Products, Inc. –

Tony BourHarry & Ronelle ThompsonUS Bank – Dave RozenboomOrville & Audrey Waltner

SUSTAINERS--$60-$249Ron & Lois AhrendtJames AndersonMiriam AndersonVerna BergMarvin BoelmanDelores ClevelandDarlene Colwill Tom & Kathy DeanJames & Judith DedricksonJetty Duffy-Matzner Gary & Sandra EarlErna Eggers Norris & Carolyn EinertsonBob & Rita Elmen Marion FroilandFrank & Jan Gibbs

Charley & Betty GutchBruce HalversonLillian HansenMilt Hanson Roger & Sandra HaugoRon & Eloise HeftyColleen Hofelman Burt & Gladys HorstedHarriet HybertsonLowell & Norma HylandSelmer & Lois JohnsrudJohn & Rosemary JonesGlenn & Phyllis JorgensonTom & Lorna KilianLes & Bev MillerC.P. “Buck” Moore Rex Myers & Susan RichardsCarl & Janet NaessigDiedrick & Doris NelsonArt & Ruth OlsenGary & Rosaaen OlsonGene & Ruth ParkerChuck & Helen RognessFred & Sally RosinRonald & Martha RossingWilliam & Ihlene Rossing Al & Phyllis SchockDarwin & Jane SlettenCharline SmithClayton Smith Kirstine StjernholmCharlotte Ustrud Arlen & Betty VisteKarl & Margaret Wegner

The history of Augustana Academy,1881-1971, is the subject of a new andpermanent exhibit in the archivesresearch room of the Fantle Building forthe Center for Western Studies. Althoughthe Academy and Augustana Collegeshare a common ancestry dating to 1860,the exhibit focuses on the private highschool that produced two South Dakotagovernors, a major Norwegian-Americannovelist, and a Hollywood celebrity.

During the weekend of the Augus-tana Academy Alumni and FriendsReunion, July 23-25, the archivesresearch room was renamed the Augus-tana Academy Research Room and offi-cially dedicated by John Paulson, presi-dent of the Augustana Academy Alumni

and Friends Council.The exhibit was the

product of the AugustanaAcademy History Commit-tee, whose members areHoward and Eunice (Eide)Hovland, Morris and Edith(Sogn) Magnuson, Rev.Leroy Iseminger, Dr. Lyn-wood E. Oyos, and PaulKrueger, with the assis-tance of Dr. Harry F.Thompson, Judith Howard,and Mary Selvig.

Additional panels are planned tocomplete the exhibit, and a DVD versionof the exhibit is under discussion.

Donors of $1,000 or more to the

Augustana Academy Research Room areacknowledged elsewhere in this newslet-ter.

Augustana Academy History Featured in New Exhibit

Alums view the new exhibit in the Augustana AcdemyResearch Room.

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THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL

DAKOTA CONFERENCEON NORTHERN PLAINS HISTORY,

LITERATURE, ART & ARCHAEOLOGYApril 22-23, 2005 ~ Augustana College

2005 Theme: The Black HillsCall for paper and session proposals on the Black Hills or

any aspect of the Dakotas and Northern PlainsDeadline: January 21, 2005

Send paper title, one-paragraph summary, and biographical sketch toDakota Conference Director Harry Thompson

CWS, Box 727, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD 57197Or email harry_thompson@augie.edu

CASH AWARDS IN AMATEUR, STUDENT, AND PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

Contributors to the CWS Endowment Fund during 2003-2004 were the United Church of Christ, L.M. and Mary Bay-lor, Blair and Linda Tremere, and the Norwegian Singers’Association of America.

The following were inducted to the Center for WesternStudies’ Heritage Club in December: Robert Law and GerryBerger Law, Frank and Jan Gibbs, and Gerald and AnneChristopherson.

Memorials

In Memory of Alvin BaerRobert & Delila CaselliEd & Eunice MansfieldArt & Doris Huseboe

In Memory of Kermit BolingerElsie Oksol

In Memory of Arla BrantnerTom & Lorna Kilian

In Memory of Erna EggersArthur & Doris

Eggers HuseboeDean & Sharon Schueler

In Memory of Lila GubrudArt & Doris Huseboe

In Memory of Nora GulsrudCharles & Elizabeth BalcerArt & Doris HuseboeHerman & Carol Lerdal

In Memory of Ingvald HaugeRobert & Marianne Vatne

In Memory of Helen HetagerGreg & Beth AmbleAnonymous DonorsCharles & Elizabeth BalcerDon & Carolyn Grant

Bob & Dagmar JohnsonHarold & Phyllis Krueger Lee & Karen Larson Lawrence SatterleeDean & Sharon SchuelerDoug Uthe

In Memory of Les HetagerGreg & Beth Amble Charles & Elizabeth Balcer Don & Carolyn Grant John & Nancy Hetager Art & Doris Huseboe Lee & Karen LarsenLawrence SatterleeDean & Sharon SchuelerDoug Uthe

In Memory of Dean HofstadHarold & Phyllis Krueger

In Memory of Marian HoukWilliam & Ihlene Rossing

In Memory of Leland JohnsonCharles & Sarah Mandsager

In Memory of Signe JohnsonDean & Sharon Schueler

In Memory of Charles R. Kirsch, Jr.

Harold & Phyllis KruegerIn Memory of Cal Krsnak

Dean & Sharon SchuelerIn Memory of Lou Madsen

Art & Doris Huseboe Dean & Sharon Schueler

In Memory of Lori MattesonRobert & Marianne Vatne

In Memory of Vern MeeksPam & Tim Homan

In Memory of Paul OlsonGail & Susan Arnott Art & Doris Huseboe Wayne & Esther KnutsonHenrey Muller

In Memory of Sidney RandArt & Doris Huseboe Roy & Dorothy Mayeske

In Memory of Gertrude Risty WaringWilliam & Ihlene RossingMarianne Vatne

In Memory of Clarice YtternessWilliam & Ihlene Rossing

In Honor of Milt HansonRoland & Marlys Vant Hul

The Center has received memorials in honor of the following people since the Spring Newsletter. Thanks to all who remembered these special people.

CWS Board member Howard Hovland andwife Eunice were recognized with theFriend of Augustana Award for their

generous support and loyalty to AugustanaCollege at the college’s 144th Commence-ment Service on May 23. The Hovlands are

from Baltic, SD, and are member of theClass of 1950 at the college.

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CWS Special Project Donors

Collection Donors

Throughout the year many people provide support to the Center through gifts for special projects.The following is a listing of some of those projects.

36th Annual Dakota Conference on History, Literature, Art, and ArchaeologySouth Dakota Humanities Council Richard and Michelle Van Demark

Mellon Fund Committee of Augustana College Loren AmundsonDakotah Corral of Westerners International Carolyn Odegard

Minnehaha County Historical Society Janet and Grove RathbunRex Myers and Susan Richards Robert Van Demark

Jamie and Penny Volin Robert WebbDeadwood Historic Preservation Committee

CWS Internship Program Lewis and Clark Then and Now Book ProjectCharley and Betty Gutch First Dakota National Bank-Larry Ness

Midcontinent Media Foundation Mellon Fund Committee of Augustana College

Lewis and Clark Through Artists’ Eyes 1804-2004 Art Show and SaleDarwin and Jane Sletten David and Sandra Solberg

Dakota West Books-Dave Strain Results Radio-Don Jacobs

New History of South Dakota Echoes from the Little Big Horn Art ExhibitElmen Family Foundation Larry Ness Collection

South Dakota Community Foundation

24th Annual Artists of the Plains Art Show and SaleResults Radio-Don Jacobs Lynn and Barbara Aspaas

Howard and Eunice Hovland Arthur and Doris HuseboeDean and Sharon Schueler Arlen and Betty Viste

Support of Native American ArtistsDeupree Family Foundation

Lynn and Barbara AspaasAugustana CollegeShirley BarnsL.M. BaylorIvan Fuller/June BeecherHarold and Sissel BerdahlBruce BlakePearl L. BoeRichard and Betty BrownPhil BrunsMary Eisenman CarsonFern ChamberlainGary L. Conradi Chrys Uthe DanielMary M. DoranRobert C. Elmen Marvin A. EvensonMerlyn FidemannRobert ForceRobert N. ForneC. Marion Froiland

Frank and Jan GibbsFran Gundrum Elizabeth R. GutchSusan E. HaigRoger E. HaugoHerbert T. HooverTom HouleLois Boe Hyslop EstateLeroy IsemingerVerlys V. JacobsonWilliam KrauseLois Ann Lahlum Bob LeeLisa MailsMaryanna ManfredRev. Stan Maudlin/AICRCRoberta M. McDowAudrey MortensenMrs. Lee MortimerMyrtle Hunstad MortimerVern Murra

Gary D. OlsonJames RichardCamille RogersWilliam F. SchoenwetterSouth Dakota Conference/

United Church of ChristSouth Dakota Ornithologists’ UnionSouth Dakota Episcopal DioceseSouth Dakota State Historical

Society ArchivesMargaret Froiland Skibbe and FamilyClayton F. SmithColetta SmithKristen B. SolbergRobert C. SteensmaMerlyn TidemannUSD ArchivesJamie VolinLoyd and Donna WagnerDonna Willadsen

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PAIDSIOUX FALLS

SOUTH DAKOTAPERMIT NO. 5

The Center for Western StudiesBox 727Augustana CollegeSioux Falls, SD 57197

August1 Beginning of the 2004-2005 fiscal year

25 Board of Directors meeting

27-29 South Dakota Festival of the Book, Sioux Falls

September1 Classes begin at Augustana College

4 Closing of the Lewis and Clark Exhibit

11 Opening of the Vernell Johnson Photo Exhibit, “Vanishing Scenes of the Northern Prairie”

12 Watertown Arts Festival

16 Reception for Vernell Johnson Photo Exhibit

19 Third Annual Spirit of the West Festival

22 Board of Directors meeting

23-26 Northern Plains Indian Market

29- Western Literature Association Convention, Oct 2 Big Sky, MT

October4 CWS membership renewal campaign

begins for 2005

7-9 West River History Conference

8-10 Viking Days

27 Board of Directors meeting

November17 Board of Directors meeting

18 Fall Newsletter is published

December3 Christmas Open House at the Center

9:30—11:00 AM

4 CWS Members and Friends Christmas Luncheon and Board and Council Retreat

CWS Schedule of Events Summer—Fall 2004