Incorporating and Engaging Native Histories on Public Lands

Many concepts of Manifest Destiny and the American West continue to permeate non-native communities across the Midwest. As a result, Native American historical interpretations and perspectives are often purposely left out or forgotten. As public history becomes more professionalized and part of the local community, Native peoples are finding new opportunities and benefits to return to their traditional homelands and share their own histories. Not only are Native peoples able to directly share their own history within the non-native community, but also influence the non-native institutions and communities to remedy the past to heal and unravel cultural trauma.

Historian Broc Anderson builds upon the work of other historians by exploring the social, economic, and political relationships between the Lakota from Pine Ridge and non-natives in northwest Nebraska during the late nineteenth century.   

Anderson is the director of Historic Sites for the Nebraska State Historical Society. He graduated from Chadron State College with a bachelor degree in social science education and received a master's in History from the University of Nebraska, Kearney.

This lecture will be recorded and ready to view on the Available Recordings page approximately 24-36 hours after the conclusion of the event. The recording will only be available for three weeks from the date of the lecture.