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March 17, 2003

Center for Western Studies Hosts Autograph Party

SIOUX FALLS - The 16th annual autograph party will be held in the Fantle Building on the Augustana College campus Saturday, April 26, from 10:00 a.m. to noon.

The autograph party, which is free and open to the public, is an important part of the 35th annual Dakota Conference. A luncheon following the autograph session features teacher and writer, John E. Miller, whose topic is “Imagining the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder.” Reservations for the luncheon must be made by April 18. Call (605) 274-4007 for luncheon reservations and for additional information on the autography party or Dakota Conference.

The Autograph party at the Center for Western Studies features authors whose books deal with aspects of life on the northern plains.

Among the authors to be honored are Anne J. Aby, The North Star State: A Minnesota History Reader; Ruth Alexander, Episcopal Women in the Diocese of South Dakota 1886-2000; Joseph Amato, Rethinking Home: A Case for Writing Local History and A Place Called Home: Writings on the Midwestern Small Town; Mary Bakeman, Legends, Letters and Lies: Readings about the Inkpaduta and the Spirit Lake Massacre of 1857; Bob Bartos, New Memories of the Millenium Two; Del Dvoracek, Charlie's Gold and Other Frontier Tales and A Time for Justice and Other Frontier Tales; Edward Hogan, The Geography of South Dakota; Tim Hoheisel, Images of America: Watertown and Codington County, South Dakota; Herbert Hoover, Sioux Country: A History of Indian-White Relations; Paul Horsted and Ernest Grafe, Exploring with Custer: The 1874 Black Hills Expedition; Rebecca Johnson, What It Took: A History of the USGS EROS Data Center; Elaine N. McIntosh, The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Food, Nutrition, and Health; Bill Markley, Dakota Epic: Experiences of a Re-enactor During the Filming of “Dances With Wolves”; John Miller, Looking for History on Highway 14 and Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Town; Steven Misener, Selden G. Washburn: A Pioneer on the Prairie; Lynwood Oyos, winner of the 2002 Governor's Award for History, The Family Farmers' Advocate: South Dakota Farmers Union 1914-2000; Bruce Paton, Lewis and Clark: Doctors in the Wilderness; Elwin Rogers, For God and Land: Brown Earth, A Dakota Indian Community 1876-1892; Ardyce Samp, Hall of Fame Writer of the Year, When Movies were a Dime; Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, winner of the President's National Humanities Medal, Enduring Wisdon; Robert C. Steensma, Drifting to an Unknown Future: The Civil War Letters of James E. Northup and Samuel Northup; Kathleen Taylor, Foreign Body; Deloris Schmitt Von Nordheim, Passage Through Dust: Pioneer Eastern Dakota; Charles L. Woodard, recipient of the South Dakota Humanities' Distinguished Award, Country Congregations: South Dakota Stories and Shaping Survival: Essays by Four American Indian Tribal Women.