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Spring 2015 Argentum and Student Art Exhibit
Scenes from the Argentum 2015 Release Reception and Student Art Show on 7 May 2015, with interviews with artists Shawn Collins, Debbie Heaton-Lamp, Kacie Ortiz, and Cynthia Delaney.
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Elko Street-scaping Project: Interview with Nevada DOT Architect John L'Etoile
Angie de Braga (GBC VHC) interviews John L'Etoile, Senior Landscape Architect for the Nevada Department of Transportation (Nevada DOT), about the design of the Elko Street-scaping project, using the theme "A Passage through Time."
Bard in the Yard III - Beyond the Veil: Erika Patrick as Witch, Jeff Ballew as Macbeth
Production photograph from Silver Stage Players' production of Bard in the Yard III - Beyond the Veil, directed by Frank L. Sawyer in July of 2015. The photograph subjects are from an excerpt of Macbeth, the witches confront Macbeth. Erika Patrick…
Deepa Willingham - Eradicating Extreme Poverty through Girls' Education
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Deepa is the founder of Promise and Assurance of Children Everywhere (PACE) Universal, a non-profit organization leading a program to prevent child trafficking and eradicate extreme poverty through education of girls and…
Sun Dance in Silver Bow: Urban Indian Poverty in the Shadow of the Richest Hill on Earth
Nicholas Vrooman discusses the history of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana, a polyethnic community of Native Americans forming from Cree, Assiniboine, and French roots in the first half of the nineteenth century.
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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
Dan Flores speaks about his forthcoming book, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (New York: Basic Books, June 2016):
“[It] is a biography of the animal from its evolutionary origins in the American Southwest five million years ago,…
Frankie and Jay Bilbao: Oral History Interview
Tom Bilbao, son of Basque immigrants Vicente & Paula Bilbao was born at Jack Creek, NV in 1925. His wife Frances "Frankie" Vicondoa Bilbao and son Jay Bilbao talk about prospecting & mining in northern Elko County and their "Aita", father Tom…
People's Colleges: Nevada Community Colleges, the First Twenty-Five Years, revised edition.
From the "Acknowledgements":
This is a story of the founding of Nevada's community colleges. It is told by people who had a hand in the opening and building, each life a part of the mosaic. There is a common set of characters--regents, advisors,…
John Adams Encounters the Basque
Account of John Adams visit to the Basque country in Spain in 1779. The visit was the result of delays in Adams travelling to Paris to begin the peace process in the American Revolution.
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The Work of a Generation
Vince J. Juaristi's experiences and pride as a member of the Basque community and looking forward to Basque celebration as part of the National Folklife Festival.
Part of the Intertwined series of articles celebrating Basque and American Encounters…