History

Mark Miller is a former Wyoming state archaeologist and author of a new book, "Big Nose George and His Troublesome Trail." Grady Kirkpatrick recently spoke with Mr. Miller about his book and the notorious Wyoming outlaw.

Over the next year, History Colorado, a nonprofit and an agency under the state’s department of higher education, will investigate the experiences, abuse and deaths of students at the former Fort Lewis Indian School near Durango.

At a Ethete powwow this summer, the University of Wyoming Stealing Culture team was honored for their work getting Alyson White Eagle Sounding Sides to London to see Chief Yellowcalf's headdress. White Eagle Sounding Sides is one of Yellowcalf's descendants and the first Arapaho to see his headdress at the British Museum in London in one hundred years.

The stories of Native American communities have often been underreported and underrepresented when it comes to their experiences accessing healthcare and the impacts that are still felt today. Centuries of abuse, government mismanagement, distrust, and racism have been a regular part of that story. But a temporary exhibit that is part of the collection at the Western Heritage Center in Billings, Montana is telling that story about the experiences on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations. Wyoming Public Radio's Hugh Cook spoke with the Museum at the Bighorn's Jessica Salzman.

This week in Bozeman, librarians, historians, scientists and the public gathered to share ideas for how to preserve the history of Yellowstone National Park. This year is the park's 150th anniversary. Dayton Duncan, an award winning author and a collaborator on Ken Burns documentaries for over 30 years, gave the keynote address at the Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone Conference. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards sat down with Duncan and asked him about the title of his talk, "Happenstance and History."

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park and historians, librarians and the general public will gather in Bozeman for a conference to celebrate the park’s history and collaborate on preserving it.

The National Museum of Military Vehicles will have its long awaited Grad Opening on May 28, just outside of Dubois. Dan Starks is the museum's founder and chairman. He joined Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck to describe the museum and why it's worth your time.

How long ago humans arrived in North America continues to be a hotly debated issue within the science community - on the extreme end, researchers estimate more than 100,000 years ago - but new University of Wyoming-led research indicates it might only have been about 13,000 years ago.University of Wyoming researchers Todd Surrovell and Sarah Allaun are the two lead authors on the study. They spoke with Wyoming Public Radio's Caitlin Tan.

The special exhibition grapples with the idea of Yellowstone through the lens of people who have used, loved, lived and migrated through the park.

The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame is taking nominations through the end of February. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards sat down with Scotty Ratliff, a former legislator and a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, to hear why he decided to start a list of Wyoming's most famous and skilled cowboys.