On Sunday, December 12th at 2:00 PM, Paul L. Hedren will present, “Sacred Sites of the Great Sioux War: A Geographer’s Bazaar.” In the program, based on his 1995 book Traveler’s Guide to the Great Sioux War, Hedren takes his audience on an imaginary tour of locations associated with the conflicts of the 1870s. Some are very difficult to see today, and several are indeed sacred places. Hedren is a retired National Park Service superintendent and historian now living in Omaha, Nebraska. A life-long student of the Indian wars of the American West with a special interest in the Great Sioux War, his publications include more than sixty essays appearing in state and national journals, and seven books, including First Scalp for Custer (1980) and We Trailed the Sioux (2003). Hedren’s eighth book, Great Sioux War Orders of Battle, is scheduled for release this February, and a ninth, an epilogue for Sioux Country and the Great Sioux War, is also in press.
The program begins at 2:00 PM and is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Author books will be available for purchase and signing. The John G. Neihardt State Historic site is located at 306 W. Elm Street in Bancroft, Nebraska.
