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Media Alert: OPB documentary featuring Mitch Reyes premieres November 17

 The Lewis & Clark Expedition was a pivotal moment in American history. But the story of York, a slave to William Clark and comrade on this journey, has been obscured by omission and stereotype. “Searching for York,” a film produced for Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Experience, paints a portrait of this unofficial member of the Corps of Discovery as it discusses the ways in which history is written.York

Assistant Professor of Communication Mitch Reyes contributes his expertise in the field of public memory to the program.

The documentary debuts on OPB on November 17th at 9:00 p.m. “Searching for York” will be re-broadcast on Wednesday the 19th at 3:00 a.m. and Sunday the 23rd at 1:00 p.m.

Click the image to view a trailer at OPB’s website.

17 November 2008

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Campion reviews biography of Kevin O’Higgins

David Campion, assistant professor of history:

This spring, Campion reviewed John P. McCarthy’s biography of Kevin O’Higgins, titled “Kevin O’Higgins: Builder of the Irish State” (Irish Academic Press, 2006) for The University Bookman. Campion writes: “It is a testament to Kevin O’Higgins and to the government he painstakingly helped build and in whose service he gave the best years of his life…”

2 May 2008

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Miller responds to Pope Benedict XVI’s comments regarding the colonization of America

Robert Miller, professor of law, responding to comments made by Pope Benedict XVI, during his recent trip to America, explains how the pontiff’s statements ignore the history of the church and its historic role in the colonization of the Americas and the unfair treatment of Native Americans.

Indian Country Today (Rapid City, S.D.) Benedict XVI: Reflections on the pope’s visit to America

29 April 2008

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Associate Professor of History Elliott Young receives Chautauqua Lectureship award

Elliott Young, associate professor of history:

Young received a Chautauqua Lectureship award from the Oregon Council for the Humanities.

10 April 2008

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First SHEAR/Mellon fellow named from Lewis & Clark College

Rory Sullivan, a junior history major, has been awarded one of ten fellowships to participate in a summer seminar at the University of Pennsylvania’s McNeil Center for the Study of Early America. As a SHEAR/Mellon (Society for Historians of the Early American Republic) fellow, Sullivan will receive a $2,000 research stipend, complimentary participation in the seminar, and the opportunity to mount research for his senior honors thesis at Lewis & Clark. He is the first SHEAR/Mellon Fellow from Lewis & Clark College. Read more here.

24 March 2008

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Undergraduates travel to Oaxaca, Mexico to document immigration

A feature on alternative spring break programs details Lewis & Clark’s immigration history course, US-Mexico Borderlands, which traveled to Oaxaca and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 22-29 to document Oaxacan immigration to Oregon. Read more here.

The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Breaking away

23 March 2008

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Professor Stephen Beckham explains history of territory dispute

Stephen Beckham, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. professor of history, explains that the Cowlitz Tribe is also recognized as the Hu-lu-etul people, who once occupied the area along the Columbia and Lewis rivers. The Cowlitz are currently in a battle over this territory, where they hope to build a reservation and casino.

The Seattle Times (Seattle, Wash.) History and money color casino fight

27 February 2008

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