English professor, 308.865.8867 OR bloomfields@unk.edu
Native American
Heritage Month
Guest Speaker
Joseph Marshall III
An award-winning author, Joseph Marshall III has authored ten books, including the highly acclaimed The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History (Viking Penguin 2004), and The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living (Viking Compass 2001), and had screenplays selected by the Sundance Institute. In addition, he is an actor, appearing in The Real West , Return to Lonesome Dove , and in Steven Spielberg’s mini-series Into the West , where he also served as Native American Technical Advisor. He has also served as a teacher at the high school and college levels, an educational and health programs administrator for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, a craftsman of primitive Lakota bows and arrows, an historian, and a founder Sinte Gleska University. His official website is
http://www.thunderdreamers.com .
Sponsors: Artists and Lecturers; the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Student Life; the Center for Active Citizenship; the Colleges of Fine Arts and Humanities, Education, Business and Technology, and Natural and Social Sciences; the Reynolds Writers and Readers Series; Ethnic Studies; and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
For more information, contact Susanne Bloomfield, 865-8867. E-mail:
bloomfields@unk.edu
