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Defense table and went over and shook Standing Bears hand. That was not all that common in the 1870s either. But from all accounts, it was a pretty magical moment on the corner of 15th and the corner of 15th and dodge on may 2, 1879. I think if you have the proper people what is Standing Bear there are many answers, but there are many who kin toe that he is a the Martin Luther king of native americans. He was, in the minds of many , the and native Americans First civil rights hero this country has ever produced. Ponca see him in that vein. They see him as a civil rights hero,r, is a civil righ...

[inaudible conversations] and good evening. They give poor joining for our it event for the oregon trail. We got so excited when we read the book at the very beginning we decided to do something fun with the publisher. Here is what we did. We thought we would take the advanced copy to send it on its own Little Journey to independent bookstores. In kansas city we got together then retook get on its own little trail which went to the Indian Mission and the Pioneer Family section and in the old west port to take it there and the scalp statute and we went to the pioneer area there is two pictures ...

By either the executive legislative or judicial branches of the federal government has affected you and your life or your community. The competition is open to students in grades six through 12 and students may work alone or in groups of up to three. Contestants are asked to produce a five to seven minute video documentary supporting their chosen topic and to include some cspan programming. That 100,000 in cash prizes will go to 150 students and that the three teachers and the grand prizewinner for the best overall entry will win 5000. The deadline for entry this year is january 20, 2015 and w...

To. One is theres a changing social compact between companies and the work force and companies are increasingly looking for individuals who have some important technical skill which is why Stem Education is so important. We were fortunate to see an 8. 6 increase in our enrollment of students in engineering programs and i think students are realizing that skrg these skills is important because its what employers are looking for. Were talking with james linder, the interim president of the university of nebraska lincoln, part of cspan buss big 10 college tour. We kicked that off this weekend. We...

Carrot additionally. One of the things that we dont have enough of are programs or grants that encourage and inspire innovation and new practices and new knowledge about this issue when were placing all of our resources in enforcement and were not complementing that with innovation, then i think were creating a situation where we do have box checking instead of new thinking. I understand what youre saying. I guess what youre saying. One thing thats disappointing to me about this is that we depend on College Campuses for innovation for so many things in our society. You have on a College Campus...