Bruguier's 4 p.m. address, "At the Center of the Earth, Behold a Four-Legged: The Horse Nation Comes to the Sioux," will be held in the museum, located in Cambridge, Mass. The lecture will be in conjunction with a Peabody Museum's adaptation of how the Plains Indians incorporated the horse and bison into past and present culture.

Bruguier narrated a Public Broadcasting System program, "Stories of the Horse," in the early 1990s. Through his participation in the PBS program, he was asked to serve as a consultant on the Peabody Museum project, which is located in The Hall of the North American Indian.

"I am pleased that the Peabody Museum has consulted with the Indian community in these activities," said Bruguier. "It is gratifying to see their commitment to the authenticity of the Indian contribution in these historic portrayals."

"We are truly looking forward to Dr. Bruguier's visit," said Professor Castle McLaughlin, the Hrdy Fellow in North American Ethnology at the Peabody Museum and Harvard University. "Horses are very central to the Plains Indian culture, and his insight will be integral to our depiction."

Bruguier, who is also a member of the USD history faculty, was named director of the Institute of American Indian Studies in 1990. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from USD, and a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University at Stillwater.

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