Joseph Harper Cash Memorial Lecture

Joseph H. Cash, Ph. D. (1927-1991) Director (1976-1977, 1987-1990)

Part of the Institute of American Indian Studies mission statement directs that we organize "campus programs to promote education and awareness of American Indian culture, issues, and problems." Because of this charge, and after consultation with the Cash family, the annual lecture series was inaugurated in the Fall of 1995. Featuring scholars in the fields of Indian studies, frontier, western, and mining history, the University community is annually enlightened on current scholarship in the respective fields. The four major areas of study reflect the interests of the late Dean Cash.

Professor Cash never forgot his roots in Bonesteel, South Dakota and the surrounding community. Having forged lifelong friendships with Indian and non-Indian people in his immediate vicinity during his early life, he never forgot the people. He always admonished his students to remember history from small places. His memorial lecture series is built on that thesis: History From Small Places.

We will soon offer photographs of past gatherings and the lecture content in full. In the meantime, you are invited to visit the brief biographies used in press and program releases offered below:

Dr. Richmond L. Clow, Fall 1995
Mr. Robert F. Karolevitz, Fall 1996
Mrs. Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Fall 1997
Dr. Robert L. Spude, Fall 1998
Grandma Dora Bruguier, Fall 1999
Mr. Russell Means Fall 2000

The Memorial Lecture series was developed through private donations from Dr. Cash's family and friends and continues to grow as other contributions are received. If you are interested in joining the donor's list please contact us at the Institute of American Indian Studies, the University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069.

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11 December 1999, lrb