Based on her contacts and friendships with Hutterites since 1976 in eastern South Dakota, Kant’s topics will range from colony clothing patterns and children rearing practices to food customs and history.

“Kant will present some good information for those of us who know very little about this vibrant and fascinating culture—which is essentially right in our back yard,” said Debralee Nelson, R.D.H., M.A., professor of dental hygiene at USD and chair of the School of Health Sciences’ Cultural Competency Committee.

Kant, who has published extensively on Hutterite culture, first worked with Sunset Colony near Britton, S.D. during the production of “The Hutterite Community Cookbook,” published by Good Books in 1990. In 2004, she conducted research at more than 40 colonies in South Dakota, which resulted in “Hutterites of South Dakota: The Schmiedeleut.”

An honors graduate of the University of South Dakota, Kant earned a Master of Science degree in geography from South Dakota State University in 2008. She currently resides in Brookings where she is a full-time graduate student and research assistant at South Dakota State University, studying for a Ph. D. in Biological Sciences with an emphasis in plant science.

Funding for this program was made possible by the South Dakota Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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