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<br />into an oasis. we are in danger of losing important values
<br />associated with the arid wilderness_ Considering this poin! of
<br />view, Blend expressed her discomfon with F()(l(C's having
<br />romanticized the West for her Eastern audience.
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<br />AleJUll1dra Voorhees, who portrayed Sarah Winnemucca,
<br />pointed ow that 100 years aflcr her death, treaties that had
<br />been entered intO in her lifetime were still not being fulfilled.
<br />She said that she had the same problem as Winnemucca in that
<br />she is both white and Paiute. We need to take care of Mother
<br />Earth. she said; being the keeper is both a right and a privilege
<br />we often overlook.
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<br />Howard Bmes of NPR pointed OUI that Western states have
<br />a higher percentage of wban dwellers than Eastern nates.
<br />During the hearing he had heard a lot of human agoni7ing but
<br />still had not resolved how to get beyond that to a sustainable
<br />economy in the American West. Freedom equals license. he
<br />said, and we haven't taken seriously thai pan of freedom: jf
<br />you don't W8m others (0 restrain you. you had better resuain
<br />yourself.
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<br />Oay Jenkinson. Major PowelJ"s impersonator. closed the
<br />conference. beginning with his observation that the history of
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<br />Howard Dnaft, Jtj"'-Jdf, is . S.1I We Cj(y-baKd ~spondc:nl for
<br />National Public Radlo.
<br />Iknar Hlmd. Mary Uallod. f"OOk, teaclIc:s African-Amc:rican hilior}'
<br />.llou3siana Schcd, and h&.s publishc:d sc:vc:nJ anicles on Western
<br />hislOl)',
<br />Bunny Brock, JdM Wo~.k~, is e8ming. Mula"s OI:gru in Political
<br />Science and Indian Policy.
<br />SCc:\'t' Brodr., Bill GOO<lfdluw, iI e8ming ItiJ Muter's OI:~ in
<br />Political Science and W.ler Policy.
<br />Dftdet OrdI."l'",SNuOll Wtarllt'rby, is. Western CoI0ra00 randter, and
<br />Iwibecn.lI'UIilee wil./1lhf:, En'llJ'ONJlCnw Dc:femc: Fund.
<br />ROCff .::dto-H....k. Jonws RUlIlg-S_. is . studenl of Pawnee Trit.!
<br />Hi$lOf)',. CODlIull&nl on Indian 1tiJIOr)', and arcMc:ological moo.i~
<br />for the: Cily and COlInI)' of OI:nvc:r.
<br />ROCff Flynn, Waltt'~ lfolyf~ld. is a Rody MOIlnt.ain WaJJ:r Fello.... AI.
<br />the Environrncni.aJ OI:fensc: Fund and aulhor of A Citizen's Guide:
<br />10 MminR in Colorado.
<br />Barban Grft'M. Dtborall B~IIDnI. Mayo~ of Jolvlsvilk, is.. Denver
<br />alla'nc:y and member of the Groundwater Comm'ssion.
<br />Sri! ('.nll. Ntib Griggs, is IIead of Civil Engineering 0I:panmen1 AI.
<br />CoIor.do Sla~ Univenicy, and famcr Oira:lor of r.hc: CoIttMlo
<br />WIieTResoun:csRe5eC'Chlnstitule.
<br />.....arrm Hft'lI. Jtrt",iall Gc:opJUll<S, i. a ptIysiCl.an and epidemiologist.
<br />and Chair oll.he Holy CfOJ,S Wildc:rnc:u OI:fensc: Fund.
<br />Canmne Iadarola. RaNialllltanltal.. Mayor 0( RlUstll, President at
<br />AquaSan Nc:twtri:, a rtallti-duciphnary .....ta and c:nvironrrEntal
<br />linn
<br />Clay Straus. Jmklmoa. JoM K-'ulty PClWt'll. i. a Rhoo;ks Scholar
<br />'NOlting on his Ph.D. in C1uJical Stulha, and is ~tor at the
<br />G~ Plains Chautauqua. a tn.veling hun-..nilJeJ tent .ho..... lie abo
<br />portrays Thoma Jeffenon...
<br />1'I1 Kapp., Rqyll D_Il. is a Princir-l in AquaSan Nerw-crl.. and is an
<br />ardent fishcnnan and hunter.
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<br />the United StateS is the history of maiming, He cited William
<br />Cexton. who argued that humans went wrong when they suned
<br />to consume calories nex their own. Oil and coal are ancient
<br />calories. nex contemporary. The essential misunderstanding
<br />was when Columbus came (Jenkinson said he was using
<br />Colwnbus as a symbollO make this point): they came and saw
<br />empcy continents, but one could argue that the continents were
<br />already environmentally and erologicaJly full,
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<br />OUlgoillg CWRRI Djr~clOf'
<br />N~iJ S. G~jgg and ,.".,
<br />Dj~~ctor RoMrl C. Ward
<br />l~ d /Neal at Cho.~wqWl.
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<br />Ca~t
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<br />I'redmck Krdls. 14(jlliDm MldltoJland, i. a DUtinguishc:d SUIUS
<br />Inuructor AI. Johnwn County Community College and an
<br />expenencc:dcbaulall'luan...,thtendirrerenl~X'ntatiOf1S,including
<br />Benjamin Franklin and William Allen "''hite.
<br />Palrida Sd~ UlIIt'f1ck, M~ Li".,~ir:1. is a Prore.sSOl' of Histor)'
<br />at (.1.J.8ouldc:r, sp<<:ia!izing in lustor)' of I.ht' American WelL She
<br />11 author of The L~R.acy of Conque$l and Dese-n PUS&2es, and is
<br />C<>-Chair of the Center of the: American Well Advisory BOllId.
<br />Kt'lII'Il"lh Orona. Ri.r:ardo Rtm..Ja, il earning . Muter's OI:grer in
<br />hiltnT)', \ll'ith an e~asis on history of the Amrnun WesL
<br />Sltvt SIW"1ton. Marc T~<Jjl, i. earning a Master'. OI:gla' in IImory,
<br />spc:rialinngmlusuxyofl.heAI1'IenCanWcsL
<br />Ptt...lp Suplna, JoII" MUJT. Ie.Khes Iuslory and political science al
<br />MCfCyhW'S1 College In Pl::nnsylvaniL lie hu also portrayed Aldo
<br />leorcI-dand JiImt.Madi$Oll.
<br />"Inandra Voorht'ft. Sarall Wj".v"'IoICC'Q, co-adinaleJ Youth.
<br />Multicultural and Interfaith for the N..t:ional Conference or
<br />Christian. and Je....s, and la'l'eJ on the Ma)'Of's Youth Advisory
<br />COfTWJ1ltJ<< in Reno. Nevada. Of Paiute &nee$tt)'. she wu n:oenily
<br />chasen to go 10 Nicaragua and Guatemala "';1./1 . Native American
<br />delegation for WilneSJ for Pe.ace.
<br />Jnnot S, Wblednl. RtZJolNIt' Rtd/ralNr, ChaiT oftM Big SprillgJ
<br />Tribe" rnernhel' of the BlacUed Tribe:, is a pQtnCf in Whiteing .t
<br />'Thompson. ..iUcb practice:J Indian Law exclusively. She ~t1y
<br />concluded a "'!~r nghil settlernc:.nl on behalf of the Nonhem
<br />Cbc:yelUlC Tribe in Montana ....hich i. now pending in Con~SL
<br />Cta.i~ .'. Wllkln!ilOll, Rtp~tM1IliJliw Wil.WuOJOl, is M()KJ l.uky
<br />Professor of La.... at (1.J-Bouldcr and Co.ChaU of the Centa for the
<br />Arrnican Wesl Advisory Board. Ihs books ioclude ArrErican
<br />Indians, Tirre and the Law, The American War: A Critical
<br />Bibli~y and a Study in Rqionali.m, and The F.aglc Bird:
<br />Searching for an Ethic of Place.
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