NEWS - October 25, 2004
Johnson, Clair. “BLM opens Lewis & Clark exhibit.” Billings Gazette, 20 October 2004.
A new Lewis and Clark Bicentennial exhibit debuted Tuesday by the Montana/Dakotas Bureau of Land Management showcases the agency's public land stewardship while commemorating the historic journey.
MacPherson, James. “Corps says it's addressing Missouri River drought impact.” Billings Gazette, 21 October 2004.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it is taking steps to offset the impacts of drought along the Missouri River.
*also appeared in the Bismark Tribune, 22 October 2004.
*also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, 22 October 2004.
Corps: Missouri River Dam Storage Continues Decline. Yankton Press & Dakotan, 21 October 2004.
Water stored in the six Missouri River reservoirs continues to decline as drought conditions persist across much of the basin. Releases from the reservoirs are being reduced this week, signaling the end of the commercial navigation season.
“Circle of Cultures' Lewis and Clark event draws protesters.” Billings Gazette, 22 October 2004.
A man who said his name was Mashanaposhe, from South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian reservation, said the protesters want to teach the true history of the Lewis and Clark expedition. "We believe the history of Lewis and Clark is a lie. We want them to go home.” he said.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/10/22/news/topnews/top01.txt
Grantier, Virginia. “Signature event starts.” Bismark Tribune, 22 October 2004.
Today is opening day of the Circle of Cultures event at University of Mary -- the ninth national signature event to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lewis and Clark expedition.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/10/22/news/local/nws01.txt
Grantier, Virginia. “Protesters arrive in Bismarck for Lewis and Clark events.” Bismark Tribune, 22 October 2004.
White Plume, who has protested at other Lewis and Clark events, expressed frustration about the heavy presence of law enforcement during their appearances and said protesters simply want to tell of the impacts to indigenous peoples.
Dockendorf, Randy. “Few Attend Meeting On Birds' Behalf Corps Receives Little Input On Program For Endangered Species.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 22 October 2004.
Corps officials outnumbered the public at Thursday's hearing in Yankton on building sandbar habitat for the least tern and piping plover on the upper Missouri River. The two birds have been listed as endangered and threatened species.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/10/23/news/topnews/top01.txt
Rogers, Ken. “Circle of Cultures gets under way at University of Mary.” Bismark Tribune, 23 October 2003.
One of the stated goals of the Circle of Cultures is to "renew the bonds of friendship and cooperation forged by the Corps of Discovery and its native hosts during the winter of 1804-1805."
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/10/23/news/local/nws05.txt
Spilde, Tony. “Teachers offer hands-on Lewis and Clark experience.” Bismark Tribune, 23 October 2003.
The Circle of Cultures Lewis and Clark event kicked off Friday in Bismarck to much fanfare, but over the river and through the woods the crowds were nil. No one had braved the weather to join Elder at his Fort Lincoln State Park campsite, and he wasn't surprised.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/local/9993394.htm
“Woodward, Curt. “Circle of Cultures" is first of two signature events planned for North Dakota.” Grand Forks Herald, 23 October 2003.
A commemoration of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's push to the Pacific began here Friday with an embrace of the tribes that sheltered the explorers and protests from American Indians who say the expedition helped destroy their cultures.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/local/10000729.htm
Tran, Tu-Uyen. “A journey up the Lewis and Clark trail makes it much more real.” Grand Forks Herald, 24 October 2004.
My buddy Jaime DeLage and I had spent the past five July days and 2,200 miles obsessively following in the footsteps of the corps as it blazed a trail through the wilderness from the Missouri River to the ocean.