History 605
By Ben Jones
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History 605 explores the history of South Dakota, the northern Great Plains, and the Midwest. South Dakota’s State Historian Ben Jones will visit with guests about their books, museum exhibits and artifacts, and historic sites in the state and region. Along the way, you’ll learn how to think, not what to think, about history and the people of the past.The host is Dr. Ben Jones, State Historian and Director of the South Dakota State Historical Society. Ben grew up in Sioux Falls and De Smet, served in various locations around the world while in the USAF. He returned to South Dakota to become Dean of Arts and Sciences at Dakota State University, then served as South Dakota’s 15th Secretary of Education. Along the way, he earned his PhD in history and enjoys sharing history’s insights with all of you.
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Season 6, Ep 10: What was George Custer really like?
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Season 6, Ep 9: South Dakota's First 4th of July: Expeditions, Treaties, Fireworks, and Horseraces
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Season 6, Ep 8: An America 250 Special on the Declaration of Independence
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May 25, 2026 |
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Season 6, Ep 7: President Lincoln's response to the Dakota War
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May 11, 2026 |
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Season 6, Ep 6: "This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark."
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Season 6, Ep 5: Deadwood's "Days of '76 Museum."
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Season 6, Ep 4: Royce Williams: A South Dakotan's long path to the Medal of Honor
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Season 6, Ep 3: Why is there a battleship memorial in a landlocked Sioux Falls park?
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Season 6, Ep 2: Why is South Dakota's capital Pierre?
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Season 6, Ep 1: The nation's first Libertarian - Rose Wilder Lane
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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From the Archives: What can we know about the Lakota when using Lakota sources and centered around Lakota cultural ways, points of view, and debates?
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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From the Archives: Alfred G. Dahlin's First World War Experiences
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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From the Archives: The Revolution in the Mind of the American People
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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From the Archives: Exploring with Custer
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 20: The coming state museum in our 100th episode
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 19: Wandering Willy, the tale of South Dakota's Embezzling Treasurer
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 18: South Dakota's First War
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 17: An America 250 Special - "Thomas Jefferson's fight against Slavery."
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 16: Buffalo Nation
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 15: An America 250 Special, "Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life."
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 14: Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 13: The Homestake Gold Mine.
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 12: "Too Good to be Altogether Lost."
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 11: How homesteading influenced the nation's first African American filmmaker
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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S5, Episode 10: The Room Where it Happened - the 1962 GOP Senate Nomination
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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S5 Ep 9: The Age of the Borderlands.
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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S5 Ep 8: How the Tribal reservations came to be in South Dakota
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 7: Patty Limerick, South Dakota, and the American West
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 6: Rose Lane Says
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May 26, 2025 |
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Season 5 Ep 5: Gladys Pyle was First
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May 12, 2025 |
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Season 5 Ep 4: A Jefferson Peace Medal
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Season 5, Ep 3: The Story of the Crazy Horse Memorial
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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History 605 S5 Ep2: History Below the Pines
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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History 605 S5 Ep 1: How Mount Rushmore Came to Be
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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History 605 from the Archives: 'The Divorce Colony'
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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History 605 from the Archives: The journal of Earl Neller, who hitchhiked across South Dakota with six children
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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History 605 from the Archives: The fires that made Deadwood
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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History 605 from the Archives: "How did the Wild West Turn out in Real Life?"
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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History 605 S4 Ep 20: An America 250 Special: "America's Revolutionary Mind."
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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History 605 S4 Ep 19: Designing South Dakota's Museum
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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History 605 S4 Ep 18: A South Dakotan in the Great War
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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History 605 S4 Ep 17: Preservation with Tom Hurlburt
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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History 605 S4 Ep 16: South Dakota Sturdy with Joseph Graves
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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History 605: S4, Ep 15: Lori Kent and the Local Lou Podcast
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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History 605 S4 Ep 14: The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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History 605 S4 Ep 13: The Ghost Dance's "Phantom Storm."
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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History 605 S4 Ep 12: Sorting through the Fassbender Collection
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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History 605 S4 Ep 11: Sinte Gleska and Cicero Newell's gift.
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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History 605 S4 Ep 10 The Education of Clarence Three Stars with Philip Burnham
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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History 605: S4 Ep 9 "The Dakota Way of Life."
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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History 605, S4, Ep 8: "Buying America from the Indians."
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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History 605 S4, Ep 7: America 250 Special - Our Ancient Faith
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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History 605 S4, Ep 6: Citibank and South Dakota
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May 20, 2024 |
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History 605: S4, Ep 5: The Song of the Hugh Glass Time Capsule
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May 06, 2024 |
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History 605: S4 Ep 4: "George McGovern: My Brother's Keeper and Progressive Christianity," with Mark Lempke
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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History 605 Season 4, Ep 3: Interviewing Combat Veterans and Oral Histories with David Hosmer
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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History 605, S 4 Ep 2: Archeology at the Indian Village near Mitchell, SD
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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History 605, Season 4, Ep 1: Inside the National Music Museum with Dwight Vaught and Arian Sheets
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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History 605 From the Archives: "Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary"
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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History 605 From the Archives: "Oceans of Grain" with guest Scott Nelson
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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History 605 from the archives: The Destruction of the Bison with Andrew Isenberg
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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History 605 from the archives: Electing George S. Mickelson
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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History 605, S3, Ep 20: The making of South Dakota's Constitution
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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History 605, S3 Ep 19: Empires, Nations, and Families & Born of Lakes and Plains - A Conversation with Anne Hyde
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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History 605 S3: Ep 18: "The Klu Klux Klan in the Heartland."
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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History 605 S3; Ep 17: New ideas about the old Homestead
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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History 605 S3, Ep 16. How does Deadwood do its history?
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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History 605 Season 3, Ep 15: What happened to the Arikara?
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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History 605 S 3 Ep 14: Recent projects at the Lake County Museum with Julie Breu
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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History 605 S 3 Ep 13: "Unrepentant Dakota Woman: Angelique Renville & the Struggle for Indigenous Identity"
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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History 605 S3 Ep 12: How did the Wild West turn out in real life?
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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History 605 Season 3; Ep 11. From Deadwood to Hollywood. South Dakota on screen with Jon Schaff.
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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History 605 S3 Ep 10: Exploring with Custer
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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History 605 S 3 Ep 9: The Old Courthouse and Pettigrew Museums with Director Bill Hoskins.
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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History 605, S3 Ep 8 Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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History 605 S3, Ep 7 Washington's Circle: An America 250 Special
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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History 605, S3, Ep 6: The fires that made Deadwood
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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History 605 S3, Ep 5: Pioneer Girl: The Path Into Fiction with Nancy Koupal.
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May 29, 2023 |
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History 605 S3 Ep 4: Lakhota: An Indigenous History.
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May 15, 2023 |
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History 605 S3, Ep 3 A Failed Vision of Empire with Daniel Burge.
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May 01, 2023 |
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History 605 S3, Ep 2: Supporting Indian rights in the 19th Century with Valerie Sherer Mathes
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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History 605 S3 E1: An America 250 episode - The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams with guest Stacy Schiff
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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History 605: S2, Ep 20: What's next with David Grabitske
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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History 605: S2, Ep 19: History, Disrupted
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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History 605: S2, Ep 18: Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary.
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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History 605 S2 Ep 17 | The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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History 605 S2 Ep 16: “Land of Hope” and “Idiot delusions about the Exceptional NOW” with Bill McClay
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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History 605 S2, Ep 15: No one way to school with Ashley Berner
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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History 605 S2, Ep 14: What is the history of the The Great Plains?
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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History 605: S2 Ep13 The journal of Earl Neller, who hitchhiked across South Dakota with six children
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep12 'Plains Political Tradition'
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep11 'The Divorce Colony'
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep10 'The Politics of Pine Ridge'
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep8, 'I am a Man: Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice'
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep7, ' Live Interview with Francis Whitebird'
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep7, 'The Night the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts'
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep6 'Oceans of Grain'
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep5 'America at 250'
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep4 'Railroads and the American People'
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep3 'Rapid City Flood 50th Anniversary at the Journey Museum'
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May 31, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep2 'Whatever Our Language, We Have the Same Flag'
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May 16, 2022 |
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History 605: S2, Ep1 'US Grant's Indian Policy: Interrupted Odyssey'
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May 02, 2022 |
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History 605: S1 wrap up, 'What did we learn?'
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 19, 'Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas'
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 18, 'Before March Madness: The Wars for the Soul of College Basketball'
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 17, 'Massacre in Minnesota'
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 16, 'Equality at the Ballot Box'
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 15, "Electing George S. Mickelson: How Calf-pulling won the SD Governorship"
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 14, "The South Dakota Constitution and its history"
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 13, "Ben Reifel, Without Reservation"
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 12, "How Civil War veterans shaped South Dakota"
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 11 "Aviators, Veterans, and Character: A conversation with filmmaker John Mollison"
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Special "No Child's Play: Children in the Holocaust, Creativity and Play"
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 10 "Pioneer Girl Project"
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 9 "The History of the Pow Wow"
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 8 "General Beadle"
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 7 "The Education of Clarence Three Stars"
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 6 "All Guns Fired at One Time - Wounded Knee"
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 5 "The Politics Of The Women's Vote In South Dakota"
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 4 "George A. Custer"
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 3 "The Destruction Of The Bison"
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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History 605: S1, Ep 2 "The Savior Of Deadwood"
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Welcome To History 605
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Apr 01, 2021 |