The Montana Medicine Show: Frontier to Modern Times

Description

This six-week course is a fast-paced survey of the major eras comprising Montana history from pre-contact with Native peoples to modern times. Utilizing revealing imagery and colorful first-hand accounts, this class will feature weekly lecture slideshows, primary source documents, in-class discussions and recorded vignettes from Derek Strahn's popular weekly radio broadcast, The Montana Medicine Show. Each two-hour weekly meeting will offer an engaging overview of the diverse peoples, places and key events that have defined our beloved Treasure State.

Course Takeaways

Class participants will gain:

• A thorough understanding of the major eras that define Montana's history.
• A greater awareness of the incomparable places, raucous events, influential myths and realities, and exceptional characters associated with the Big Sky Country.
• A better appreciation of the often-overlooked roles played by women, ethnic groups and people of color who created Montana's story.
• A framework for comprehending Montana's role in the broader context of American history.

Scholarship

Apply for a needs-based scholarship to take this offering.

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