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Outside October 2002 Bill Vaughn |
The Snow on the Sweetgrass For newcomers -- meaning most of us -- they are merely picturesque. But for Native Americans, the sacred places of the Great Plains and Northern Rockies are alive with centuries of memory and meaning -- and something much, much bigger. |
Smithsonian February 2005 Leslie Allen |
Phenomena and Curiosities: Back Home on the Range When a group of Native Americans took up bison ranching, they brought a prairie back to life. |
Salon.com January 24, 2001 John Dicker |
The other new economy Folk artist Gary Greff wants to save his gasping small town with giant roadside animals. Is he nuts? |
Outside December 2001 Jack Hitt |
One Nation, Under Ted Ted Turner and his son Beau control 1.8 million acres of prime U.S. ranchland, where they�'re unloading a fortune to revive endangered species, revolutionize grazing, and (don�'t tell the neighbors) help wolves restake their claim on a wilder, toothier American range... |
Smithsonian June 2007 Reed Karaim |
Fields of Dreams To help revive his North Dakota hometown, a former high-school principal created giant sculptures to grace a stretch of prairie highway. |
Wired September 22, 2008 Andrew Curry |
Pleistocene Park: Where the Auroxen Roam In theory, we could re-create conditions that last existed when mammoths walked the earth and the environment was healthier and more diverse. |
High on Adventure October 2000 Lee Juillerat |
Where The Bulls Run Amok Traveling the Badlands in North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park... |
Outside June 2008 Eric Hansen |
Wind Talkers The craziest way to spread the gospel about North Dakota's enormous, untapped wind power? Kite-ski the bastard. |
Wild West July 3, 2004 Nancy M. Peterson |
Interpreter Philip Wells: Wounded at Wounded Knee The son of a white father and a half-blood mother, Wells nearly lost his nose in the tragic 1890 affair but still managed to be merciful. |
Real Travel Adventures March 2007 Bonnie & BIll Neely |
RV Camping in Manitoba Driving an RV across Manitoba can expose you to pretty countryside, farm lands, and the beautiful sky reflected in the many lakes. |
Salon.com March 28, 2002 Arthur Allen |
Buffalo soldiers When bison risk their lives by going AWOL from Yellowstone National Park, a motley band of eco-warriors come to their defense... |
American History December 2005 Charles Phillips |
Wounded Knee Massacre The intermittent war between the United States and the Plains Indians that stretched across some three decades after the Civil War came to an end on December 29, 1890, at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. |
Wild West July 3, 2004 G. Sam Carr |
Sioux Chief's Ghost Dance Revival Two years after Wounded Knee, Chief Two Sticks was Ghost Dancing and more. |
Outside March 2004 Rob Story |
Climb Every Mole Hill The highest points in heartland states like Kansas and Iowa aren't much to look at, but when you knock off seven of them in a four-day, 3,000-mile blitz . . . well, let's just say the little bastards have a way of kicking back. |