William E. Lass Minnesota History Symposium

Welcome: 

Gwen Nell Westerman (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota), Minnesota State University, Mankato
“Doing History in This Place”

SESSION I (Choose One )

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

CSU 253/4/5: Roundtable: This Statue, This Place: Abraham Lincoln Statue at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Chair: Daardi Sizemore Mixon, University Archivist, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Discussants:

• Christopher R. Corley, Dean of Library & Learning, Professor of History, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Gwen Nell Westerman, Professor of English and Humanities, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Ryley Lamb, History Graduate Student, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Keegan Stanley, History Student, Minnesota State University, Mankato

CSU 238 (Nickerson): Minnesota History 1

Chair: Jennifer M. McCutchen, University of St. Thomas

Papers:

• Black Baseball in Minnesota: Individual, Gender, and Community Contexts by Paul Spyhalski, Minnesota State University, Mankato
•  A Treasonable Letter: A German American Pastor and World War I by Carly DeLeu, Minnesota State University, Mankato (This paper received the honorable mention William E. Lass Award at the 2023 Northern Great Plains History Conference)
• History in the Making: Minnesota’s New State Flag & Seal by Anita Talsma Gaul, Minnesota West Community & Technical College (Dr. Gaul served as Vice-Chair of the State Emblems Redesign Commission.)

CSU 204 (Nichols): Roundtable: Investigating Lost History: The Local Lost Stories Project

Moderator: Amy Mattson Lauters, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Discussants:

• Alexandra Tostrud, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Alexander Haugen, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Nitiben Parekh, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Katie Leseman, Minnesota State University, Mankato

SESSION II (Choose One)

12:30p.m - 2:00 p.m.

CSU 253/4/5: Minnesota History II

• Specificity Ensures Understanding and Justice: Exploring the Relation of Federal and Catholic American Boarding Schools in Northern Minnesota by Ruby O’Hagan, Gustavus Adolphus College
• Beyond the Headlines: The Minnesota Roots of Symbionese Liberation Army Member Camilla Hall by Rachael T. Hanel, Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Chasing Fast-Paced Paul: Paul Wellstone from Northfield to the Iron Range and Everywhere in Between by Cory Haala, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point 

CSU 238 (Nickerson): Reconciliation and Reunification Learning and Action Network

• Joe Whitehawk, Dakota Elder, retired Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor

• Tina F. Gouty-Yellow, Dakotah Nation

• Katie Boone, University of Minnesota

• Shamsi Taghiyev, Minnesota State University, Mankato

CSU 204: Roundtable: Teaching Minnesota History

• Annette Atkins, Professor Emerita, Saint John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict

• Robert W. Galler, Jr., St. Cloud State University

• Anita Talsma Gaul, Minnesota West Community & Technical College

• Jeff Kolnick, Southwest Minnesota State University

• Brett Neel, United South Central High School

SESSION 3 (Choose One)

2:15p.m - 3:45 p.m.

CSU 253/4/5: Tim Walz: Politics and Leadership

Tim Walz: The Political Appeal of Authenticity by Jeff Kolnick, Southwest Minnesota State University

Discussants:

• Joesph Kunkel, Professor Emeritus, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Leigh Pomeroy, Mankato and 2004 DFL candidate for Congress in the 1st Minnesota Congressional District 

CSU 238 (Nickerson): Roundtable: William E. Lass: Teacher, Scholar, and Colleague

• Steve Potts, Minnesota North College

• Rachael T. Hanel, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Daardi Sizemore Mixon, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Deborah L. Miller, retired, Minnesota Historical Society

•  Charles Piehl, Professor Emeritus, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Keynote Address (Ostrander Auditorium)

Dr. Annette Atkins, Professor Emerita, Saint John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict

“I’m an Historian: What’s My Job?”