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“In Good Faith” Exhibition Opening
Join us for an opening reception for the new exhibit, “In Good Faith,” at the Regional History Museum in Forest Service Park on Friday, August 30th from 4:00-5:30 p.m.
The exhibit will be on view at the Regional History Museum from August 28, 2019 – October 26, 2019. Curated by Dr. Orlan Svingen, Professor of History at Washington State University (WSU) and his students, it is the story of the 1868 Virginia City Treaty between the United States Government and the Shoshone Tribe, which was never ratified by the government. The centerpiece of the exhibit is the 57-minute documentary of the same title, which focuses on the treaty.
The treaty was negotiated “in good faith,” and signed in 1868 by Chief Tendoy, the leader of the Mixed-Band of Shoshone, Bannock, and Sheep Eater people in southwestern Montana Territory. Tendoy then ceded 32,000 square miles of aboriginal territory in 1870 for a permanent treaty reservation in central Idaho. The treaty, however, was never ratified. In 1875, the United States accepted this treaty reservation cession of 32,000 square miles in exchange for a temporary reservation in the Salmon River country of Idaho. In 1905, the U.S. rescinded that temporary reservation, prompting the Mixed-Band’s 200-mile removal south to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. The film highlights the discovery of a National Archives document, which reveals what many regard as a violation of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The documentary film, In Good Faith (2018), is written and directed by Beverly Benninger, narrated by Forest Goodluck, and produced by Beverly Penninger and Alyson Young. The production company is Naka Productions, Inc.
The exhibit tells this story through text panels, moving photographs, paintings, film, and through contemporary Shoshone artisan work and craft objects. This work has been made possible by the generous support from John W. and Janet M. Creighton.
The opening reception is free and open to the public. Come meet the curators, Dr. Orlan Svingen and Jared Chastain, and figures in the film, including Leo Arriwite.
“The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies” with Megan Griswold
The Book of Help traces one woman’s life-long quest for love, connection and peace of mind. A heartbreakingly vulnerable and tragically funny memoir-in-remedies, Megan Griswold’s narrative spans four decades and six continents — from the glaciers of Patagonia and the psycho-tropics of Brazil, to academia, the Ivy league, & the study of Eastern medicine.
Join us for a reading and discussion around Megan’s story.
Books will be available for sale and signing, courtesy of Chapter One Bookstore.
Megan Griswold holds a Bachelor’s from Columbia University, a Masters in International Relations from Yale and a licentiate from the Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture. She has worked as a mountain instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School, an NPR ‘All Things Considered’ commentator and a classical acupuncturist in private practice. She’s a trained doula, Zero Balancer, NIA instructor, NCCAOM acupuncturist, Wilderness First Responder, shiatsu practitioner, NASM personal trainer and has completed advanced yoga teacher trainings with Richard Freeman. She resides in a yurt in Wyoming.
An Evening with Pablo Cartaya
Award-winning author, speaker, actor, and educator Pablo Cartaya will be sharing stories about family, community, and culture, and how the intersections of identity made their way into his life and stories. Using his acting experience, bilingualism, and his novels as a springboard for discussion, Pablo will engage in a lively talk filled with humor, heart, and voice.
Pablo Cartaya is an award-winning author, speaker, actor, and educator. He received a Pura Belpré Honor for his critically acclaimed debut novel The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora. NBC News lauded his sophomore novel, Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish, as “exceptional” and the New York Times Book Review called it “a love song to the people of Puerto Rico.” Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish is currently in development for a feature film and his most recent novel, Each Tiny Spark, was described as a “layered, culturally rich novel” by Publishers Weekly in a starred review. His novels explore identity, place, and the spaces in-between. He is proudly bilingual en Español y Ingles.
This program is presented in collaboration with the Sun Valley Writer’s Conference.
This program will be LIVE STREAMED and ARCHIVED for later viewing on our Live Stream page.
Books will be available for sale and signing, courtesy of Iconoclast Books.
Bald Mountain Forest Decline: What Do We Do? with the National Forest Foundation
Join us as we discuss the challenges of bark beetle and disease epidemics and specifically the implications for Bald Mountain. This gathering will cover past, ongoing, and potential future efforts to improve forest resilience on and around Bald Mountain.
The National Forest Foundation engages Americans in community-based and national programs that promote the health and public enjoyment of the 193-million-acre National Forest System, and administers private gifts of funds and land for the benefit of the National Forests.
This presentation will be recorded for later viewing on our LIVESTREAM page.
An Evening with Cheryl Strayed
Join The Community Library and The Sun Valley Center for the Arts at the Church of the Big Wood in Ketchum for evening with Cheryl Strayed, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild. At age 22, Strayed found herself shattered by two major life events: her mother’s sudden death from cancer and the end of her young marriage. After hitting rock bottom, Strayed decided to confront her emotional pain by trekking over 1,000 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail. Strayed is also the author of The New York Times bestseller Tiny Beautiful Things, a collection of her widely popular Dear Sugar columns for TheRumpus.net, and the critically acclaimed novel Torch, a finalist for the Great Lakes Book Award. Her writing has appeared in The Best American Essays, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine and elsewhere. Cheryl Strayed holds an MFA in fiction writing from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota. She is a founding member of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, and serves on its board of directors.
Tickets can be purchased through the Sun Valley Center for the Arts ($20/$30 nonmembers) beginning August 29 as a Center member. Beginning September 13 tickets will be available to the general public.
CLICK HERE to visit the Center’s website for ticketing information.
Tickets are available to students and educators for $15 (limit one per educator).
Part of The Center’s BIG IDEA project The Bottomlessness of a Pond: Transcendentalism, Nature and Spirit, Jan 17–Mar 11, 2020.
This lecture is presented in partnership with the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and has been generously supported by an anonymous gift.
