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Kevin Costner Explores History of the West in New Series

Attention, Yellowstone fans. Kevin Costner has a new series coming to the History Channel, and it promises to deliver an entirely new perspective on the history of the American West. Kevin Costner’s ...
WGLT

Historian to debunk myths of the American west in ISU talk

There are many myths about the American west. They're wrong yet are remarkably sticky in American cultural consciousness ...
Inside Higher Ed

A big-picture approach to the cultural history of the West.

Undergraduates need to see the forest, not just the trees. Given the sharp decline in the quantity and quality of history instruction in K-12 schools, students now more than ever need a big-picture ...
Click2Houston

Cowboy Carter Chronicles: How a lullaby highlights black unsung heroes of the Old West

Cowboy Carter Chronicle explores a groundbreaking course at the University of Houston that unravels the rich tapestry of Black contributions to the American West ...
OPB

Oregon Historical Society exhibit explores transgender history in the American West

Peter Boag is a professor and the Columbia Chair in the History of the American West at Washington State University Vancouver. He co-curated the exhibit and joins us with more details. Note: The ...
Observer

Curator and Art Historian Camille Morineau On Finding the Women Artists of the American West

At the Jackson Hole History Museum, Camille Morineau blended her inclusive feminist retelling of art history through a territorially specific lens. Photo: Valerie Archeno Morineau—who pursued gender ...