The bureau has been created by the Nebraska City Alliance to offer speakers
for groups, conferences or special events. The listings are always
changing and it is up to you to make arrangements with the listed speakers.
As this is a new posting, this site is still under construction.
Margo Blobaum
Wildwood Historic Center |
Margo Blobaum is an experienced guide at
Wildwood Historic Center.
Her talk will include a virtual tour of
the house and a description of the garments worn
by the occupants during the Victorian period.
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Margo uses authentic patterns and references
to construct the clothing worn by the costumed
tour guides at Wildwood.
She will include facts on etiquette and
the history of the town as it pertained to the
banking family that owned Wildwood.
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Her program will last from 20
to 30 minutes and she appears in one of her
costumes.
Fee
is negotiable.
Contact:
402-209-3131
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History of the
American Bison
Laurence L. Falk, Ph.D.
Format:
Power Point Program
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The American Bison nearly reached extinction
during the late 19th and early 20th
Centuries.
This presentation discusses the ranges
and population changes through recent history
and causes of the near demise of that species.
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It names important persons
involved in the processes and recovery of the
Bison.
Special attention is given to the uses
made of the Bison by both Native Americans and
EuroAmericans.
Contact: 402-873-9360
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Birds of
Otoe
County
Laurence L. Falk, Ph.D.
Format:
Power Point Program
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Otoe County
is an important location for observing birds
since it borders the Missouri River and contains a variety of habitat.
This program discusses species that are
present all year, winter, migrate through and
breed in Otoe County.
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This presentation also
discusses changes in numbers and sighting of
birds and where to find information about them.
Caution: bird watching may become habit
forming!
Contact: 402-873-9360
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The
Pawnee Indian Treaties
Authors:
Laurence L. Falk, Ph.D. & Daryll Hersmann,
Ph.D.
Power Point Presentation
Contact: 402-873-9360
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A monument at
Nebraska
City commemorates an
important treaty with the Pawnee.
This monument describes the 1857 treaty
and includes the names of important Indian
signers of the treaty.The program includes
territorial boundaries of the Pawnee in recent
history and describes the significance of their
culture in Nebraska.
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Covered Wagon
Women’s View of Nature in Nebraska
Laurence
L. Falk, Ph.D.
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A series of books, by Kennneth L. Holmes, ed.,
contain diaries and letters of women traveling
by covered wagon through Nebraska.
These women, old and young, wrote their
impressions and observations of the flora and
fauna along the trail beginning in the 1840’s
and ending in 1900.
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Since they noted when they crossed the Missouri River and when they reached Chimney Rock it is
possible to sort out their
Nebraska
observations and present them by category.
Power Point Presentation.
Contact: 402-873-9360 |