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Sacagawea's Capture and the History of the Early West

Join us forÌýan educational evening with Distinguished Professor Elizabeth Fenn, as we explore howÌýthe circumstances of Sacagawea’s capture to illuminate a deeper history of the northern plains and Rockies. Fenn discusses indigenous warfare, hunting techniques, environmental conditions, horse-borne interactions, and plains power dynamics as they pertained to a one-month period of Sacagawea’s life. This lecture makes the deep history of the West accessible to broad audiences.

Â鶹ӰԺ the Speaker

Elizabeth Fenn is the author ofÌýEncounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan PeopleÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýPox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82. She is currently working on a contextual biography of Sacagawea entitledÌýSacagawea’s World: Window on the American West. FennÌýteaches at the Â鶹ӰԺ, where she is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History.

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Â鶹ӰԺ the Series

The CU Â鶹ӰԺ Retired Faculty Association (UCBRFA) presents the distinguished professors of the University of Colorado, aÌýlecture and presentation series featuring some of our finest professors ²¹²Ô»åÌýtheir extraordinary research and scholarly work.