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Hello,
This marks the one year anniversary of our bi-monthly newsletter. We
hope that you find it a useful tool to keep informed of our work throughout the
year. We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions.
From all of
us at the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, The University of
Montana
October
5, 1877 – Nez Perce
Surrender at the Bears Paw
provided
by William Farr
Chief Joseph
The
weather could not have been worse. First
it rained, then sleeted, then snowed.
The besieged
Nez
Perce at Snake Creek near the Bears Paw
Mountains remained
divided as to surrender or not. Joseph
later
remarked,
"we could have escaped from Bear
Paw Mountain, if we had left our
wounded, old women and children behind.
We were unwilling to do this. We had
never heard of a wounded Indian
recovering while in the hands of a white
man."1
At
11:00
a.m. on October 5th
nonetheless Joseph negotiated surrender
with his
poignant address
to Colonel Miles. Less known are the
words of his sister-in-law, Ollokot’s
wife, who said: “Husband dead, friends
buried or held prisoners. I felt that I
was leaving all that I had but I did not
cry. You know how you feel when you lose
kindred and friends through
sickness-death. You do not care if you
die. With
us it was worse. Strong men, well women,
and little children killed and buried.
They had not done wrong to be so killed.
We had only asked to be left in our own
homes, the homes of our ancestors. Our
going was with heavy hearts, broken
spirits. But we would be free . . . All
lost, we walked silently on into the
wintry night."2
1
Joseph [Heinmot Tooyalakekt],
“An Indian’s Views,” 429.
2
McWhorter, Lucullus, Hear Me, My Chiefs!
511.
recent activities
On
Sept. 29th in Logan,
Utah, Senior Fellow Daniel Kemmis was a
panelist at a
symposium
on the possibility of a coordinated
Rocky Mountain West presidential primary in
2008. The
symposium was sponsored by the University of
Utah’s Center for
Public Policy and Administration and
featured presentations by Utah Gov. Jon
Huntsman and New Mexico Gov. Bill
Richardson. Speakers
both supported the primary idea and were
skeptical. Kemmis
told attendees that the primary should be
viewed as one element of a broader western
strategy.
On
Sept. 28th in
Missoula,
Mont., Senior Fellow Pat Williams co-hosted,
with
Butte
teacher Jim Driscoll, the “Butte Evening”
of the Montana Festival of the Book. Readings
included Associate Prof. Janet Finn of UM’s
Social Work Dept., Ellen Crain, director of
Butte Archives, author Michael Punke, and
state Sen. Carol Williams. The
readings were followed by clips from the
film Butte America,
produced by Rattlesnake Productions and
directed by Pam Roberts and Edwin Dobb.
On
Sept. 28th Headwaters News in its
New Voices/New West column
published the 2006 Native News Project of
the
School
of
Journalism
at the University of
Montana. If
you are interested in submitting students’
work for consideration as a New Voices/New
West column, please contact
us.
On
Sept. 26th in Red Lodge, Mont.,
Center Director Larry Swanson spoke at the
Montana Human Resource Conference hosted by
the Montana Department of Administration. His
talk was entitled, “Dominant Trends
Shaping the Montana Economy.” The
annual meeting is attended by more than 100
state governmental human resource
administrators and Job Service personnel
across
Montana.
On
Sept. 22nd in Helena, Mont., Senior Fellow Bob Brown moderated the
statewide conference "The Climate Challenge." Speakers and panelists
included nationally recognized experts on climate change and global warming.
On
Sept. 21st in Missoula, Swanson
spoke at a meeting of the First Security
Bank Board, describing key trends and
changes in the Missoula area
economy.
On
Sept. 21st near Potomac,
Mont., Williams and journalist Ray Ring moderated
a discussion hosted by the regional
newspaper High Country News
concerning the geo-politics of the new West.
On
Sept. 19th in
Missoula, Swanson gave a presentation at the Montana Mall Association annual
meeting, examining important demographic trends shaping market trends in
Montana.
On
Sept. 16th in Olympia,
Wash., Kemmis gave a welcoming address to new
graduate students at The Evergreen State College.
He spoke to students entering both
the Master of Public Administration and the Master
of Environmental Studies programs. The
next day, he led a discussion on tribal
issues with MPA students in the Tribal
Governance track.
On
Sept. 14th in Helena,
Williams gave the eulogy at the funeral of former Montana Gov. Thomas Judge.
On
Sept. 13–15th at Big Sky,
Mont., Philanthropy
Northwest held its
annual meeting and celebrated its 30th
anniversary by exploring the theme of Neighboring
and the Difference it Makes. Philanthropy
Northwest is a consortium of nearly 200
foundations from Alaska,
Idaho,
Montana,
Oregon
and Washington. Kemmis
was asked to deliver the closing keynote to
the conference on the subject of how
philanthropy can contribute to
community-building and civic engagement.
On
Sept. 12th in
Clancy,
Mont., Swanson spoke at the
annual meeting of the
Jefferson County Local Development
Corp. Swanson
and the Center recently contracted with the
Jefferson Local Development Corp. to do an
assessment of the area economy as part of
the organization’s strategic planning. At
the meeting, the organization presented
Swanson with a certificate of
appreciation for his research and
insight on the rapidly changing environment
in Jefferson County, recognizing him as a
valued partner due to his personal
involvement.
Every
year, the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources conducts a
traveling seminar for a
mix of mid-career, early-career and veteran
reporters and editors from a diverse range
of western newspapers, magazines, broadcast
operations and online news organizations. On
Sept. 7th, Kemmis traveled to
Salt Lake City, where he spoke on
“Westerners and Western
Lands” to the opening session of the 2006
tour, which focused on energy issues in the
Rockies.
On
Sept. 6th in Victor,
Mont., Swanson spoke at strategic planning
session of Farmers State Bank Board and senior personnel. He
provided information and analysis of demographic and economic trends in the
Bitterroot
Valley
where the bank operates.
On
Sept., 6th in Missoula,
the Center sponsored Steven Grafe, Curator
of Native American Collections at the
National
Cowboy and Western
Heritage Museum
in Oklahoma City, who presented A
Voracious Eye: Lee Moorhouse and His
Photographs of the “Real West.”
The event was recorded and will be aired by
MCAT, Bresnan Cable Channel 7 on Oct. 10 at
5:00 p.m. and again on Oct. 14 at 9:00 p.m. As
part of an exchange program, the National
Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum will
show Reflections
After Lewis and Clark – Contemporary
Native American Art, a traveling
exhibition from the Montana Museum of Art
and Culture at the University of Montana,
and also
Indian Modernism: Selections from the Silberman Collection
from the Robert S. and Grayce B. Kerr
Changing Exhibition Gallery and Arthur and
Shifra Silberman Gallery of Native American
Art on Friday, Oct. 20, 2006.
On
Sept. 1st in Missoula,
Williams gave the dedication speech of the
Phil Tawney Wing at the new Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
building.
On
Aug. 30th in Missoula, Swanson participated in a panel
discussion for the Missoula Sustainable Business Council (SBC).
The SBC is evaluating ways of expanding its role in educating area
businesses on more environmentally-friendly and sustainable business practices.
On
Aug. 25-27th at the B-Bar Ranch
north of West Yellowstone, Mont., Williams
spoke at an Emerging Montana Leaders
symposium sponsored by the
Progressive Policy Institute.
Williams spoke on “25 Years of Progressive
Policy in Montana” and “Tax Proposals to
be Presented to the 2007 Legislature.”
On
Aug. 23rd in Missoula,
Williams hosted Dr. Rajiv Shah, Director of
Financial Services and Agriculture of the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. While
in Missoula, Dr. Shah met with Dr. Donald E.
Kiely, Director of UM’s Shafizadeh
Rocky
Mountain Center
for Wood and Carbohydrate Chemistry, Jeffrey
A. Gritzner, Professor and Chairman UM’s
Dept. of Geography, and Richard Manning,
journalist and consultant for McKnight and
Rockefeller Foundations. Dr.
Shah was in Missoula
seeking advice on intervention strategies
for combating hunger, particularly among
children in third-world countries. Dr.
Shah and Williams later met with former UN
Ambassador George McGovern.
On
Aug. 18th in Helena, Brown interviewed former Montana Gov. Ted
Schwinden whose "encyclopedic memory" will make his recorded interview a "rich
source for historians and researchers focusing on the period of the 1980s,"
Brown said.
On
Aug. 4th in Whitefish,
Mont., Swanson spoke at the Montana Land Title Association Annual Convention
at Grouse Mountain Lodge. The meeting is attended by land title
professionals and practitioners across Montana.
He discussed key economic and demographic trends in the state and
region.
On
Aug. 2nd in Boise,
Idaho, Larry Swanson gave the
keynote presentation at the annual
Western Planners Association
Conference. The
conference and presentation were entitled
“Shaping Change in the New West.” The
conference is attended by hundreds of
planners from throughout the western United
States.
project
activity
On
Aug. 30, 2006, Headwaters News launched a
new column “A Look Ahead” to provide a
preview of upcoming conferences on regional
issues with a preview of the
30th annual Public Land Law Program at the University of Montana School of Law,
Sept. 25-27, 2006. Headwaters News
encourages groups and organizations that are
sponsoring conferences on issues of regional
interest to
contact us
about submitting a column for our “A Look
Ahead.”
Swanson
and the Center are completing research
projects for the Greater Yellowstone
Coalition (Park County, Wyoming, economic
study) and the Canadian Consul General
Office ("Montana's Business and Trade
Relationship with Canada"). Swanson
also recently initiated studies for the
Jefferson County Local Development Corp. in
Montana and the Yellowstone Business
Partnership - a consortium of businesses in
a three-state area surrounding Yellowstone
National Park.
links
Center Web Site
Archived Center Newsletters
Headwater's News
The University of Montana
KUFM Public Radio
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regional
trends
Places
of
Opportunity for Young Adults
Areas with growing populations of "young adults" – persons seeking good work,
good places to start their careers and to advance themselves, places of
opportunity. These are areas where you are most likely to find growing
populations of 25 to 39 year olds.
more...
center
in the news
Western
primary takes off — kind of - Deseret News, Sept. 30, 2006
Good
idea: Western primary back on the table - Great Falls Tribune,
Sept. 29, 2006
Leaders
discuss unified Western primary - Daily Herald, Sept. 29, 2006
Here
today, gone tomorrow - The fate of open lands in Ravalli County - Ravalli
Republic, Sept. 22, 2006
The
rural West’s pragmatic booster
- High Country News, Sept.
4, 2006
Big
and getting bigger - Independent Record, Sept. 3, 2006
State's
poverty rate up slightly - Missoulian, Aug. 30, 2006
Unlikely
environmentalists - Jackson Hole Star Tribune, Aug. 21, 2006
Outdoors
crowd engages in energy debate - AP story published on boston.com Aug.
18, 2006
Gazette
Opinion: Surprising details of Montana's economic growth - Billings
Gazette Aug. 16, 2006
upcoming events
On
Oct. 7th in Missoula,
Mont., Senior Fellow Pat Williams will speak at
an inter-faith rally in Caras Park in
support of an increase in the minimum wage
in
Montana.
On
Oct. 10th in Hamilton,
Mont., Center Director Larry Swanson will speak
to members of the Bitterroot Building
Association. The
Bitterroot Valley, one of the fastest-growing areas of the
state, is exploring possible measures for
guiding and better managing growth in the
future and Larry will discuss growth trends
and protection measures for the valley.
On
Oct.
11th in
Pablo,
Mont.,
Swanson will make a presentation to department heads and administrative
officials of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes
He will describe population and economic patterns of change that may
affect tribal planning and operations.
On
Oct. 11th in Helena, Mont., Senior Fellow Bob Brown will interview
legendary Montana labor leader Jim Murry who led the Montana State AFL-CIO from
the 1960s into the 1980s.
On
Oct. 17th in Billings, Mont., Swanson will make a presentation at a
Celebrate Billings breakfast meeting. Celebrate
Billings is a community leadership and learning organization with membership by
the Billings Gazette, St. Vincent Hospital, Deaconess Hospital,
MSU-Billings, City of Billings, and the Billings-based Foundation for Community
Vitality.
The meeting is entitled “Investing in
Billings’ Future.” Swanson
will examine the community’s experience in making public expenditures and
investments in key community assets in the midst of the area’s recent economic
growth and change.
On
Oct. 18th in Missoula, Brown will present an illustrated
presentation on modern China and his observations resulting from his recent
faculty exchange visit to China at the monthly meeting of the Senior Forum.
On
Oct. 18th in Missoula, Swanson will speak at a meeting of the
Tri-State Water Quality Council. The
Council works in areas of water quality protection in a tri-state area
including portions of Montana, Idaho, and Washington. He
will discuss with them growth trends in the region and how these may be
impacting water quality issues.
On
Oct. 19th in Denver, Colo., Shellie Nelson, editor of Headwaters
News, will participate in the Stories that Connect: The Role of Media in Local
and Regional Planning at the Orton Foundation’s
PLACEMATTERS06 conference.
On
Oct. 20th in Missoula,
Williams will host “Table Talk,” a
fundraiser for St. Patrick House, sponsored
by
St.
Patrick
Hospital
and Health Foundation.
On
Oct. 20th in Missoula, Swanson will participate in a panel
discussion on Open Space protection in the
Missoula
Valley
and larger county at a gathering sponsored
by the Missoula City Club.
On
Oct. 21st in Logan, Utah, Senior Fellow Daniel Kemmis will give the
keynote
address at the Utah Bioneers
Conference.
During
the week of Oct. 23rd, Swanson will be making presentations in
communities surrounding Yellowstone
National Park. The
meetings are part of an economic development initiative in the region by the
Yellowstone Business Partnership – an association with membership by
hundreds of businesses in the region – businesses “dedicated to preserving a
healthy environment while shaping a prosperous and sustainable future for
communities in the Yellowstone-Teton region.” Meetings will be held in West
Yellowstone, Mont.;
Rexburg,
Idaho;
Pocatello,
Idaho;
Jackson,
Wyo.; Landers/Riverton, Wyo.;
Cody, Wyo.; and Livingston,
Mont. Swanson and the Center recently contracted with
the YBP and Limelight Enterprises to do a detailed study of the region’s
economy.
On
Oct. 24th in
Missoula,
Williams will address the Northern
Rockies Nature Forum on the subject of Montana’s
restoration economy.
On
Nov. 2-3rd in Eugene, Ore., Kemmis will deliver a keynote address on
how philanthropy can help communities overcome rural-urban or old economy vs.
new economy divisions at the annual meeting of the Grantmakers
of Oregon and Southwest Washington.
On
Nov. 9-10th in Washington,
D.C., Williams will attend his final meeting as
a member of the board of directors of the Association of
Governing Boards. Williams
has served eight years on the board.
On
Nov. 9th in Missoula, Swanson will speak to the Clark Fork Water
Quality Task Force.
The group is evaluating water quality
protection needs in
Montana’s Clark Fork
Basin.
On
Nov. 13th in Bellingham,
Wash., Swanson will speak at the 2006 Can/Am
Border Trade Alliance Conference on
“Corridors, Border Gateways, and
Bi-national Regional Economies.”
His presentation will examine the
“Montana-Canada Business and Trade
Relationship.”
The conference is attended by
business and government representatives from
across the U.S.-Canada border region.
On
Nov. 15th in
Helena, Swanson will speak to the Montana
Legislature’s Revenue Projections
committee, discussing key trends and
prospects for the
Montana
economy. The
committee is charged with making revenue
projections for the state legislature.
In
the afternoon on Nov. 15th in Missoula, Larry will make a presentation to the 2006
Leadership Montana Class, describing
important patterns and key trends in
Montana’s economic and demographic change.
Leadership
Montana
is in its third year and provides education
and networking programming for existing and
emerging leaders across
Montana.
On
Nov. 28-29th in Missoula,
the Center, with
assistance from The Cinnabar Foundation,
will sponsor a conference on the challenges
facing the U.S. Forest Service as it begins
its second century. The conference, which will be held on
Tuesday evening and all day Wednesday, will
feature presentations from Jack Ward Thomas,
the former Chief of the Forest Service, Mark
Rey, the undersecretary of Agriculture with
jurisdiction over the Forest Service, Char
Miller, biographer of Gifford Pinchot, and
Mitch Friedman, the executive director of
Conservation Northwest. Pat Williams will speak about “Congressional
Influence — For Better or Worse.” Watch the Center’s web site for more
details.
Milwaukee Station, home of
the
O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West
recent
quotes from the region
as provided by Headwaters
News
"Most
oil and gas development occurs in remote areas. Now, people are wanting to live
in those remote areas."
Jimmy
Goolsby, from the Casper-based geological services
company Goolsby & Associates, commenting on a recent conflict between a gas
company whose well leaked and a nearby community.
-
Casper
Star Tribune
08/15/2006
"Why
build where the wind blows all around and you have to haul water?"
Rich
Cowger,
Columbus
fire chief, on the trend to build homes
high on Montana's hillsides,
increasing wildfire risk
and impeding firefighting efforts.
- Billings Gazette
08/30/2006
"This
is the train wreck we've seen coming for a long time."
Steve
Huffaker, director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, on the
news that non-native 100 red deer elk had
escaped
a game farm near Yellowstone National Park.
-
Casper
Star-Tribune
09/07/2006
"I'm
in every way, shape and form in favor of economic development. But I don't
think a state should succumb to extortion or blackmail."
Idaho
Sen. Brad Little, R-Emmett, about concerns that
Cabela's may refuse to build a
store in
Post
Falls
if his legislation imposing a sales tax on online sales passes.
-
Idaho
Statesman
09/15/2006
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Center for the Rocky Mountain West is a program of The University of Montana in
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