"Massacre at Bear River, First, Worst, Forgotten

Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7 p.m.
Brigham City Library – The Bear River Massacre




To conclude the traveling exhibition, “Lewis and Clark in Indian Country, Rod Miller, author of Massacre at Bear River, First, Worst, Forgotten will discuss his book that deals with the January 29, 1863 Bear River Massacre, which claimed 250 Shoshoni lives. Rod Miller provides a compelling narrative account of the Bear River Massacre and the events leading up to the bloody clash on a frozen riverbank in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Miller also explains why the massacre has remained in the historical shadows for 145 years and details the fight by Shoshonis and a few dedicated researchers to move the event to its rightful place in Western history.

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Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country Exhibition Coming to Brigham City Library

Brigham City Library has been chosen as one of 23 libraries nationwide to host this exhibition.

Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country is a traveling exhibition based upon a larger exhibition of the same name developed by the Newberry Library, Chicago. The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in collaboration with the Newberry Library and the National Endowment for the Humanities is sponsoring this exhibition for hosting by public and academic libraries, nationwide.

The exhibit will bring public audiences a new set of ideas about the encounters of Native Americans with the United States Corps of Discovery between 1804 and 1806, and will trace the dramatic impact of those encounters during the subsequent two centuries. Exhibit visitors will be offered unique opportunities to explore the “Indian Country” as it existed at the beginning of the nineteenth century; to glimpse the variety of relationships Native peoples and the Lewis and Clark party forged with one another; to view the impact of the American presence on the Indian Country; and to reflect on the efforts of contemporary reservation communities to support and sustain the Indian Country and its remarkable cultures in the twenty-first century.