Tippy McMichael Lecture Series presents Dr. Elliott West
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Reception at 6:00 pm; Lecture at 7:00 pm
Parish Hall
The Tippy McMichael Lecture Series welcomes American historian and author, and St. Paul’s parishioner, Dr. Elliott West.
On Saturday, May 14, Elliott will present “Ghost Dancers, Wounded Knee, and Native American Survival.” Join us in the Parish Hall at 6pm for a reception. The lecture will begin at 7pm. Nursery is available.
About Dr. Elliott West
Elliott West, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Arkansas, is a specialist in the social and environmental history of the American West. He has twice been chosen as his university’s teacher of the year and, in 2009, he was one of three finalists for the Robert Foster Cherry Prize for the outstanding classroom teacher in the nation. He has written several books, including The Way to the West: Essays on the Central Plains (1995); The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers and the Rush to Colorado (1998), winner of the Francis Parkman Prize and the OAH Ray Allen Billington Prize; and The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (2009). In 2014, the University of Oklahoma Press published The Essential West: Collected Essays.