September 26, 2005 - Today's Other News Items

Fall Lewis and Clark Lectures Slated

Learn about the Lewis and Clark exploration of the Western North America by attending the four-part archaeology lecture series, Encountering a Continent: Reflections on the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, hosted by the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. The lectures will take place on Fridays, from Oct. 14 to Nov. 4, at 5:30 p.m. in Room 110 of the Knight Law Center, 1515 Agate St. Receptions will follow each lecture at the museum, 1680 East 15th Ave. Each lecture is free and open to the public.

Ken Karsmizki, executive director of the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, will begin the series with "Fort Clatstop: Where Has It Been the Last 200 Years?" The talk will focus on the archaeological research involving Lewis and Clark campsites. The next week, Jim Walker, a retired physician with a 30-year interest in map collecting, will present "Manuscripts and Printed Maps Relating to the Lewis and Clark Expedition: 1803-1814." The talk will examine the mapping of the expedition. The third week will feature Marge Helzer, paleoethnobotanist and anthropology instructor at Lane Community College, who will discuss native plant uses in the Pacific Northwest. Pat Courtney Gold, Wasco-Tlingit tribal member and fiber artist with a specialty in basket-making, will end the series with, "An Indigenous Woman's View of Lewis and Clark: Who Are Those Smelly Men in the Silly Dugout?" The talk will offer a view from a Native American woman's perspective.

The archaeology lecture series, co-sponsored by the Lane County Historical Museum, supplements the museum's changing exhibition, Lewis, Clark, and Company--Explorers, Ambassadors and Naturalists. The exhibit highlights interactions with Native tribes, as well as observations of plants, animals and geography, all of which contributed to a scientific knowledge of the North American continent. A first edition copy of Lewis and Clark journals dated 1814 is also featured.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays except major holidays. Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for seniors and youths ages 17 and under; and $8 for families (two adults and up to four youths). Museum members and university faculty and staff members and students are admitted free. For more information, call the museum, (541) 346-3024.

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