| Wednesday, August 8, 2001 |
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1:00 — 6:00 p.m.
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Early Registration - Dixon Town Hall Theatre Main St., Gregory, SD. Continuous showing Micheaux films. Display of Micheaux Documents. Original Micheaux Novels. Artifacts from Micheaux Homestead Site. AfricanAmerican Memoroabilia. Sign-up for Backroads tour.
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4:00 pm
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Tipi and Tent Raising at Original Site of Micheaux Homestead, two miles east-2 miles south of Gregory on Hiway 18. Experience "pioneering" first hands bring work gloves.
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6:30 pm
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Picnic Supper at Micheaux Homestead Site.
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 8:00 pm
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Showing of Oscar Micheaux Film "Lying Lips" (1939) Dixon Town Hall Theater.
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| Thursday, August 9, 2001 |
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8:30 a.m.
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Registration Dixon Town Hall Theater.
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9:00 a.m.
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South Dakota Public TV Film, "Oscar Micheaux: Prairie Pioneer "
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9:30 a.m.
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Pearl Bowser, African Diaspora Images Director, "Micheaux: Writing Himself into History."
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10:15 a.m.
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Professor Jane Gaines. Duke University "Man of a Thousand Faces: Noble Johnson and the Lincoln Motion Picture Company."
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11:00 a.m.
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Break.
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11:15 a.m.
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Showing of Micheaux Film: "Murder in Harlem" 1935.
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1:00 p.m.
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Professor J. Ronald Green. Ohio State University "Micheaux: Hero With Forty Faces."
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1:45 p.m.
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Round Table Discussion (MarieTravis Georgetown University, Pearl Bowser, Jane Gaines, Ron Green, Charlene Regester, Corey Creekmur).
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2:45 p.m.
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Break
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3:00 p.m.
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Emmett Kotrba. Local Historian and Surveyor, "How Oscar Micheaux obtained a Relinquishment in Gregory County, South Dakota."
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3:45 p.m.
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Joyce Jefferson, South Dakota Humanities Scholar, Historical Illusionist: "Kathryne Reynolds"-African American Homesteader 1849-1947."
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4:30 p.m.
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David Seals. Independent Filmmaker "Native American Films- Making Movies in South Dakota." Showing of David Seals film Pow Wow Hi-Way.
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6:30 p.m.
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Sodbuster Supper at Micheaux Homestead Site.
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7:00 p.m.
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Professor Daryl Bisco. Oglala Lakota College, Contemporary Rancher: "Ranching on the Rosebud." Supper Hour Conversation. Open Forum. Micheaux Homestead Site
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| Friday, August 10, 2001 |
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9:00 a.m.
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Showing of Film, "Danny Glover Portrays Oscar Micheaux."
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9:30 a.m.
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Professor Charlene Regester. University of North Carolina, "Stereotypes in Film."
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10:15 a.m.
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Break.
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10:30 a.m.
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Professor Corey Creekmur. University of lowa, "Oscar Micheaux and Film Noir."
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11:15 a.m.
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Joyzelle Godfrey. Native-American Scholar, "Loss of Native American Land and Culture."
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1:00 p.m.
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Betti Carol Van Epps-Taylor. Historian, Author, "The Homestead Years of Oscar Micheaux."
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1:45 p.m.
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Round Table Discussion Betti Van Epps-Taylor, David Strain (Dakota West Books), Daryl Besco, Joyzelle Godtrey, Lee Arlie Barry (Local Historian).
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2:30 p.m.
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Break
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3:00 p.m.
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Professor Kevin Wilmott. Independent Filmaker, "Challenges Of Independent Filmmakers." Showing of Kevin Wilmott Film 9th Street, Starring Martin Sheen.
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6:30 p.m.
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Sunset Supper on the South Dakota Prairie. Native-American Dancing by Dallas Chief Eagle, Nationally recognized Lakota Hoop Dancer and Storyteller
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| Saturday, August 11, 2001 |
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9:00 a.m.
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Mayor's Welcome. Governor's Proclamation.
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9:15 a.m.
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Richard Papousek. Local Historian and President of Oscar Micheaux Film Festival, "Resarching and Discovering Micheaux in Gregory and Tripp Counties South Dakota."
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9:45 a.m.
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Harley Robinson (2nd Cousin to Micheaux.) and Marty Keenan (Micheaux Historian) "Oscar Micheaux Family History."
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10:15 a.m.
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Break
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10:30 a.m.
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Roger Wolff. Retired Hollywood musician and Silent Film Collector, "Showboat, The Great American Enigma-The Micheaux-Robeson-Horne Connection."
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11:15 a.m.
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Lawrence Diggs. Vinegar Museum Curator and Author, "Erasing Imaginary Lines in Order to Escape Cultural Imprisonment."
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1:00 p.m.
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Lilah Pengrah. Anthropologist, "Racism in South Dakota."
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1:45 p.m.
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Break
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2:00 p.m.
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Honored Pioneer Family
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3:00 p.m.
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Professor Learthen Dorsey. University of Nebraska, "Understanding Oscar Micheaux, The Homesteader."
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3:45 p.m.
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"Three Voices Speaking from the Past." Reenactment of Historical Characters by Joyce Jefferson, Joyzelle Godfrey and Lilah Pengrah
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6:30 p.m.
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Prairie Supper at Micheaux Homestead Site.
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8:00 p.m.
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Micheaux Film. "Ten Minutes to Live" Dixon Town Hall Theater.
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9:30 p.m.
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Outdoor Movie at Hilltop Drive-In Theater Hiway 18 west.
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| Sunday, August 12, 2001 |
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8:30 a.m.
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Non-denominational Church Service at Micheaux Homestead Site. Rev. Webster Two Hawk, Lakota Elder.
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10:00 a.m.
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Backroads Tour of Gregory County as traveled by Micheaux, meet at Homestead Site.
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12:00 noon
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60th Annual Area Old Settlers Picnic at Dixon Town Hall Theater
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