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Contact: Anne Dowd, 507-825-5464, Ext. 216
Pipestone National Monument News Release
For Release: Immediate Release 10/1/18
Contact: Anne Dowd, Ph.D., RPA email: e-mail us Telephone: 507-825-5464, Ext. 216
Dr. Phyllis Messenger to Speak at Pipestone National Monument
Pipestone, MN: Pipestone National Monument announces Phyllis Messenger as the fourth speaker in the 2018 Guest Speaker Series at the Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center on Friday, October 26, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. Dr. Messenger’s presentation is titled “Pipestone National Monument and its Significance as a Cultural Heritage Site.” She will discuss the importance of the site for descendant communities, Minnesotans, and the nation as a whole.
This talk will look at the history of Pipestone National Monument and how changing perspectives on the meaning of cultural heritage are reflected in how the site is managed and who has access to it. The presentation will explore how collaboration among communities and institutions can strengthen our connections to the site and to one another. The National Monument has many levels of significance. It is a site with spiritual and cultural significance to American Indians, protected by legislation. An internationally recognized bedrock quarry site, Pipestone National Monument is a place of beauty and contemplation, of hard work and cultural production, of heritage and memory. The event is free and open to the public.
Phyllis Messenger, M.A., Ed.D. is the grants coordinator at the Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota, and an editor of the University’s on-line journal, Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community (openrivers.umn.edu). She is a Registered Professional Archaeologist who has worked on projects in Mexico, Honduras, and the United States; and, has led study-abroad programs in Central or South America and Southeast Asia. She was a founding member of the Public Education Committee of the Society for American Archaeology, founding director of the Center for Anthropology and Cultural Heritage Education at Hamline University, and helped establish the Heritage Studies and Public History graduate program at the University of Minnesota in 2016. Dr. Messenger has written and edited several books.
Directions are available through this link: https://www.nps.gov/pipe/planyourvisit/directions.htm
For additional information, contact Pipestone National Monument at 507-825-5464, or visit the Monument’s Facebook page or web site at https://www.facebook.com/PipestoneNPS or https://www.nps.gov/pipe/index.htm.
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Last updated: October 1, 2018