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Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe speaks with author David Treuer about his book, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present.
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The Grout Museum, founded in 1956, created the Black Stories Collective exhibit in an attempt to correct years of underrepresentation.
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When colleges close, they don’t disappear. Closures leave students in flux and facilities unattended. And in the case of Iowa Wesleyan University, a collection that needs a home. The University of Iowa has taken on the role of safeguarding the now-shuttered university's archival records.
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The author of Wrong Tree: Adventures in Wildlife Biology partnered with his wife, an illustrator and environmental educator, to bring readers into the world of a wildlife technician.
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As part the Womanhood series, a look at feminism and how it's changed in the United States
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Acclaimed Iowa author Paul Kix discusses his book about the 1963 Birmingham campaign, You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live.
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The Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company was owned by two Euro-American men in the late 1800s who used the tribe's identity to sell so-called "Indian remedies."
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After being brought to the brink of extinction, bison made a triumphant return to the West. Their story is portrayed in the new Ken Burns documentary, The American Buffalo.
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Center Street was the main business and entertainment district for Black residents in Des Moines through the early to mid-1900s.
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October 6, 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Iowa State University's first African-American athlete Jack Trice.