Nebraska Before Statehood: The Unorganized Territory
| Dates: | April 29, 2026 |
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| Meets: | W from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM |
| Location: | MCC at Yates Illuminates 210 |
| Cost: | $55.00 |
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Explore Nebraska’s early history, when it existed only as “the Unorganized Territory.” Meet the fur trappers, missionaries, pioneers, artists, and scientists who passed through, and see how Native American life was reshaped by the fur trade and the Treaty Era. The story begins with Lewis and Clark’s return and ends with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
| Fee: | $55.00 |
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| Hours: | 2.00 |
| CEUs: | 0.20 |
MCC at Yates Illuminates 210
Quintin Slovek
Quintin Slovek is a fourth-generation Omahan and a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and the University of Alabama American Studies Master's Program where he focused on early 20th century popular culture. Quintin worked as a teacher's assistant and later guest-lecturer for Omaha Public Schools award-winning Making Invisible Histories Visible Program from 2013 to 2019. He also served as an assistant artist and historical researcher for the South Omaha Mural Project, a public art series dedicated to the area's immigrant communities. He has also worked as a tour guide for the last three years, primarily focused on the Old Market area. His interests include labor and immigration history, Prohibition and organized crime, and collecting the merch of old-school Omaha restaurants, breweries, and other institutions.powered by ACEweb from ACEware Systems