New Mari Sandoz Heritage Society Board Members Leisl Carr-Childers and Heather Stauffer standing outside the Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center at Chadron State College in 2018.

Mari Sandoz Heritage Society President, Lynn Roper welcoming attendees to the 2018 Pilster Great Plains Lecture

Mari Sandoz Heritage Society Board Member, Holly Boomer introducing the 2018 Pilster Great Plains Lecturer

2018 Pilster Lecturer, Susan Power (Standing Rock Sioux)

Symposium opening speaker and author, Joe Starita from Lincoln

Symposium attendees having copies of their books signed by author, Joe Starita

Mari Sandoz Heritage Society board member Mike Smith discussing the morning's session with fellow board member Ron Hull and an unidentified Symposium attendee

Symposium speaker and Chadron State College Art Professor, Mary Donohue

Attendees enjoying the Symposium's morning session

Katie Francisco from the University of Nebraska Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design representing her fellow class members in delivering the 2018 Sandoz Scholar presentation at the Symposium. This was a unique and collective effort of graduate students in the Spring 2018 University of Nebraska-Lincoln course, Museums: Theory and Practice (TMFD 809) was taught by Dr. Claire Nicholas. Students included in this project were Katie Francisco, Younhee Kang, Bethany Kraft, Andrea Kruse, Ryan Mathison, Amy Neumann, and Nicole Rudolph.

Symposium luncheon and annual awards program at the CSC Student Center Ballroom

2018 In the Spirit of Mari Sandoz award winner Dan Kusek from Alliance with Sandoz Society Board President Lynn Roper