Preservation Thursday: Native American History is Not Part of United States History
DEADWOOD – Deadwood History, Inc. and the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission will host a presentation by Brad Tennant at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center (HARCC), 150 Sherman Street, Deadwood. The event is free for members and $5 for non-members.
The presentation by historian and humanities scholar Brad Tennant focuses largely on the White Horse Winter Count to explain events that occurred before South Dakota and the northern plains were part of the United States. Although the original winter count is located at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, replicas can also be found at the White Horse Community Center, the CRST Cultural Preservation Office in Eagle Butte, and the Timber Lake and Area Museum. In 1910, Chief Martin White Horse explained the meaning of the images, which were then interpreted and transcribed providing a pictographic history ranging from circa 1790 through 1910.
Brad Tennant is professor emeritus and a long-time historian/humanities scholar whose research, writing, and presentations focus on South Dakota and Northern Plains history. He is a member of various local, state, and national historical organizations. In 2024, he received the West River History Conference’s Herbert Blakely Award, which is given to a “… historian making outstanding contributions to local and regional history,” and in 2003, the Center for Western Studies recognized Tennant with its Distinguished Contribution honor for the “Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of South Dakota and the Northern Plains.”
Preservation Thursday is co-sponsored by the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission, Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation, Deadwood History, Inc., Deadwood Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau, Celebrity Hotel, Deadwood Mountain Grand, Black Hills Pioneer, and the Saloon No. 10.
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Deadwood History, Inc. preserves and presents the history of Deadwood and the Black Hills through exceptional places, interactive exhibits, and engaging events.
Adams Museum, Days of ’76 Museum, Historic Adams House, Homestake Adams
Research and Cultural Center, The Brothel Deadwood, and Fassbender Photographic Collection.