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Voice of the Plains: John G. Neihardt
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[Description from the original press release] An outstanding poet, an eminent historian, and a highly respected authority on Native Americans, Nebraska's late Poet Laureate John G. Neihardt is profiled in an hour-long documentary, Voice of the Plains: John G. Neihardt. Produced by the Cultural Affairs Unit of University of Nebraska Television, the documentary paints a portrait of the man and his philosophy for Nebraskans to cherish. Ron Hull, NETV program manager (on leave with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting), narrates from Neihardt's study in Bancroft, Nebraska, where much of A Cycle of the West—a collection of five volumes of poetry in historical sequence—was written. Neihardt received numerous honors during his lifetime, including honorary degrees from the Universities of Nebraska and Missouri, and from Creighton University. As a journalist, he was literary editor for the Minneapolis Journal, the Kansas City Journal, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His most well-known work is likely Black Elk Speaks. The documentary features videotaped segments of Neihardt's appearance on The Dick Cavett Show and early Nebraska ETV programs, showing him expressing his ideas and recitin…
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Nebraska Public Media
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public broadcasting, AAPB, John G. Neihardt, Ron Hull, Black Elk, Vine Deloria Jr., James Olson, University of Nebraska, University of Missouri, Creighton University, Omaha Reservation, Bancroft, Nebraska, Missouri River, A Cycle of the West, Black Elk Speaks, Poetry, Native American history, Great Plains literature
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