September 27, 2013
 

 

Dr. Carol Lynn MacGregor will be kicking off the tenth year of the Fettuccine Forum with her talk “Native American Presence in the Boise Valley”. The lifestyle, settlement, and removal of Boise Valley’s once abundant Shoshoni population will be the focus of Dr. MacGregor’s discussion.

Carol Lynn MacGregor is a fourth generation Idahoan, born and schooled in Boise, living also near Cuprum as a child and near Cascade, where she still resides. She went out-of-state to college atWellesley College in Massachusetts and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. Later she received an M. A. in Liberal Studies at Georgetown University, an M. A. in history atB.S.U., and a PhD in American history in 1999 at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, where she also booked 18 credits in Native American subjects in the history and Anthropology departments. Carol has five books and numerous articles published. She served on the Governor's Committee on the Lewis and Clark Trail for twelve years, lecturing in nine states. She taught as an adjunct professor at BSU, taking leave a few years ago, and is very happy to be back teaching.

When and Where:
- October 3, 2013: Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the presentation begins at 5:30 p.m.
- Rose Room, in downtown Boise's historic Union Block, 718 W. Idaho Street.
- Food and beverage available for purchase. $3 for fettuccine or a slice of pizza; debit or cash accepted.

The Fettuccine Forum is produced by the Boise City Department of Arts & History in conjunction with Boise State University College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs). This season the Forum is sponsored by the Idaho Humanities Council with support from the Office of the Mayor, Boise State Public Radio, Platform Architecture-Design, TAG Historical Research, SHRA Stevens Historical Research Associates, Trademark Sign, and Landmark Impressions.

Lively and informal, the monthly event invites the public to interact with politicians, artists, historians, activists, advocates and professionals in an effort to promote good citizenship and responsible growth through education. The Forum includes a companion workshop, offered for graduate and undergraduate credit. For more information contact Todd Shallat at tshalla@boisestate.edu

 

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The Department of Arts & History was established by City Ordinance in March 2008 to enhance the Boise community by providing leadership, advocacy, education, services, and support for arts and history. The new Department emerged from the former Boise City Arts Commission, which was established by City Ordinance in 1978 as a nonprofit city agency to advise and assist the City Council in development, coordination, promotion and support of the arts.