Growth, politics and the future of the region will
come under scrutiny at a “Celebrate the West” conference in
Jackson, Wyo., Nov. 5-7. The conference honors Western historian
and author Alvin M. Josephy Jr., who has helped Indians establish
their voice in the telling of Western history. The gathering at the
National Wildlife Art Museum features a wide variety of Western
activists, journalists and writers including keynote speaker
Josephy; Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough; Arapaho
leader Michelle Robinson from Butte, Mont.; George Horse Capture,
assistant director for cultural resources at the National Museum of
the American Indian; Tim Egan, Western bureau chief for The New
York Times; Jack Loeffler, National Public Radio correspondent from
New Mexico; Ric Burns, documentary film producer; and Betsy and Ed
Marston, editor and publisher of High Country News. There will also
be readings by writers Gary Snyder, Terry Tempest Williams and
William Kittredge, among others. The Snake River Institute of
Jackson Hole is sponsoring the conference as part of a four-year
series called Nature, Culture, and Human Values. For details,
contact the Snake River Institute at 307/733-2214.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Celebrate the West.
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