Powell Library

Join Big Horn Basin author Karen Schutte, 2-3 p.m. TODAY Monday, Aug. 11. Her new book is out!  Flesh on the Bone continues the saga of German immigration to the… Read More »Karen Schutte Book Signing, TODAY

“We must not ignore our urge to write. To do so numbs us to our own aliveness.”  Writers’ workshop with Tina Welling, 10 a.m. –… Read More »You Can Still Register for a Free Creative Writing Workshop

  If you are a fan of Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire mysteries, or if you can’t wait for Monday night to see your favorite Absaroka Sherriff come… Read More »August is Craig Johnson/LONGMIRE Month in Powell!

7 p.m. Thursday, July 24, in Grizzly Hall.  Aftermath: The Pragmatic Challenges of Restoring the Cultural Heritage of Plains Indians in the Big Horn Basin is… Read More »Robert Meister, Ph.D., Thursday at the Cody Library

­­Aftermath: The Pragmatic Challenges of Restoring the Cultural Heritage of Plains Indians in the Big Horn Basin is the fourth annual seminar regarding the significance of Heart Mountain to the Crow tribe and the wider public audience. It takes place 7 p.m. Thursday, July 24, in Grizzly Hall, Park County Public Library, Cody.

(At left: Grant Bulltail in the arms of He Comes Up Red, his Great Grandfather who was removed from the Bighorn Basin. They are shown here next to reservation housing near Crow Agency, MT. circa 1940.)  

Grant Bulltail, a Crow tribal elder, Pipe Lighter, oral historian, published author and teacher and political philosopher Robert Meister, Ph.D., will examine the moral situation of our region, where settler communities and reservations are neighbors with divergent yet inter-related societies.  Dr. Meister is a Professor of Social Sciences and Political Thought at the University of California, Santa Cruz.Read More »Fourth Annual Plains Peoples Seminar at the Library