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Idaho’s Heritage Conference Archive

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS IMPORTANT CONFERENCE IN POCATELLO

IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ANNOUNCES IDAHO’S HERITAGE CONFERENCE EVENTS          

The Idaho State Historical Society, in partnership with the Idaho Heritage Partners and City of Pocatello, is hosting the 4th Biennial Idaho’s Heritage Conference September 19 – 22, 2022 in Pocatello, Idaho. Whether you are a historian, archaeologist, teacher, student, community leader, museum professional or volunteer, amateur preservationist, or a local history buff, we invite you to attend Idaho’s Heritage Conference. Idaho’s Heritage Conference engages statewide partners in history, historic preservation, museums, anthropology, archaeology, and community preservation programs like Certified Local Governments.

This year’s conference features keynote speaker Ruth J. Abram, includes 30 breakout sessions, five different field trip options, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes cultural presentation and dinner, and a Pioneer Festival. Scholarships are available to attend, see conference website for details. Check Idaho’s Heritage Conference website often for additional information and the list of generous conference sponsors!

Preservation Idaho is honored to host a Historic Preservation session on September 22, 2022 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

Historic Preservation Session: How can Historic Preservation be more Inclusive? Learning from Advocacy and Preservation Work in Under-represented Communities in Idaho: For greater inclusivity and diversity in the preservation process, Preservation Idaho and its partners will moderate a panel of experts to discuss how historic preservation can, and should, help to highlight the importance of under-represented communities across the state. Whether an issue of ethnicity, race, religion, or gender, important stories that help to educate and engage can be lost in the proper telling of history. This view of history is changing and preservation organizations can be a key player in helping to tell those stories. Both sensitivity and accuracy are important and it takes multiple perspectives to accomplish that goal.

Thanks to our panelists: Robyn Achilles - Executive Director, Friends of Minidoka, Terry A. Blom - Director of Community Relations & Fund Development, The Community Council of Idaho, Jason Tippeconnic Fox, Ph.D. - Architectural Historian, Idaho State Historic Preservation Office, and Emily Fritchman Mahaney - Historical Research & Consulting, Public Historian + Lecturer, Adjunct Faculty, Boise State University.

And a big thank you to our moderators:  Dr. Henry Evans, Adjunct Lecturer and Associate Director of the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Diversity Resource Center, Idaho State University and Julia Oxarango-Ingram - Principal Consultant, Crossroads Concepts and Consulting and Board of Directors of Preservation Idaho.

Conference Updates

Come one, come all, to the FREE events open to the public at Idaho’s Heritage Conference – less than a week away!

On Monday September 19th (3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.) the Pocatello Committee for Idaho’s Heritage Conference hosts the Pioneer Festival. This event honors the days of the Pioneers with music, singers, barn dancers, and traditional Pioneer food.

On the evening of Wednesday September 21st (6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.) come see keynote speaker Ruth J. Abram in the Bistline Theatre at Idaho State University. Ms. Abram will explore the ways in which history has proved helpful in her own life and will connect these personal revelations with her efforts to help historic sites offer their histories in new, more useful, and meaningful ways.

Last, but a must see on Thursday, September 22nd (3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.) is the Closing Plenary. State Historian, HannaLore Hein, and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Policy Analyst, Yvette Towersap will present Public Health, The Spanish Flu, and Idaho Research Methodologies and Content Creation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Learn methods and approaches to archival research as well as how to organize your findings to fit your audience needs.

The Idaho State Historical Society, in partnership with the Idaho Heritage Partners and the City of Pocatello, thanks our conference sponsors and presenters for sticking with us the past three years, we are all excited this extraordinary event is happening.

The conference has much more to offer than just these events! Four days of fun events including visits to historic locations around Pocatello, presentations on preservation practices and even seeing the Idaho State Constitution! To purchase tickets, go to https://www.idahosheritageconference.org/register/online/