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Main Street Wyoming volume 213
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This DVD focuses on the legislative issue of whether Wyoming voters should approve the gambling initiative. Guests include Mary Allison, Dubois; and Rev. Warren Murphy, Cody.
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Main Street Wyoming volume 413
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The poet/musician from Buffalo performs unique ethnic musical traditions, including Basque, Tex-Mex, and Cajun.
3) Gun control
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Main Street Wyoming volume 421
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Advocates and opponents of the federal registration law for handguns discuss the pros and cons of gun regulation.
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Main Street Wyoming volume 506
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A collection of views of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. Paul Tsuneishi, a Japanese-American former internee, shares his memories and experiences as well as his thoughts on the legacy of Heart Mountain. Barbara Uriu, daughter of Kaz Uriu (an internee who chose to remain in Wyoming as a Worland farmer), talks about her father and other family members' lives at Heart Mountain and her father's impact on agriculture in the Big Horn Basin area. C.A....
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Main Street Wyoming volume 610
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Author Mark Junge introduces viewers to J.E. Stimson, whose photographic career in Wyoming spanned 60 years. Stimson worked for the Union Pacific Railroad and the State of Wyoming and won national awards for his photographs, taken from the turn of the century until 1948, and captured Wyoming's transition from frontier to its unique civilization today.
6) Storytellers
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Main Street Wyoming volume 520
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Stories make up a good portion of everyone's life, but which stories endure from one generation to another? Why do we tell stories and what meaning do they add to one's life? John Dorst, with the American Studies program at the University of Wyoming, Barbara Allen Bogart, who taught American Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and David Romtvedt, poet/musician from Buffalo, share stories.
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Main Street Wyoming volume 703
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This DVD discribes the history, life and culture of the Chinese immigrants who came to Southwest Wyoming to obtain jobs, and create a livelihood while working for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Main Street Wyoming volume 625
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Published in 1914, "Letters of a Woman Homesteader" by Elinore Pruitt Stewart was called the literary discovery of the year. Elinore Stewart came to Wyoming with the ambition of homesteading near Burntfork, and her letters describe her adventures and the people she came to know. Western Wyoming college instructor Marcia Hensley takes her spring class to Stewart's homestead cabin to hear stories, discuss the homesteader, and hear from a family acquaintance...
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Main Street Wyoming volume 619
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Jane Nelson and John Nesbitt, two local experts on western American literature, discuss Owen Wister's works, focusing on The Virginian. They explore how Wyoming and the West influenced Wister and works, and then look at the impact his works had on life, people, and the public's perception of life in Wyoming.
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Main Street Wyoming volume 612
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Political scientist Dr. Oliver Walter from the University of Wyoming has been conducting public opinion polls in Wyoming for over 20 years. He discusses information he has gained from tracking the opinions of the state's populace on such issues as elected officials and trust, conservative and liberal political views and political party affiliations.
11) Sacred sites
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Main Street Wyoming volume 707
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Devil's Tower, America's first national monument, and the Medicine Wheel, a national historic landmark in the Big Horns, are popular tourist stops in Wyoming. Both sites are considered unique and special to those who visit them; American Indians, however, consider these two sites as sacred, and integral part of their religious beliefs. Hear the views of the people involved.
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Main Street Wyoming volume 617
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This videotape introduces the executive branch of state government and covers all five of its offices: governor, secretary of state, superintendent of public instruction, auditor, and treasurer. This half-hour program features interviews with each of the elected members of the executive branch, video footage of their offices, and a meeting of one of the boards on which they all serve.
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Main Street Wyoming volume 716
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Discusses the history, present status, and possible future of the buffalo in Yellowstone National Park.
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Main Street Wyoming volume 723
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The political core of state politics is found in the legislature. Within its two ornate legislative chambers the debates, votes, and casual conversation define who gets what, when, and how. The walls are lined with pictures of most of those who have served in the legislature, and their cumulative impact has been profound.
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Main Street Wyoming volume 604
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How did over 18 million acres of land in Wyoming end up in federal hands? Follow the story of these BLM lands through the years before statehood until the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934, and the more recent development of multiple use in the 1960's and 70's.
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Main Street Wyoming volume 525
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Explores three generations of Native Americans, each of whom grew up on the Wind River Indian Reservation. What has changed in the last 50 years? Features John Washakie, Liz Brown, and Maria Lawson.
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