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Madison -- Sally Roesch Wagner will be at Dakota State University on January 21-23, 1999 for several workshops and lectures. Tillie Black Bear will partner with Dr. Wagner on January 21^st.

Sally Roesch Wagner was one of the first women to receive a doctorate in the United States for work in women’s studies. She was also a founder of one of the first college women’s studies programs at California State University – Sacramento. Wagner is currently a research affiliate of the Women’s Resources and Research Center at the University of California at Davis. She regularly travels throughout the country as a writer, lecturer, and historical performer. She is also the editor of the six-volume Daughters of the Dakotas series.

Tillie Black Bear is a member of the Sicangu Lakota Tribe in South Dakota. She is an expert on domestic violence who heads the White Buffalo Calf Women’s shelter, a women’s crisis and intervention center. Since the late 1980s, she has been involved in both the tribal and the national levels in initiatives designed to educate and eradicate domestic violence. Black Bear is a 1972 graduate of Northern State University with a degree in education.

Dr. Wagner’s schedule for the 3-day visit is:

Thursday, January 21:	(Dr. Wagner With Tillie Black Bear) Day Long workshop for DSU Education students and professors in the Trojan Center. 7pm, lecture on "The Iroquois Influence", open to the public, East Hall Room 100 at DSU. Book signing to follow.
Friday, January 22:	9am-Noon, Women’s History Workshop for DSU students, Mundt Foundation at the DSU Library. 1pm-4pm, Visiting 4th grade students in Madison. 7pm, lecture on "Daughters of Dakota" and book signing, open to the public, Smith-Zimmermann Museum at DSU.
Saturday, January 23:	9am-4pm, Women’s History Workshop for teachers, Mundt Foundation at the DSU Library. To receive free curriculum materials and register for the workshop, call Dianna Torson at 605-256-5146.

This three day event is sponsored by the Dakota State University Office of Student Development, Dakota State University Foundation, the Dakota State University Student Activities Board, the Dakota State University Native American Club, the DSU College of   Education, the South Dakota Education Association, and Smith-Zimmermann Museum. Theprogram is also funded in part by a grant from the SD Humanities Council, an affiliate of theNational Endowment for the Humanities.

For further information, please contact Dianna Torson, Student Development Director at Dakota State University at 605-256-5146.