dakota. her great grandmother anna was a woman of potential forest -- in fact anna's husband had committed terror to an asylum under various circumstances and her book "windfall" the prairie woman who lost her way and the great-granddaughter who found her" erika bolstad escapades or families. past and the connection to the promised land of the american west. with that we will be joined in conversation by laurence the author of the novel the golden state. we'll have audience q&a and you can raise your hand during that time. levi has a boom mic and he will make its way to you before you ask the questions. they have questions on audio and c-span might say no so make sure you wait for that microphone. after that erika will be here to sign books we have books of on the site. you can pay for your books after that time downstairs on your way out at the store. now please welcome erika bolstad and keesling. [applause] >> hello. how were you feeling? good, good. it's a big day. we have an amazing crowd

north dakota's far too. you recently sent the north dakota national guard to texas. think you just got back from the border. can you talk a little bit about that and why you sent troops to the border? can you talk about the impact it has on our states? gov. burgum: absolutely and thank you by stepping up to support governor abbott. 110,000 overdose deaths in our country. those are statistics you cannot even comprehend. 300 americans per day are dying of overdoses. 70% are fentanyl poisoning. the majority of that is coming from the southern border. we are taking massive casualties every day. we are losing 300 people per day. it took biden two years to get to the southern border. the 10th amendment says the federal government has certain responsibilities, the rest is returned to the states or to the people. gov. reynolds: he is not doing his constitutional duty. gov. burgum: governor abbott is working to control the border. we have two sets of national guard down there. they are managing helicopter flights. another group is helping specifically in texas. when i was dow

and it, you know, i think my very first trim to north dakota -- trip to north dakota, oil was about $100rel if not more. and ifs i, as you drove on the prairies at night, you would see these flares, these lights on the prairies all over. it looks like, you know, some people have described it as, like, candles on the prayerly or these warm lights on the prairi- [laughter] >> yeah. it's just -- >> you're like, no. it was, if you drive there at night, you see these big flares, these lights in the darkness, and it's climate change. it's happening right in front of you. it's there. it's burned off as waste. it's not even used to heat people's homes or, you know, for their gas stoves. it is waste, considered waste. and it happens all over the country. it happens particularly, you know, to a particularly large extent in north dakota and in texas. and it is shocking how much it's happening. andin i think the environmental reporter in me saw that peril from these flares from the methane, you know? we don't often get to see climate change literally happening right in front of us. greenhouse gases

in north dakota. erica's great grandmother, anna, was a woman of potential fortune, lost to history with very little photo evidence or writing. in fact, anna's husband had committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. in her book windfall, the prairie woman who lost her way and the great granddaughter who found her erika bolstad excavates. her family's buried past and its stark connection to the promised land of the american west. both dad will be joined in conversation tonight by lydia kiesling. she's the author of the novel the golden state. tonight's event includes an audience q&a. we ask that you raise your hand during that time. there is levi has a boom mic that looks like that. and he'll make your he'll make his way to you before you ask the question. we have to get these questions clearly on their audio or c-span will say no and they won't air the the whole event. so make sure you wait for that microphone when you're doing the q&a after that. erica will be up here to sign books. we

that is what you can do in places like north dakota and oklahoma, texas et cetera.s's not quite the same in pennsylvania. but definitely in those western states it ise possible to sever the surfacean of the land and of course that causes so many problems, so much heartache if you are a farmer that owns thate land and suddenly you have all these loyal trucks were pipelines coming through and there is an oil spill or something like that like obviously the collision course can be extreme. in just wondered what memoirs u read in preparation and what were the ones that were the most memorable and impressive to you? >> i love this question. i should probably print out a list so i can call them up at any time. those werere the first when i started the project that were successfully and commercial memoirs. they are wonderful for different reasons, but they are genius if you go back and look out of them. it has a very specific three journeys and while it's also written in a very cinematic way with a very strong narrative and story one of the things that has been said many ti

in north dakota we have 175 school districts in north dakota. a lot of parents have stepped up and ran for school boards. one of the great ways to make sure parents have a voice at the local school is not the federal government that is going to work with thousands of public school districts in this country, it is going to be with local control making it happen. the federal government is going to return the power to the state. the state has got to be strong enough to move it to the local school district. from the union standpoint, it is a problem. when i talk about ideology being tied into. it is not just school district. the water commission is in charge of a billion dollars. north dakota is the size. we have to be solving the problems for all of that and the chairman of the bank. it goes back to your question and biden in inflation in local control in unions is all tied into one thing. we have federal money. here's the stuff we have to get you that is going to help you build infrastructure. we get the bid back to finish a water plan that has fe

they embezzled all the money for the dakota people, left them starving, one of the causes of the us dakota war. this is what's going on during the lincoln administration. so lincoln and his appointees were interested in concentrating native people on reservation lands, taking their land for settler expansion. if authorities or militia groups felt it was necessary to commit genocidal violence to achieve that they did so and we've seen that with sand creek, bear river, others of these massacres. scholars right of lincoln as being too busy during his administration with the civil war to do anything to help native people or really to carry out policies that would be protective of native people and their lands and those kinds of things, but rather lincoln was the architect of his administration. he was the architect of the policies of his administration. he was the architect of the actions that is appointees carried out. but anyway, i want to wrap up my comments as just thinking about the historical literature about this period during the civil war and i look forward to a good conversation but

unfortunately, that's one of the causes of the us dakota war was you know, dakota people literally starving to death because a lot of the the local politicians and in the in the state of minnesota who were also often, you know worked for for the government as part of you know, the indian service like some of them had been fur traders like henry sibley who was later all the also an army officer. um, you know, they embezzled pretty much all the money for dakota people and left them starving again, one of the causes of the us dakota war. so this is what's going on the lincoln administration. so lincoln and is a pointy is where most interested in concentrating native people on reservation lands and taking their land then for settler expansion. and if authorities or or militia groups felt it was necessary to commit genocidal violence to achieve that they did so and we've seen that of course with you know, sand creek bear river in various other others of these massacres. so often scholars right of lincoln as just being too busy during his administration with the civil war to do anything to to hel

dakota were it went on to that. it was broader in the country i think it was like 300,000 to 30 or 50000 or something like that largely through the violent going on but back to the u.s. dakota were, in the aftermath general john pope who was the commander of the department of the northwest as a result of the war he wrote to one of the subordinates in september 1862 writing about his thoughts about the dakota people. ...the confederacy and on the american side. that gets us to president lincoln. the reality is he did little to nothing to curtail violence toward native people during his tenure. he did nothing to curtail the suffering and the territory. he's all native people as a threat to whitee settler expansion. he perceived the future of the u.s. as one in which indigenous people would be swept aside and white settlers would occupy their homeland and that's why we have that legislation mentioned earlier. his political appointees. it wasn't just something from his administration. it was quite common in administrati

of south dakota.> i'm lawrence, lawrence is from fox. fox news. and he is just visiting with people trying to figure out why they come to sturgis bike rally. >> we get to see freedom in america. everything is happening here in sturgis black hills. it's a beautiful country. beautiful area to be in. >> where are you from. >> los angeles. >> you are? thank you for coming to south dakota. what do you love about the rally. >> everything. >> lawrence: for you to have a female governor that can also ride? >> can i tell you something? that's why i'm here? >> governor, we will have more to say tomorrow at breakfast. i will see you then. >> see you lawrence. >> lawrence: have a good day. >> you bet. [motorcycle engines] >> lawrence: all right. guys. we had such a great time. talk to the folks here at sturgis. where are you coming from? >> >> lawrence: lawrence yeah, i'm lawrence. >> kansas. >> you are from kansas. whether a do you love about this event? why do you come? >> it's a lot of fun. meet a lot of reall

we have the super star governor of south dakota kristi noem. governor, how does it feel to continue this tradition here in south dakota with sturgis? >> this is fantastic, this is every year like a reunion, people come from all over the world to spend time together, fellowship and ride motorcycles and enjoy the beauty of the state and embracing freedom. >> lawrence: they love the country. there has been a lot of governors running for president now. >> almost all of them. [laughter] >> lawrence: a lot of people were pushing you toun are. i got to ask you, why did you decide not to run for president? >> the fact is, none of them can win as long as trump is in the race and that is a fact. why run if you can't win, probably run 10 statewide races and never lost. if i get in a race, i'm going to win. president trump did great things for our state and country. as governor and everybody should be grateful for this, he's let me do my job. he let me do my job and i appreciate that. biden doesn't do that. [cheering] >> lawrence: definitely didn't show up

only family farms can own farmland in north dakota. we have got.and this goes back to this cold war we are in with china. we have got to get our economy rolling so we can support our defense and our military so that economically we can with our allies, you know,be in a position where we can start to decouple economically. this is not -- ronald reagan taught us how to win a cold war in the 1980s the russian economy was small and we were barely connected. now we have got the world's largest economy. china has the second largest economy. it's going to be more complicated but, number one, china importing 10 million barrels of oil a day. the u.s. last got to be energy dominant not just energy independent. that's our tool. china imports food. they need food and energy every day to keep that country going. they have a lot of weaknesses in their system. we can beat them only if we can figure out how to get our economy rolling and use that as a way to provide leadership in this world. >> bret: all right, governor burgum, we appreciate it. see you in milwauk

handshaking is really a big deal in dakota culture. when i was invited this panel i intended to talk about the u.s. dakota war of 1862 which is much closer to my area of expertise but two of the panelists were already going to talk about that which unfortunately neither of them are here today. [laughing] but my thinking lately has been turning a bit more broadly from the u.s. dakota war more broadly in scope and in the time period to think m more about native people in the west particularly during the civil war years. so 1862 and the civil war years is a particularly horrible moment foriv native americans, i would say. it's in this moment where the u.s. government reallyre goes al out and makes it the full policy to dispossess native people of their land and replace it with white settlers. this really wasn't something new. the u.s. and other colonial powers in north america have been carrying out genocide and dispossession of native american people for hundreds of years. but the civil war acted as cover for a american lawmakers to expl

he is going to south dakota. states thriving economy with a brand-new ad out today. take a look at this. >> let's look on the bright side. south dakota it was open for business during the pandemic. now we have more jobs than people. so i am filling it until you get here. south dakota is the freest state in america and the best state to live. and raise a family. we accept most out-of-state professional licenses and we have over 20,000 open jobs, including four electricians. >> south dakota, freedom works here. >> own know. i am a lousy electrician. >> governor kristi noem is with us. we appreciate you being here. i have a question. this ad campaign is you have got more jobs than people. you have no state income tax, correct? >> correct. >> you have been a welder, plumber and electrician in these adds. what else? >> a dentist, remember? it was my very first day in that ad. i think this one might be my favorite. the lights did come back on in the state capitol thankfully. but i am not there with my tools in your stu

another sister in this fights, she just has into the battle of the north dakota legislature as the only need a woman to serve. there we give it out for my sister representative bruce buffalo the i just want to say thank you. good people for welcoming my family and my community. my district 27. my try but into your home loans. it's a beautiful day and it's a good day today my base to give i have my daughter here with me. she's out in the crowd there. she's 17. and she is why i do this work. the many of you know, in august of 2017, a young indigenous woman went missing savannah, la fontaine, gree. when she went missing in fargo in our backyard, so to speak right in our community. and many of us were forced to the front lines to search for her. and many of us just like you and me were big sisters and we have no choice but to take action. we didn't want to waste time convincing law enforcement that we are human meetings and that we deserve rapid response. the through the trauma that we're all so familiar with in our indigenous communities. we took action just like you're doing today. we far

and my language has strengthened my identity as a dakota woman. and it's part of healing from historical trauma. and from being displaced from our land and being separated from our language so much that has been done to eliminate need a presence in this country. part of that is what goes into y issues like and then my w exist. good afternoon. ah, the most of the house of public safety and criminal justice reform will come to order representing corners. pretty. thank you chair. i would invite missy beth i know to come speak now. welcome miss bible. mister chairman, committee members. like to start by taking representative mary for bringing this bill forward. i think everyone in this room, everyone at this committee, everybody who can hear my voice right now to not allow this bill to become a bargaining chip on the table at the end of session. this bill needs to go for housing before hearing miss bill needs to arrive on teams, desk needs to sign. it's been too long. we filed for this bill last year. we got it into the omnibus bill and due to politic

dakota war.roadly in scope in the time. to think more about native people and though west particularly during the civil war years. so, 1862 when the civil war years is a particularly horrible moment for native americans i would say. in this moment where the u.s. government really goes all out and makes it, you know, the full policy to dispossess native people of their land and replace them with white settlers. this really was not something new. the u.s. and other colonial growlers in north america have been carrying out genocide and dispossession for hundreds of years. but the civil war acted as cover for american lawmakers to explicitly make native land dispossession a policy of federal government. in 1862, we heard about the congressional acts of that period. the homestead act, the pacific railroad act, moral act, even. all of these were legislations that focused on the dispossession of native people. the dispossession of salford indigenous nations. not just individuals but nations these are so

dakota war. general johnra polk commander of new department of northwest which was created as result of the war he wrote to henry sibling in september of 1862, writing about his thoughts about dakota people, he used word sioux. saying itai is my purpose toic to -- exterminate the sioux. he goes on destroy everything belongingtr to them, and force them out on to the plains to be treated as maniacs or wild beasts and no meanings as people with whom treaties are compromises to be made. notfi every army officer had the same views but many did like most colonel john. but this gets to the thoughts of the military officers of the time and some of the people in lincoln administration. another aspect of civil war was that it devastated indian territory, now oklahoma. this is where u.s. gastromoved thousands of people, a generation earlier, now civil war devastated their new homeland. there, there were you know thousands of native people that served on both sides for confederacy and american side. that get

south dakota, what's going on with your economy that is?, the lowest unemployment in the country, if i'm not mistaken, and i think the lowest in the history of any state, if i'm no t mistaken. right? that is correct. and thousands of people are moving to south dakota right now. it is incredible to watch them it's incredi up their families o for our opportunities. we invite everybody to give us a calrties.we invl. s here >> freedom works here become for all you people from new york and new jerse.c>> fory who won't pay any state income tax. thank you, governor. straight ahead, our friend curtis lila is going to force against the illegal immigrant crisis all throughout new york citmigrant y. got it has gotten so out otef control. last night he got arrested. curtis will be in studio. carlos, what life in jail was like. straight aheadus what life, mant survivors are impoverished and suffering today in their final years at this holocaust museum in israel. you see the names, the faces ofs that were brutally murdered. this great cloud of witnessese

dakota work 1862. was a major war populated the state of minnesota resulted in hundreds of sellers at dead. hundreds of navy native people dead. thousands of native people displaced from their homelands in minnesota. professor gwen westerman was a defendant8 of one of the 38 men at least one of the 38 men executed on december 26. i wish she was here to give what i know is going to be powerful talk about that. that was one of the better-known ones. there is a piece of historiography of that. the another one is a sand creek massacre in 1864 in colorado. most people have heard of that. there's some sort of literature on that as well. there are many, many, many moments of violence particularly in california under what's known as the california genocide which was going on for a decade or two before the civil war. it was a particularly bloodied time during the civil war. and so for example audits are lesser-known. there's the bear river massacre ande idaho were that u.s. army massacred 280 shoshone men, wome

dakota: we get a percentage of everything we sell. we will sell about $6 billion worth of travel products, directly in our app, but also in our b2b partnerships. when someone buys a hotel or flight, we earn a percentage of that as a commission as the supplier. similarly, we also sell our own suite of fintech products that maybe give consumers flexibility or peace of mind. one example is a product called price freeze, where you can lock in a price on the app for up to 21 days. jon: we should note, your cofounder told us not long ago that an ipo might be something that you would consider. your business is growing quickly. given you have all about access to data, we talked about earlier, how it's been an interesting summer. a lot of people going out to concerts, but can spend and continue if the economy is cooling? does your data give you any insight as to whether travelers will be doing the same amount of traveling into next year? dakota: that is the question for the entire industry. the data that we see doesn't show any softening of co

this one is built in north dakota, near present day bismarck and. they'll also build one on the pacific coast for the following winter. so those are the three posts that they'll erect. they have the great fortune meeting sacagawea. and even though she had this was a shoshone girl who had been captured or enslaved by the hidatsa when she was eight or nine years old and she was now a young teenager, she was a plural wife, a northwest company trader, tucson, charbonneau, and was pregnant with their first child. who, meriwether lewis delivers during the winter in february and and she they name it jean baptiste charbonneau. this little goes on the expedition with them along with. so this is an amazing story. they take her husband along as an interpreter and and both of them are important liaisons they arrive at the shawnee villages the continental divide. parks and slave man york was also big madison so many tribes there was a tradition among plains people that when you were in mourning, you would paint your body with ashes to become black. but when they

the state of north dakota.ase welcome him to the state. -- stage. ♪ gov. burgum: i want to lead with gratitude which is something that we always doing north dakota, and someday we always do in our family. i want to start with gratitude for all of you being here today. nothing is more important in our country than people being engaged in this process. in iowa, first the nation caucus, the job that all of you have, you are like the board of directors. you are screening candidates for the most important job in the world. enter here, you're paying attention, you are sitting, listening to everybody, you're researching, you're going online, i just want to say, it's actually incredible what you all do. it matters to this country, and from all of us we just say give yourselves a hand. thank you for being part of this incredible process. and of course, ashley and her team do amazing work, what an event that they have going on today, and incredible iowa congressional delegation, senator grassley, all of the other congres