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Hooking the history of a South Dakota lake

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David Nesheim, assistant professor of Social and Communication Arts, points to a map Tuesday evening as part of his presentation. — Photo by Spike Jordan
David Nesheim, assistant professor of Social and Communication Arts, points to a map Tuesday evening as part of his presentation. — Photo by Spike Jordan

David Nesheim, assistant professor of Social and Communication Arts, delivered a presentation Tuesday evening as part of the Dorset Grave’s Lecture Series at the Rita E. King Library.

The half hour-long session, titled “Bass Fishing and Tribal Dispossession at Bde Ihanke (Lake Andes, S.D.): A CSC Research Project,” stems from Nesheim’s dissertation work and focused on the history of the land surrounding Lake Andes, S.D., from 1906 to 1931.

“I wanted to know when the land around the lake stopped being a Yankton Possession,” Nesheim said in an interview Tuesday. Yankton Indian tribal land around the lake shrank as government subsidized bass fishing increased.

Nesheim and undergraduate assistant Marya Shotkoski compiled a database of 853 records filed during the period covered, as well as creating a website for the materials collected.

The presentation was recorded by College Relations and will be posted next week to CSC’s Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/chadronstatecollege.