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James Schaap

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What to see at Little Big Horn

“When you get to the Visitor’s Center, look for the blue dress–it belonged to Judy’s grandma,” she told me. “Judy” is her friend. I’d just

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Agency stories

Maybe it was the little chapel she’d insisted on showing me, a place she thought any visit to the Northern Cheyenne mission wouldn’t be complete

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First Cry in a Stable

It’s not a new story. I wrote it more than a decade ago, so it may well show its age. But I thought I’d try

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Divisions

Once you find the road in—the place is very much out of the way–the signs tell the story. I’ve visited twice, often enough to guess

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Hog-Hunting and Tote Bags

Got it this morning. Had no idea mature human beings could or would hunt hogs from helicopters, but this Texas outfit thought I might just

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Gerald Bosch: A Life

It’s all so understandable. From the vantage point of 75-plus years, the war seems ancient history. Besides, so many of those who fought had no

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Revelation

“Some of them just got too big for their britches.” People said that occasionally, that some farmers who went down during the Farm Crisis of the

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Father Baraga on shore

You’ll drive a long way to find a sandy beach on Minnesota’s north shore. That humpy stuff roiling beneath your feet looks and feels like

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Acknowledgements

Truth be told, there weren’t all that many people around. I was a little disappointed in the size of the crowd–three or four dozen, most

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