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University of Wyoming

 

Ashea Mills is the lead instructor. Ashea Mills has worked as a naturalist and educator for over 15 years, and has been guiding and teaching in Yellowstone National Park since 1998. Ashea is currently an instructor for the Yellowstone Association Institute and a frequent contributor to regional publications of articles relating to geology, flora, fauna, and history of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

 

Guest expert Lawrence Loendorf, Ph.D. will provide special lectures and field trips featuring Native Americans in Yellowstone. Larry has a long-term record of archaeological and historical research in western America. He has taught in universities for 30 years and his current appointment is with New Mexico State University. Born and raised in Billings, Montana, Larry’s has a major interest in the former hunting and gathering cultures of Montana and Wyoming. Working with Peter Nabokov, he has published a historical and ethnographic overview of Indians in Yellowstone National Park, and will have a new book this summer: Mountain Spirit – Sheepeater Indians of Yellowstone.