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UMKC Richard D. McKinzie Symposium

By Laura Ziegler

Feb 15 2005 – Accounts of history vary widely depending on who is writing them. That's one of the lessons of a symposium this week at UMKC designed to encourage teachers to think about the legacy of Lewis and Clark in new ways. Laura Ziegler reports on the 2005 Richard D. McKinzie Symposium entitled After Lewis and Clark; American Indians in U.S. History.

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