Special Presentation by Ute Storyteller Larry Cesspooch at museum

  Larry Cesspooch, a Ute spiritual leader and storyteller, is the next guest at Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology. The museum invites visitors to explore the archaeology of the Intermountain West during the day’s activities.
           
As part of its “Saturdays at the Museum” series, the museum welcomes Cesspooch for his special presentation, “Utah History Through Native Eyes: Learning About the Noochew (Ute People).” The presentation begins at 1 p.m. and highlights the key periods that greatly affected the Noochew, including life before non-Indian contact, Spanish control and the arrival of the Latter-day Saints.
           
“Mr. Cesspooch will give us the Noochew perspective on Utah history and allow us to see our shared history through him,” said Britt McNamara, a Saturdays program planner. “It is always a good thing to alter your perspective and see from a different point of view.”
           
In other activities that begin at noon, Utah State University graduate students will present their summer research.  The topics range from information on an excavation in Wyoming and Idaho to how to get involved in archaeology.
           
Additionally, museum visitors will have the opportunity to make their own Fremont figurines.
           
In addition to the Saturdays at the Museum activity series, community members and USU students alike can visit the museum during its standard operating hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
           
Funding for the Saturday events is provided by a grant from the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services. More information about the IMLS is available online (www.imls.gov).
           
The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, Room 252. Admission is free. For Saturday activities, free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.
           
For more information about museum events, call museum staff at (435) 797-7545 or visit the museum website (anthromuseum.usu.edu).
           
The Museum of Anthropology is part of the Anthropology Program at USU in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.