1. Warp hole to
the Gamma
Quadrant (taking us to the next level)
The Extreme History Project
2013 Annual Meeting
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2. Your Mission
(If you choose to accept it)
To explore strange new worlds of the past
To seek out new life and civilizations
To boldly go where no historian or
archaeologist has gone before!
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3. Business in the Front
(Party in the Back)
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4. Building our Board
o Board Roles
o Board Responsibilities
o Your personal vision for X H
o Adding Board Members
o Potential board members
o The future of X H
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5. X H
Foundations and
philosophy
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6. The Historical Activist Manifesto
We, the Historical Activists, are committed to bringing cultures
together through dialogue, history, archaeology, stories or ANY
MEANS NECESSARY ;
Eradicating ignorance and promoting unity through education and
interaction;
connecting people with places and objects that
express the HISTORICAL MOMENT;
Exploring and creating new avenues of transmitting knowledge;
Actively engaging in political / social REVOLUTIONARY
PARADIGM SHIFTS;
Committing RANDOM ACTS OF HISTORY.
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8. Assumptions and Theories
o Theoretical Foundations of
Historical Activism
o Cultural / historical Trauma
o Cultural Identity Theory
o Community Engagement]
o Democratic Education
o Restorative Justice
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9. Organization Goals
o To preserve, research, engage and educate
about the history and site of Fort
Parker.
o To build an understanding of foundational
and theoretical principles which support
The Extreme History Project mission and
philosophy
o Te educate the public about the
importance of an understadning of history
to community, policy and society
o To create an Extreme History Model for
other organizations and communities to
follow
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10. 2013 Goals
o Secure purchase of Fort Parker by the
Conservancy
o Finish first draft of Fort Parker book and
Photo Essay book
o Start funding, filming and editing Documentary
o Complete 2nd Oral History Project
o Montana Historical Society Research under James
Bradley Fellowship
o Denver Archives research under National
Archives Fellowship
o Present research and Montana Archaeological
Society and Montana Historical Society
Conferences
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11. Administration
The Extreme History Project’
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12. Board Members
• Marsha Fulton – President
• Scott Carpenter Vice President
• Crystal Alegria Treasurer
• Kevin Kooistra Secretary
• Shane Doyle
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13. Volunteers and Interns
• Shelley Bluejay Pierce: P R Director
• Tessa Switzer: Transcription Coordinator
• Victoria Bochniak: Transcription S[pecialist
• Cheri Botic: Transcription Specialist
• Jenna Vater: Event Coordinator
• Kelly Mildenberger: Membership Director
• Tracy Livingston: social Media Director
• Weston Arnold: Research Specialist
• Abbey Nelson: Documentary Producer / Editor
• Beth Naert: Event Coordinator
• Betsy Garten: Intern
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14. Professional Associates
• Shelley Bluejay Pierce
• Adam Sings in the Timber
• Patty Hooker
• Tim McCleary
• Tim Urbaniak
• Tom Rust
• Project Archaeology
• JoAnne Shenandoah
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15. our Public
Interface
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2013 Annual Meeting
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16. Our Brand
• Post-apocalyptic, urban
industrial grunge
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18. Wordpress
• Goals: Primary online interface
for information sharing to market,
raise awareness and fundraise for
Fort Parker Purchase
Fort Parker: The First Crow Agency
• Status: Cruising!
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19. Facebook
• Goals: Build direct access to our
market, drive traffic to our
websites
• The Extreme History Project
o237 likes
• Fort Parker: The First Crow Agency
o261 likes
Status: gaining altitude!
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20. Twitter
• Goals: expedited communication to
our market, Backlinks increases SEO
and drives traffic to our website
• 104 followers
• Status: getting bearings
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21. Pinterest
• Goals: Backlinks increases SEO and
drives traffic to our website
• Status: getting bearings
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22. Razoo
• Goals: increase funding through
easy online donation interface
• Accessed on website and Facebook
• Status: Speed bump: rate increase
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23. Cafe Press
• Goals: fundraising through
merchandise sales, Backlinks
increases SEO and drives traffic
to our website
• Status: Holding Pattern
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24. Mailchimp
• Goals: User-friendly bulk email
for direct communication to market
• Accessible online sign-up to
mailing list
• Status: Cruising!
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25. Squidoo
• Goals: Online fundraising through
adshare and sales, Backlinks
increases SEO and drives traffic
to our website
• Lenses:
• Great Gifts for Archaeologists
• Status: Rocking and Rolling!
• The History Shop
• Status: needs altitude
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26. Our Virtual Future
• Project Campaigns:
• Community Giving
• Kickstarter
• Indiegogo
• Facebook Giving
• Crowdrise
• Give2Gether
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27. Advertising and Public Relations
• Radio PSA: KGLT, NPR
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28. Merchandising
• T-shirts
• Totebags
• Coffee mugs
• Journals
• Stickers
• Magnets
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29. Informational Materials
• Brochures
• Posters
• Bookmarks
• Postcards
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30. Events
o The 2013 Extreme History
Lecture Series
o Memories Along the Madison
Bus Tour
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31. Press
• History Gets Extreme with New Non-Profit
November 16, 2011 Livingston Enterprise
• National and Local Groups Raising Money
to purchase historic Fort Parker site August
1, 2012, Livingston Enterprise
• Saving History: Sharing the Shadow of
Sheep Mountain: Extreme History Preserves
Crow Site.
• September 2, 2012, Bozeman Chronicle
• Extreme History Project Wins Award
• September 18, 2012 Livingston Enterprise
• Extreme History Project Wins Award
• September 23, 2012 Bozeman Chronicle
• Uncensored History Project Oultining Crow Indian
Agency and Fort Parker Wins Outstanding Tribal
Preservation Award in Montana
• November 5, 2012 Indian Country Today
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32. Show me the Money
The Extreme History Project
2013 Annual Meeting
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33. Our Financial Philosophy
• Private funding for all
administrative and
promotional expenses
• Government and corporate
funding for projects only
• We retain control of our
voice!
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34. Funding
• Membership
• Merchandise Sales
• Events
• Donations
• Online
• Passive
• Grants (projects)
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35. The Historical
Activist League
Join the
League,
Change the
world!
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www.extremehistory.wordpress.com
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extremehistoryproject@yahoo.com
36. Bam! Hit us with a $20 and you’re in! Just like
that. Receive our quarterly newsletter, a
bookmark and our eternal gratitude!
Hey, do us a solid and shoot us $40. We’ll send
you a bookmark, sticker and quarterly newsletter
along with our eternal gratitude!
We know a stone cold fox like you won’t settle for
just a sticker. Send us $60 and we’ll throw in our
cool magnet too along with our eternal gratitude!
We’re going to funk you up at the $80 level and
add an exclusively designed Extreme History
journal to keep track of all your funky ideas! Use it
with our eternal gratitude!
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!!
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37. We think your $100 support is DY-NO-MITE and to
show you how we feel, we’re going to give you
your choice of our cool t-shirt or tote bag to round
out our basic premium package and free
admission to our exclusive Members-only event!
This all comes to you with our eternal gratitude!
Your totally radical $200 gets you an exclusively
designed coffee mug along with our basic premium
package! Free admission to our exclusive
Members-only event. And of course, our eternal
gratitude! Gnarly, dude!
Your wicked great gift of $500 gets you free
admission to our exclusive members-only annual
event along with our basic premium package and
our eternal gratitude, my pretties!
Unearthing the Past at the Crossroads of Cultures WE’RE NOT DONE YET!!
38. $1000
Member Benefits
•Our exclusive “Righteous dude” membership
card
•Our quarterly newsletter
•A full premium package including custom
designed t-shirt, tote bag and coffee mug
•Free admission to our annual Members-Only
annual event.
•Our Eternal Gratitude!
$2000
Member Benefits
•Our exclusive Superfly membership card
•Our quarterly newsletter
•A full premium package including custom
designed t-shirt, tote bag and coffee mug
•Free admission to our annual Members-Only
annual event.
•Corporate sponsorship of an Extreme History
Event.
•Our Eternal Gratitude!
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39. Our Most Exclusive Membership Level for
the Discriminating Supporter
$5000
Member Benefits
•Our special James Bond style
membership card
•Our quarterly newsletter
•A full premium package including a special
custom designed t-shirt, tote bag and coffee
mug
•Free admission to all Extreme History Events
including our special Members-Only annual
event.
•A free weekend package at the Mission
Ranch Lodge outside of Livingston Montana.
•Corporate logos on our website and printed
materials.
•Corporate sponsorship of an Extreme History
event.
•Our Eternal Gratitude!
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41. Fundraising Events
oMadison Bus Tour
oExtreme History at Story
Mansion
o‘Extreme Garage Sale
oHoliday Craft Sales
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42. Online
• Razoo
• Cafe Press
• Paypal
• Squidoo
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43. Passive
o Squidoo
o Ad sales on website?
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44. Grants (projects)
oHumanities Montana
oArchaeological
Conservancy
oMontana Department of
Transportation
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45. Projects
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46. o 501c3 Landed
o 2012 Oral History Project
o Archaeological Conservancy contract with Fort
Parker
o Fort Parker Website
o 2012 Lecture Series
o Fort Parker series: Livingston Current
o Fort Parker and the Bozeman Economy” article in
the Ghost town Newsletter
o Mission Creek Fundraiser
o Proposal and acceptance to Humanities Montana
Conversations
o Fort Parker 3D Imaging, magnetometry, GPS and
photogrammetry
o Crow Elders visit 107th club
o Fort Parker installation at Mission Ranch Lodge
o Established Social Media presence
o MAS P{oster credit
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47. o Fort Parker Book
Launched
o Original document transcriptions
o Documentary and supplemental book
o Early Crow Agencies photo book
o 2013 Oral History Project
o Can History be a Tool for Social Dialogue?
Fort Parker and the Extreme History Project
Humanities Montana Conversations
o 2013 Virginia City Field School
o Technology Reveals Secrets at the Site of Fort
Parker, the First Crow Agency, Park County,
Motnana MAS Paper
o MHS James Bradley Fellowship for Fort Parker and
the Bozeman Economy presentation and article
o National Archives research fellowship: Denver
Archives
o Anathema: The Historical Activist Quarterly
Magazine
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48. Fort Parker Book
o Chapter outline Completed
o Preface, Chapters 1-3
completed to draft form
o Chapters 4 & 5 in the works
o Document Transcriptions
• Status: Gaining altitude
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49. Documentary and Book
o Footage shot:
Shane’s day at 2nd Agency
Shane on ancestral land
Oral history interviews
o Director / Editor: Abbey Nelson
o Researching funding resources
o PBS interested
o Supplemental book
Status: ready for lift off
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50. Early Crow Agencies Photo Book
o Collaboration with Patty Hooker
o Looking for online funding
o Working on budget
o Researching publishing options
• Status: On the launchpad
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51. 2013 Oral History Project
o Proposal completed
o $10,000 Grant submitted to
Humanities Montana
o Personnel secured
• Status: Waiting for Go
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52. Can History be a tool for Social dialogue?
Humanities Montana Conversations
• Presentation Proposal Accepted
• Finalizing details
• Preparing to market
• Status: final countdown
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53. 2013 Virginia City Field School
• Jenna Vater Coordinator
• Nancy Mahoney and MSU on board
• Finalizing accreditation
• Other Departments?
• Status: setback – Lost Kate!
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54. MAS Paper
• Technology Reveals Secrets at the Site of
Fort Parker, the First Crow Agency, Park
County, Montana
• Abstract finalization and submission
• Status: launched
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55. presentation and article for MHS
• Fort Parker and the Bozeman Economy
• Applying for James Bradley Fellowship
• Article in draft form
• Article for Montana Magazine of Western
History
• Presentation at Montana Historical
Society Conference
• Status: gaining altitude
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56. Anathema:
The Historical Activist Quarterly
• Status: Launch date set– July,
2013
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57. This Just In!
• NEH Landmark Workshops Grant:
Apsaalooke Nation Influences on
the American West
• We have been asked to participate!
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58. On the launchpad
o Online Digital Archive
o Cemetery Stories and workshop
o Extreme History Press
o Extreme History Course
o Historical Activist Handbook
o Extreme History Conference
o Administrative Handbook
o Grooming the next generation
o Video PSA
o Community Story Telling
o Fort Parker Community Connections
o Fort Parker interpretive center
o Fort Parker phase 2 purchase
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