2013 annual meeting presentation

Unearthing the Past at the Crossroads of Cultures

Warp hole to the Gamma Quadrant

(taking us to the next level)

The Extreme History Project2013 Annual Meeting


Your Mission(If you choose to accept it)

To explore strange new worlds of the pastTo seek out new life and civilizationsTo boldly go where no historian or

archaeologist has gone before!


Business in the Front

(Party in the Back)


Building our Board

o Board Roleso Board Responsibilitieso Your personal vision for X Ho Adding Board Memberso Potential board memberso The future of X H


X HFoundations and philosophy


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.



Assumptions and Theories

o Theoretical Foundations of Historical Activism

o Cultural / historical Traumao Cultural Identity Theoryo Community Engagement]o Democratic Educationo Restorative Justice


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


2013 Goalso Secure purchase of Fort Parker by the Conservancyo Finish first draft of Fort Parker book and Photo Essay booko Start funding, filming and editing Documentaryo Complete 2nd Oral History Projecto Montana Historical Society Research under James Bradley

Fellowshipo Denver Archives research under National Archives Fellowshipo Present research and Montana Archaeological Society and Montana

Historical Society Conferences


Administration

The Extreme History Project’2013 Annual Meeting


Board Members

• Marsha Fulton – President• Scott Carpenter Vice President• Crystal Alegria Treasurer• Kevin Kooistra Secretary• Shane Doyle


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


Professional Associates

• Shelley Bluejay Pierce• Adam Sings in the Timber• Patty Hooker• Tim McCleary• Tim Urbaniak• Tom Rust• Project Archaeology• JoAnne Shenandoah


our Public Interface



Our Brand• Post-apocalyptic, urban industrial

grunge


Social MediaWordpressFacebookTwitterPinterestRazooCafe PressMailchimpSquidoo


Wordpress• Goals: Primary online interface for information sharing to

market, raise awareness and fundraise for Fort Parker Purchase

• Status: Cruising!

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Fort Parker: The First Crow Agency

http://www.extremehistory.wordpress.com/

http://www.fortparkerhistory.org/


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 likesStatus: gaining altitude!


Twitter

• Goals: expedited communication to our market, Backlinks increases SEO and drives traffic to our website

• 104 followers

• Status: getting bearings

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=Twitter&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Qpl1UCX6TAxfPM&tbnid=pbGaYjIY5O7oJM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ftwitter&ei=RSUlUYPpNevuiQLw0IH4Bw&bvm=bv.42661473,d.cGE&psig=AFQjCNFLXDqBisFyWrO4leuzUdbd3fFakA&ust=1361475226829230


Pinterest

• Goals: Backlinks increases SEO and drives traffic to our website

• Status: getting bearings


Razoo

• Goals: increase funding through easy online donation interface

• Accessed on website and Facebook

• Status: Speed bump: rate increase

http://www.razoo.com/story/The-Extreme-History-Project?referral_code=share


Cafe Press• Goals: fundraising through merchandise sales,

Backlinks increases SEO and drives traffic to our website

• Status: Holding Pattern

http://www.cafepress.com/theextremehistoryproject


Mailchimp• Goals: User-friendly bulk email for direct

communication to market• Accessible online sign-up to mailing list

• Status: Cruising!


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


Our Virtual Future

• Project Campaigns: • Community Giving• Kickstarter• Indiegogo• Facebook Giving• Crowdrise• Give2Gether


Advertising and Public Relations

• Radio PSA: KGLT, NPR


Merchandising

• T-shirts• Totebags• Coffee mugs• Journals• Stickers• Magnets


Informational Materials

• Brochures• Posters• Bookmarks• Postcards


Events

o The 2013 Extreme History Lecture Series

o Memories Along the Madison Bus Tour


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


Show me the Money



Our Financial Philosophy

• Private funding for all administrative and promotional expenses

• Government and corporate funding for projects only

• We retain control of our voice!


Funding

• Membership• Merchandise Sales• Events• Donations• Online• Passive• Grants (projects)


Join the League, Change the world!

The Historical Activist League

The Extreme History Projectwww.extremehistory.wordpress.comextremehistoryproject@yahoo.com


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!

BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!!

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!


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!

WE’RE NOT DONE YET!!

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!


$1000Member Benefits

Our exclusive “Righteous dude” membership cardOur quarterly newsletterA full premium package including custom designed t-shirt, tote bag and coffee mugFree admission to our annual Members-Only annual event.Our Eternal Gratitude!


Our exclusive Superfly membership cardOur quarterly newsletterA full premium package including custom designed t-shirt, tote bag and coffee mugFree admission to our annual Members-Only annual event.Corporate sponsorship of an Extreme History Event.Our Eternal Gratitude!

HOW ABOUT ONE MORE!



Our special James Bond style membership card

Our quarterly newsletterA full premium package including a special custom designed t-shirt, tote bag and coffee mugFree 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!

Our Most Exclusive Membership Level for the Discriminating

Supporter


Merchandise Sales

• Conferences• Livingston Farmer’s Market• Events


Fundraising Events

oMadison Bus TouroExtreme History at Story Mansiono ‘Extreme Garage SaleoHoliday Craft Sales


Online

• Razoo• Cafe Press• Paypal• Squidoo


Passive

o Squidooo Ad sales on website?


Grants (projects)

oHumanities MontanaoArchaeological ConservancyoMontana Department of

Transportation


Projects



Landedo 501c3o 2012 Oral History Projecto Archaeological Conservancy contract with Fort Parkero Fort Parker Websiteo 2012 Lecture Serieso Fort Parker series: Livingston Currento Fort Parker and the Bozeman Economy” article in the Ghost town

Newslettero Mission Creek Fundraisero Proposal and acceptance to Humanities Montana Conversationso Fort Parker 3D Imaging, magnetometry, GPS and photogrammetryo Crow Elders visit 107th clubo Fort Parker installation at Mission Ranch Lodgeo Established Social Media presenceo MAS P{oster credit

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Launchedo Fort Parker Booko Original document transcriptionso Documentary and supplemental booko Early Crow Agencies photo booko 2013 Oral History Projecto Can History be a Tool for Social Dialogue? Fort Parker and the

Extreme History Project Humanities Montana Conversationso 2013 Virginia City Field Schoolo Technology Reveals Secrets at the Site of Fort Parker, the First Crow

Agency, Park County, Motnana MAS Papero MHS James Bradley Fellowship for Fort Parker and the Bozeman

Economy presentation and articleo National Archives research fellowship: Denver Archiveso Anathema: The Historical Activist Quarterly Magazine


Fort Parker Book

o Chapter outline Completedo Preface, Chapters 1-3 completed to draft

formo Chapters 4 & 5 in the workso Document Transcriptions

• Status: Gaining altitude


Documentary and Booko Footage shot:

Shane’s day at 2nd AgencyShane on ancestral landOral history interviews

o Director / Editor: Abbey Nelsono Researching funding resourceso PBS interestedo Supplemental book

Status: ready for lift off


Early Crow Agencies Photo Book

o Collaboration with Patty Hookero Looking for online fundingo Working on budgeto Researching publishing options

• Status: On the launchpad


2013 Oral History Projecto Proposal completedo $10,000 Grant submitted to Humanities

Montanao Personnel secured

• Status: Waiting for Go


Can History be a tool for Social dialogue? Humanities Montana Conversations

• Presentation Proposal Accepted• Finalizing details• Preparing to market

• Status: final countdown


2013 Virginia City Field School

• Jenna Vater Coordinator• Nancy Mahoney and MSU on board• Finalizing accreditation • Other Departments?

• Status: setback – Lost Kate!


MAS Paper

• Technology Reveals Secrets at the Site of Fort Parker, the First Crow Agency, Park County, Montana

• Abstract finalization and submission

• Status: launched


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


Anathema:The Historical Activist Quarterly

• Status: Launch date set– July, 2013


This Just In!

• NEH Landmark Workshops Grant: Apsaalooke Nation Influences on the American West

• We have been asked to participate!


On the launchpado Online Digital Archiveo Cemetery Stories and workshopo Extreme History Presso Extreme History Courseo Historical Activist Handbooko Extreme History Conferenceo Administrative Handbooko Grooming the next generationo Video PSAo Community Story Tellingo Fort Parker Community Connectionso Fort Parker interpretive centero Fort Parker phase 2 purchase


Montana Preservation Alliance

Excellence in Preservation Award


Federation Credits


Documents

2013 annual meeting presentation