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Videos
Prairie Crosses, Prairie Voices:
Iron Crosses of the Great Plains
Produced by Prairie Public Television, written by Dr. Timothy J.
Kloberdanz
- "Prairie Crosses, Prairie Voices: Iron Crosses of the Great
Plains"—a video documentary co-produced by Prairie Public Broadcasting
and the North Dakota State University Libraries— follows the history of
the traditional iron cemetery grave marker as the folk art migrated from
Germany to the Russian Ukraine—and eventually to the Great Plains of
North Dakota and Canada. The iron crosses—some intricate, some simple,
but no two quite the same—are found in cemeteries and in agricultural
fields across the region. Major funding for the documentary was provided
by the North Dakota Humanities Council, North Dakota State University
Libraries, the North Dakota Council on the Arts, which receives funding
from the state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, and
the members of Prairie Public Broadcasting.
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For more information, visit the Prairie Public Television Web site
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Cover art for Prairie Crosses, Prairie Voices
 
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