The Center for Western Studies at Augustana University (Sioux Falls, SD) has presented Phyllis with the Richard Cropp Amateur Award for a research paper she delivered at the 51st Annual Dakota Conference. Her subject was Sarah Wakefield and the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War, the basis of her historical novel Beneath the Same Stars. Phyllis is grateful for the Center’s encouragement to reexamine our histories and their ramifications for the present.
Deep peace,
