Small Wonders

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There is a place known as Siouxland that spreads across the plains and imagination of America. It's been the West, the corn belt, the meat cutter, the flyover of our country. Small Wonders tells its stories.

There is a place known as Siouxland that spreads across the plains and imagination of America. It's been the West, the corn belt, the meat cutter, the flyover of our country. Small Wonders tells its stories, revealing the people and events that have contributed to our present and our understanding of who we are.


2 Pieces

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Caption: Supreme Court of Iowa. Emma Coger v. North Western Union Packet Company
In 1872, a black school teacher traveled by steamboat from Quincy, IL, to Keokuk, IA, to visit her family. Along the way, she was forcibly removed ...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Chief Standing Bear
As the United States spread west, indigenous people were displaced without being given the most basic recognition under law: being "people." When t...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 46:34