Northern Great Plains History Conference
The Northern Great Plains History Conference is an annual conference of history professors, graduate students, historical society experts, and other scholars interested in the history of the Great Plains states of the American Midwest. The Conference features scholarly papers by academics and advanced students on a variety of topics, especially in social history and military history, as well as regional topics regarding the Great Plains.
The annual meeting includes sessions sponsored by the Society for Military History, as well as sessions oriented to K-12 teachers.
The society confers the Larry Rowen Remele Award annually to a member who has contributed significantly to the betterment of the organization. The Society for Military History awards a "best paper" prize to graduate and undergraduate students giving the best papers at the conference.
The society is governed by a council, currently chaired by Dr. Lori Ann Lahlum of Minnesota State University - Mankato.
The Conference began in 1966 and recently passed its 50th anniversary. Previous locations and host institutions were:
- 1) 1966 Grand Forks, ND
- 2) 1967 Winnipeg, MB
- 3) 1968 Grand Forks, ND
- 4) 1969 St. Cloud, MN
- 5) 1970 Grand Forks, ND
- 6) 1971 Moorhead, MN
- 7) 1972 Winnipeg, MB
- 8) 1973 Sioux Falls, SD
- 9) 1974 Mankato, MN
- 10) 1975 Grand Forks, ND
- 11) 1976 La Crosse, WI
- 12) 1977 Bismarck, ND
- 13) 1978 Fargo, ND
- 14) 1979 Winnipeg, MB
- 15) 1980 Duluth, MN
- 16) 1981 Sioux Falls, SD
- 17) 1982 Bemidji, MN
- 18) 1983 Grand Forks, ND
- 19) 1984 Bismarck, ND
- 20) 1985 Moorhead, MN
- 21) 1986 Eau Claire, WI
- 22) 1987 Sioux Falls, SD
- 23) 1988 Eveleth, MN
- 24) 1989 St. Cloud, MN
- 25) 1990 Grand Forks, ND
- 26) 1991 Mankato, MN
- 27) 1992 Fargo, ND
- 28) 1993 Pierre, SD
- 29) 1994 St. Paul, MN
- 30) 1995 Brandon, MB
- 31) 1996 LaCrosse, WI
- 32) 1997 Bismarck, ND
- 33) 1998 Sioux Falls, SD
- 34) 1999 St. Cloud, MN
- 35) 2000 Mankato, MN
- 36) 2001 Grand Forks, ND
- 37) 2002 Minneapolis, MN
- 38) 2003 Fargo, ND
- 39) 2004 Bismarck, ND
- 40) 2005 Eau Claire, WI
- 41) 2006 Sioux Falls, SD
- 42) 2007 Duluth, MN
- 43) 2008 Brandon, MB
- 44) 2009 St. Cloud, MN
- 45) 2010 Grand Forks, ND
- 46) 2011 Mankato, MN
- 47) 2012 Fargo, ND
- 48) 2013 Hudson, WI
- 49) 2014 Sioux Falls, SD
- 50) 2015 Bismarck, ND
- 51) 2016 St. Cloud, MN
- 52) 2017 Grand Forks, ND
- 53) 2018 Mankato, MN