Kevin Mason to host Cody Seaboy, a member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, at the Horseshoe Bend Recreational Area - Warming Shelter in Milford, IA. Attendees are given the opportunity to listen to a short interview between Kevin and Cody followed by a community discussion. Attendees are expected to be welcoming and show respect when conducting themselves.

Kevin Mason is a rural and environmental historian of the American Midwest. After earning his PhD at Iowa State University, he served as an Associate Professor of History at Waldorf University. Mason will join the University of Northern Iowa in fall 2025 as an Assistant Professor of History. Mason also runs the digital humanities project Notes on Iowa, serves on the Board of Directors for Humanities Iowa, and serves on the Board of Trustees for the State Historical Society of Iowa. An award-winning author, Mason's forthcoming book Fields of Change: The 1st United States Dragoons and Iowa's Environmental Transformation is due out on Michigan State University Press in 2026.

Kevin Mason