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18 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЖОВТЕНЬ 2010 A VISIT TO DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA by Roxolana Yarymovych The author on a visit to the Ukrainian Cultural Institute of Dickinson, N orth Dakota. While researching for an article about Ukrainian - American children’s author Marie Halun Bloch, I learned that she also translated (from Ukrainian) a book about Ukrainian pioneers in North Dakota. Titled Pilgrims of the Prairies , this personal history was written by Andrew Dubovy, the descendant of Karpo Dubovy, a pioneer of 1870s. The immigrants described in Pilgrims of the Prairies came to the United States at the turn of the nineteenth century, fleeing religious persecutions under the Czaris t regime. Within fifteen years some 8,000 persons of Ukrainian origin had settled in the central part of North Dakota, whose prairies reminded them of the Ukrainian steppes. In 1980, Ukrainian - American descendants of these immigrants organized the Ukraini an Cultural Institute in Dickinson. The reason for forming this organization was a desire “to preserve, promote, and display” Ukrainian culture through education. Dr. Albert A. Watrel, president of the Dickinson State University at the time, participated w ith the Ukrainian community in developing the guidelines needed to meet the aims of the proposed organization. At the initiative of the very energetic and dedicated UCI President Agnes Palanuk, a Memorandum of Agreement between the Ukrainian community and Dickinson State University was signed by Dr. Watrel o n May 30, 1980 , and a n endowment fund was started to assist the organization in meeting its goals. One of many interesting projects undertaken by the Ukrainian Cultural Institute (UCI) of Dickinson was t he publication of Pilgrims of the Prairies i n 1983. I have been a member of the Ukrainian Cultural Institute (UCI) in Dickinson, North Dakota, for over ten years and have enjoyed reading about these third and fourth generation Ukrainians who continue to pr eserve and promote their Ukrainian heritage. I thought about visiting Dickinson for a number of years , and the occasion finally presented itself in July 2010. My husband and I were very impressed by the excellent organization and friendly sprit of these Uk rainian Americans we met in Dickinson. The UCI has its own building in the center of town, a building that contains exhibits of all things Ukrainian — from pysanky, embroidery, ceramics, and wood carvings to a very interesting review of the history of early Ukrainian pioneers. There is also a library especially dedicated to Marie Halun Bloch, as well as a gift shop that sells all kinds of Ukrainian embroidery and other souvenirs. Each summer, the UCI puts on a Ukrainian Festival, consisting of a symposium and a folk dance program. The organizers of this year’s festival educational program decided on a symposium on Chornobyl, which was presented at Dickinson State University (D S U). Dr. Richard McCallum, current president of the university, welcomed His Ex cel - l ency Olexander Motsyk, the newly appointed Am - bassador of Ukraine to the United States, who delivered the keynote address. The symposium was well organized and included a very impressive panel of speakers. Dr. Richard Brauhn, DSU Director of S pecial Projects, served as moderator. The first presenter, Ms. Mary Mycio, is the author of Wormwood Forest , a very well researched book on the Chornobyl accident, which was pub - Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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