The Nevada Experience #501
(Total length: 59:16; First broadcast: May 11, 1994)

• Segment #1: "It Can Be Done: Sarah Winnemucca"
  (Producer: Rosemary McCarthy; Length: 23:57)
  "It Can Be Done: Sarah Winnemucca" tells the story of the spirited and controversial Paiute women, who during the 1800's fought to help her people adjust to the domination of the white settlers. Her activities brought her to national attention and helped to publicize the plight of the American Indians in the West.
  
  This segment includes interviews with Anthropologist Catherine Fowler of the University of Nevada, Reno and Gae Canfield Whitney, biographer of Sarah Winnemucca. Also, excerpts from the speeches and writings of Sarah Winnemucca are presented in dramatic form by Alexandra Voorhees, a Northern Paiute who portrayed Winnemucca in the 1992 Great Basin Chautauqua.
  
• Segment #2: "Dennis Parks: Poet, Potter, Peacemaker"
  (Producer: Curt Daniels; Length: 22:35)
  "Dennis Parks: Poet, Potter, Peacemaker" is an in-depth interview with internationally renown ceramic artist Dennis Parks. Videotaped at Park's Tuscarora School of Pottery this segment mixes video of the environment, the works of art and the interview to explore Dennis's personal history and the influences and themes displayed in his Art.
  
• Segment #3: "Battle Born: The Nevada Constitution"
  (Producer: Norm Nielsen; Length: 7:33)
  "Battle Born: The Nevada Constitution traces the hectic events surrounding the creation of the Nevada state constitution and Nevada's subsequent admission to the Union.