Tracy Potter

Tracy Potter writes about northern plains history in Bismarck, North Dakota, with particular interest in early relations between native peoples and people from Europe. He is the author of Sheheke, Mandan Indian Diplomat: The Story of White Coyote, Thomas Jefferson and Lewis and Clark. Potter retired in 2015 from a career in heritage tourism with the state of North Dakota and the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation, where he served as executive director and editor/writer of the Past Times, a...See more

Tracy Potter writes about northern plains history in Bismarck, North Dakota, with particular interest in early relations between native peoples and people from Europe. He is the author of Sheheke, Mandan Indian Diplomat: The Story of White Coyote, Thomas Jefferson and Lewis and Clark. Potter retired in 2015 from a career in heritage tourism with the state of North Dakota and the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation, where he served as executive director and editor/writer of the Past Times, a quarterly historical tabloid. He served in the North Dakota State Senate and was the Democratic-NPL nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010. A graduate of the University of North Dakota, Potter is married to Laura Anhalt, with whom he travels widely in retirement. See less