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Lecture 9, "Wir Sehen Uns Nimmer Mehr" is about ethnicity on the Plains. In lecture 9 we discussed the different immigrants on the Plains; who they were, where they came from and what they brought to the Plains. Immigrants from Russia, Germany, Poland and even people from Mexico and the Ukraine settled all along the Plains often in ethnic groups. We defined what a German from Russia was and learned a little bit about each ethnic group. I found the patterns of landholding extremely interesting. The reason behind the lay out of a town or homestead isn't often thought about- the Mennonite Strassendorf, Volga German Villages, and the dispersed homesteads. Isern, also, discussed the African- Americans who were barbers for the white men in the community and the Asians that ran the laundry mats. I had never realized how often this had taken place. The lecture on Ethnicity made me realize how small towns often are all made of Germans or Russians- everyone has very similar backgrounds.