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More News from I notion Country Pgge 9 Spilyay Tymoo A pril 4-, 2012 Artists depict Wounded Knee massacre, cupation SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Jerry Fogg was just a teenager when he was handed a gun and told to help guard the South Dakota town o f Wounded Knee during one o f the m ost public displays o f p ro te s t by th e A m erican In d ian M ovem ent nearly four decades ago. For three days, Fogg joined about 200 Oglala Sioux mem bers and their followers as they occupied and seized the town for 71 days. “It felt like you were guard ing a president,” the Yankton Sioux tribal member who now resides in Sioux Falls recalled. “I was told if I was to fire, I w as to fire over every o n e’s head.” Fogg is one o f nearly 25 art ists — both Native and non-Na- tive — from around the country displaying th e ir artw o rk at Augustana College’s Center for Western Studies in Sioux Falls as part o f a first-of-its-kind art exhibit and show. “Interpretations o f Wounded Knee 1973 and 1890” is meant Creek drawn by a soldier m o ments before the killings acts as the bottom layer o f the work. O n top o f that, there’s another sheet with the names o f those who died or were wounded. An actual broken hoop is placed in the center, representing the end o f the N a tiv e ’s freed o m to choose. Inside the hoop Fogg shows Chief Spotted Elk fro zen in the winter cold. Metal pins represent the 7th Cavalfy while a small pair o f moccasins with a hair plume is in honor o f the children killed. Thirty-eight 1890 Indian head pennies line the bottom o f the piece, with an 1890 silver dollar in the middle that is m eant to “give attention to a dreadful time that should never be forgotten or repeated,” Fogg wrote in his artist note. Fogg sp en t th ree m onths working on the piece and hopes it will help remind today’s young people to remember and honor the past. ‘Y ou should remem ber. There’s a story behind ev ery work,” he said. to help foster understanding and build stronger relationships be tween Natives and non-Natives as the 40th anniversary o f the W ounded K nee takeover ap p ro a c h e s, said T im o th y Hoheisel, director o f Outreach and Prom otion at The Center for Western Studies. | In 1890, the U.S. Army killed Miniconjou Lakota chief Spot ted Elk, also known as Big Foot, and 300 o f his followers, includ ing women and children, on the banks o f the W ounded K nee Creek “I didn’t do anything to Jerry Fogg. My ancestors basically killed his a n c e sto rs,” said Hoheisel, referring to the 1890 massacre. “By us com ing to gether with this exhibit, there’s a chance for reconciliation.” The exhibit is a prelude to the an n u al D a k o ta C o n feren ce, which brings together profes sional and amateur historians and researchers to present pa pers on a particular topic rel evant to N orthern Plains history. The theme for this year’s con- map o f Wounded Knee Creek drawn by a soldier moments before the killings acts as the bottom layer o f the work. feren ce is “W o u n d ed K n ee 1973: Forty Years Later.” The event, scheduled for April 27- 28, is bringing together all sides from the occupation — former A m erican In d ian M ovem ent m em bers, federal agents and prosecutors, and journalists and bystanders w ho witnessed the uprising. “This one has a 'b it o f an edge to it, as we. anticipated it would,” said Harry Thompson, executive director for The-Cen ter for Western Studies. This is the first time in the conference’s 44-year history that there has been an art show to Okla. casino review delayed B R O K E N ARROW, Okla. (AP) — A review o f engineering plans for a controversial casino in Broken Arrow will be delayed, pardy because questions remain about whether a tribe can legally establish the facility at the pro posed location, city officials said. Contractor FoxCor Inc. has submitted an application for a plan examination and building perm it to officials, but action w on’t be taken because o f “sev eral outstanding factors,” Bro ken, Arrow City Manager David Wooden said in a news release. Factors include easement issues, as well as, questions regarding Kialegee Tribal Town’s lease and legal ability to conduct gaming there, he said. Kialegee Tribal Town broke ground on the proposed Red Clay Casino in D ecem ber on land allotted to the Muscogee Creek N ation, T he Kialegees are a part o f the Creek Nation, but are based in Wetumka, miles from Broken Arrow. nary injunction on April 11, find A number o f residents have ing it “untenable and unrealistic.” opposed the casino, saying it He set the date for May 2. would be located too close to A m ong o th e r th in g s, the schools and a day care. Because judge said the required amount the property is a Native Ameri o f time hasn’t lapsed for the can allotment, Wooden wrote, defendants to file their answers approval from the Bureau o f or anticipated motions to dis Indian Affairs for the proposed miss them from the case. easement might be required. A tto rn e y J o s e p h F a rris , City Director o f Communi w ho is re p resen tin g th e tribe cations Stephanie Higgins said in th e law su it, said he an d that the city is waiting to see the an o th e r atto rn e y have c o n resolution of a federal lawsuit flicts w ith th e May date and filed by Q k lah o fn aA tto rn ey . w ill seek to g et th e hearing date p u sh ed back. , General Scott Pruitt. P ru itt has accu sed th e Pruitt’s spokeswoman, Diane Kialegees o f bypassing a re Clay, said, “we would’ve liked an quirem ent to get federal ap earlier date, but we can’t con proval and is seeking a prelimi trol the court's docket.” nary injunction to have the con struction stopped. The tribe has maintained that the bureau’s ap f The Next dead proval isn’t necessary and wants line to submit items the complaint dismissed. for publication in U.S. District Judge Gregory the Spilyay Tymoo Frizzell declined Pruitt’s request is Friday, A p r ill3. to begin a hearing on the prelimi Thank you! V go along with the conference. Hoheisel said it fit well with this year's theme. T h e ex h ib it, w h ich ru n s through May 26, includes two- dimensional and three-dim en sional pieces in v ario u s art forms. In one oil-on-canvas painting b titled “Still H anging on the Res” by artist Bruce Preheim o f V erm illion, S.D. — C h rist, a feather atop his head, is shown crucified. “We crucify Christ every day by n o t d ealing w ith N ativ e American disparity and rights,” Preheim wrote in his artist de scription o f the piece. R ed pain t covers h alf the canvas in “Last Stand II (Mas sacre at W ounded K nee)” by Sioux Falls a rtis t K ev in Bierbaum, who is n o t N ative American. Hoheisel said the red paint depicts the blood from the massacre. In “Archive,” one o f Fogg’s pieces about the 1890 killings, the history lies in the details. A map o f W ounded K nee Winnings jump for LA. casinos BATON RO U G E, La. (A P )F e b ru a ry win nings fo r L o u isia n a ’s sta te -lic e n se d casinos jumped 8.7 percent from a year ago. State police say the twelve riverboat casinos, H a rra h ’s N ew O rleans land casino and the three casinos at race tracks won $217.2 million, com pared with $199.5 million for February 2011. Last m onth included an extra day because o f the leap year. T he riverboats w on $151 m illion, the N ew O rleans casino took in $28.9 m illion and the track casinos w on $37.2 million. In J anuary 2012, the casinos won $185.6 million. Alaska leaders tackle fetal alcohol issue A N C H O R A G E , Alaska (AP) — Morgan Fawcett calls himself an alcoholic who is about to celebrate two de cades o f sobriety— on his 20th birthday. Even though he is a non drinker, the Anchorage-bom Tlingit blames alcohol for a h ost o f ailments, including constant headaches, learning disabilities and constricted muscles. H e was born with fetal al co h o l syndrom e after his mother drank as much as 100 days during her pregnancy,- he told Alaska Natives, Ameri can Indians and others who gathered T hursday in A n chorage for a two-day con ference on fetal alcohol spec4 trum disorders. “Everybody is affected by alcohol,” Fawcett said. “N o body is immune. A nd we all have to, deal with the effects every day.” State officials say Alaska Natives have greatly brought dow n the prevalence o f the m o st severe form o f FASD among Native newborns— fetal alcohol syndrome. The rate of fetal alcohol syndrome, however, rem ains significantly higher am ong A laska N atives th an n on-N ative new borns in the state. ' Nationally, the incidence o f FASD is more than two times greater among indigenous new borns than in non-Native births, according to information avail able fo r a p ro b le m th a t is, u n derreported in N ative and non-N ative populations alike, said Candace Shelton, a senior Native American specialist with the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin istration. SAMHSA is the spon sor o f the conference. Fawcett, a Native flutist and advocate for public awareness o f FASD, -was am ong people directly affected by fetal alco hol syndrome who Spoke at the conference. H e said his goal in life is to share his story, not be cause it’s unique but because it’s comm on and he has the gift o f public speaking. “I can come from a place that offers you the truth as I know it,” he said. A n o th e r sp eak er was Mary A ndrew s o f Bethel, who said she struggles with th e an g u ish o f b ein g a m other to a 14-year-old boy w ith FASD. “I t was very hard to talk about at first,” Andrews said, fighting back teats. “I was guilty for what I did to my boy.” Andrews said a stepson who had FASD died a few years ago, at age 20. H e helped her see how little she knew about what the condi tion feels like, she said. H e helped her deal with th e challenges o f h er younger son being different from his other siblings, who lose patience with him, call ing him stupid. “It hits me hard when I hear him la beled like that,” she said. SD Indian population younger than other groups PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota’s American Indian popu lation is younger than the state’s overall population, a trend that has implications for the provi sion o f education and other ser vices. U.S. Census data released last week shows that nearly 44 per cent o f South D akota’s Native American population is 19 or younger. But only about 25 per cent o f the state's white popu lation is 19 or younger. Michael McCurry, an exten sion specialist at South Dakota State University who specializes in demography, says the large youth population among Ameri can Indians has trem endous implications for education and other services in the future. He says it’s part o f a trend o f an in creasin g A m erican In d ian population in the state. The Census Bureau reported earlier th at American Indians accounted for 8.8 p ercent o f South Dakota's population o f 814,180 in 2010. Open Wednesday thru Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ph. 541-553-1041 At Warm Springs St. & Hollywood Blvd. Assisted Living Facility 2321 Ollallie U ne (PO Box 6) VW ro Springs, OR 97761 Call 541-553-1182 Owned and Operated by the Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs
