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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1991)
Smoke Signals . . 'ovcmbir-l09I Aty if'-" - TEEN THEATER The Crater Cabaret is a teen theater that steps into the surreal wold of adolescence, where life isn V often what is seems. We visit schools, conferences and teen centers, performing a program of original skits and monologues. Some of the scenes you will see are about self esteem, peer pressure, sexually transmitted diseases, drug and alcohol abuse. Others aren 't about any one thing...just about how absurd it can feel sometimes to be a teen in today's world. The Company performed before the Oregon State Legislature and was selected as the Oregon Health Educators of the Year by the Oregon Association for the Advancement of Health Education. Wliat: A Teen Theater Company Wlien: At the Gen. Council Mtg., Dec. 1, 1991 Time: 12 Noon or immediately after the Mtg. Wliere: Grand Ronde Elementary School Who: Everyone is Invited NO CHARGE Indian Educator wins MacArthur Foundation Award MOBRIDGE SD - A leading Indian educator has won an award of $369,000 from the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The award, for five years, goes to persons generally regarded as gen iuses. Patricia (Pat) Locke of Mobridge, SD, is one of 31 such winners recently announced by the Foundation. She is only the third Indian person ever to win the award. She has worked in Indian education for the past 40 years as a teacher, college professor, researcher, advocate, and program director. Among her accomplishments is being regarded as the mother of the tribal college movement. She helped over a dozen tribes start their own colleges in the 1970's while she worked for the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE). Following that experience, she worked for the next decade with tribes to help them develop their own Tribal Departments of Education (TDOE). The TDOE project, initially housed in the National Tribal Chairmen's Association (NTCA), moved in 1980 to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). Because of her efforts, some 26 tribes now have their own college, and some 75 tribes have their own depart ments of education. She is a firm believer in tribal sovereignty. "This award," she stated, "will allow me the freedom to work with tribes for five years in developing their own colleges, their own departments of education, and their own language preservation programs. As a founding member of the Native American Language Institute (NALI), she has worked for almost two decades on preserving Indian languages. She was also a founding member of the NTCA, and served for one term as President of the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) in the 1970's. 20th Century Nez Perce Artists A major exhibition, "Sapatqayn: Twentieth-Century Nez Perce artists" will be presented at Nez Perce National Historical Park from November 16, 1991 through January 12, 1992. This unique exhibition of Nez Perce art, the first of its kind in the United States, will feature over 50 pieces of traditional and contemporary art, including many never before seen by the public. A documentary catalogue, guest speakers on Native American art, demonstrations by Nez Perce artists, and an artists fair and sale sponsored by the Nez Perce Tribe will also be featured. This event will commemorate the 75lh Anniversary of the National Park Service and National Native American Heritage Month. The goals of this exhibition are to help the public understand how art remains an important element of modern Nez Perce Indian culture, and to enhance the viewers understanding of the history of Nez Perce art within the broader context of Native American art history. It will also provide recognition, encouragement, ' exposure and stimulation for recognized an developing Native American artists. Several nationally known art historians and anthro pologists will complement the exhibition with special presentations. Dr. David Warren, Deputy Director of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., is a cultural anthropologist and a Native American spokesman. He will offer insights into the use of Indian art in the museum setting an its significance in reflecting the changes of a living culture. Dr. Barbara Loeb, professor of Art History at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, will explore the history of Native American beadwork and show the importance of Plateau beadwork designs to that history. Mr. Richard Hill, Director of the Institute of American Indian Art, Sante Fe, New Mexico, will explore the trends of Native American art, thus bringing contemporary Nez Perce art into a national context. Twenty Nez Perce artists will be featured representing a broad spectrum of past and present art work. Diverse examples of art created throughout this century will be featured, from traditional artforms to contemporary works in non-traditional media. Media will include beadwork, cornhusk weaving, sculpture, clothing, acrylics, oils, watercolor, pen and ink, and scratchboard. Funding provided by the Idaho Humanities Council, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Northwest Interpretive Association, and the National Park Service. For further information contact Nez Perce National Historical Park, P.O. Box 93, Spalding, Idaho, 83551 or call (208) 843-2261.
