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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.