"We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, and winding streams with tangled growth as "wild". To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery."

Luther Standing Bear - Rosebud Sioux

Guardian of the Water Medicine

Guardian of the Water Medicine
Dale Auger

Dale Auger

Dale Auger: On Art, Blood and Kindred Spirits
by Terri Mason

Defining Dale Auger in one sentence is akin to releasing the colours of a diamond in one cut. It can’t be done. It’s the many facets that release a diamond’s true brilliance, as it is the many facets of Auger’s life, education, ancestry, experiences and beliefs that have shaped and polished his work into the internationally acclaimed and collected artist that he is today.

Born a Sakaw Cree from the Bigstone Cree Nation in northern Alberta, Auger’s education began as a young boy when his mother would take him to be with the elders. “I used to say to myself, ‘Why is she leaving me with these old people?’ – but today I see the reason; I was being taught in the old way.”

Auger’s respect for traditional teachings led him on a journey to study art, opening the door to a doctorate in education. He is a talented playwright, speaker and visual artist whose vividly coloured acrylics have captured the attention of collectors that reads like an international ‘Who’s Who’ spanning English to Hollywood royalty. The essence of his work is communication, and now Dr. Auger has come full circle, interpreting the life of his culture – from the everyday to the sacred - through the cross-cultural medium of art.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

'Black Hills not for sale,' Rosebud president says

By: Andrea J. Cook

Attorneys are the only ones who have anything to gain if members of the Sioux Nation accept a cash settlement for the Black Hills, Rodney M. Bordeaux, president of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe said Monday.

“These law firms are always looking for a quick buck and could care less for what we feel as a people,” Bordeaux said. “All they want is money.”Yankton attorney Doug Kettering met with about 80 Native Americans on Saturday in Sioux City, Iowa, offering to help them tap into millions setting in a trust fund. The trust was created after a 1980 U.S. Supreme Court decision supporting Sioux claims that the government had stolen the Black Hills and land east of the Hills.

“The Black Hills are not for sale,” Bordeaux said, adding a Lakota missive, “He Sapa Kin waken yelo, oheniya kik suyapo.” Translation: “Always remember the Black Hills are sacred.”

That’s the message Bordeaux grew up with and is passing on to his children.

“We must all unite and keep that message going into the future,” he said.

In these tough economic times, the money may seem tempting to some tribal members, but it is poor compensation for the nation that their Sioux forefathers fought and died to protect, Bordeaux said.

“They were fighting for our overall survival as a people and a nation,” he said. “We need to keep that alive, because that’s who we are.”

Kettering has never contacted the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Bordeaux said. The tribal council would never support accepting the money, he said.

Keep reading about this important issue here: http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/05/05/news/top/doc481fab4a04855392853625.txt
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