"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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Friday, May 30, 2008

Public meeting will focus on Makah whaling impact

By: Jim Casey

PORT ANGELES — Almost three years in the writing, the environmental-impact statement on Makah whaling will make its live public debut today in the Vern Burton Center.

The public meeting is scheduled to run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the hall at 208 E. Fourth St.

Another session is set for 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday in the Lake Union Park Armory, 860 Terry Ave. N., Seattle.

Nine hundred pages long, the environmental-impact statement is the National Marine Fisheries Service examination of the tribe's request for a waiver from the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

A federal appeals court ruled in June 2004 that the tribe was subject to the act, and the Makah filed for a waiver in February 2005.

The fisheries service conducted scoping hearings in October 2005, and since then tribal whale hunters and anti-whalers alike have awaited the impact statement.

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