"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, February 8, 2008

Committee hearing next week on Native recognition amendment

By: Jedd Kettler

MONTPELIER: Draft legislation to amend Vermont's Abenaki recognition law will get its first Statehouse vetting before the Senate Economic Development Committee next week.

Sen. Vince Illuzzi (R-Essex-Orleans Counties, Richford, Montgomery), a strong champion of the original recognition law and Chairman of the Senate committee, will hold the first hearing on the amendment Friday, Feb. 15, at 9 a.m. in Room 27 of the Statehouse.

The amendment, to be introduced as a committee bill, seeks to close a gap which federal officials have said leaves Vermont's Abenaki artists vulnerable to violations of federal law. It lays out procedures and criteria for tribes and bands seeking State recognition. Such recognition would legally allow members to sell their arts and crafts as Native-made under federal law, something they cannot do now.

A handful of Abenaki, in-cluding Mark Mitchell, Chairman of the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs (VCNAA), Missisquoi Abenaki Nation Chief April St. Francis-Merrill, and Johnson State Humanities Chair, filmmaker, and historian Fred Wiseman, will testify.

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