"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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Monday, February 25, 2008

Scholarships help Red Cloud students follow their college dreams

By: Kayla Gahagan

Red Cloud High School senior Season Frank is thinking nursing might be the career for her, and a national scholarship has her $20,000 closer to that dream.

Frank, 17, was one of 107 United States high school students awarded the Horatio Alger National Scholarship this year, and she won an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the 2008 National Scholars Conference along with it.

"I was shocked," she said. "I was kind of relieved. It was hard work, and it took a lot of time and effort."

Frank hopes to use the scholarship money to attend South Dakota State University to study nursing.

Her advice to other students is about hard work: "Put a lot of time and effort into everything you do, because it does pay off in the end." The work includes applying for as many scholarships you can, she said. Even with the $20,000, which can be used at $4,000 a year for five years, Frank is also applying for a Gates Millennium Scholarship.

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