"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.

Read the rest here:

http://www.daleauger.com/printversionbio.cfm

Monday, March 31, 2008

Family of missing Six Nations woman appeals for clues

CBC News

The family of a pregnant woman from the Six Nations reserve who has been missing for nine weeks has made an appeal to the public for clues to her whereabouts.

Tashina General, 21, was reported missing to Six Nations Police on Jan. 23 in her hometown of Ohsweken, a village on the Six Nations reserve southeast of Brantford, Ont.

Members of her family held a press conference at Grand River Polytechnic in Ohsweken Thursday, making a tearful request for information on her disappearance.

"If she's out there and she can see what's going on, please call home. Everyone's really concerned about her. We just hope that she'll make it home safely," her best friend, Chloe Dennis, told CBC News.

Dennis, 18, said it was very out of character for General to disappear without contacting her family. She said she spoke to General the day before she went missing but didn't notice anything suspicious about her friend's behaviour.

"She seemed her happy self, because she is really outgoing," Dennis said.

Get the whole story and a photo of her here: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/03/27/missing-woman.html
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