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

Friday, March 28, 2008

Mohegans Again Returning Funds To Government

By: Heather Allen

Uncasville — The Mohegan Tribe is giving back more than a half million dollars in federal funding to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, with the intention of helping tribes that have demonstrated great financial need, according to a release issued by the tribe.

The tribe made the announcement Wednesday, stating it will send back $105,680, which it was awarded through a contract between the tribe and the BIA as part of the Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. The tribe also plans to send back another $518,440 that it has yet to receive from the same contract.

Tribal Chairman Bruce “Two Dogs” Bozsum asked that the funds be redistributed to tribes who do not receive more than 10 percent of their revenue from gaming or who have substantial gaming projects under development and who “have demonstrated the greatest need and suffer from current or previous year shortfalls in funding,” according to the release.

The practice of sending federal funds back to be redistributed is not unusual, said Nedra Darling, a spokeswoman for the BIA.

“In the past they have returned the money, and other tribes have as well,” Darling said. They've done it a few times in the past.”

Get the rest of the story here: http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=10e4f964-45c9-4750-b675-634f44c2c254
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