"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, March 17, 2008

State says it can't stop destruction on Schaghticoke land

By: Gale Courey Toensing

KENT, Conn. - When Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell testified at a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing in May 2005, she claimed that there were no tribal reservations left in the state.

''We have few expanses of open or undeveloped land. Historical reservation lands no longer exist. They're now cities and towns filled with family homes, churches and schools,'' Rell said at the hearing, which is available at http://indian.senate.gov.

Now the state says it can't stop a non-Schaghticoke man from cutting down trees and excavating land on the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation's 400-acre reservation in Kent.

Tribal council member Joseph Velky, who is a nephew of STN Chief Richard Velky and a member of the nation's Environmental Committee, said he asked the Department of Environmental Protection Nov. 19 to intervene to stop the destruction. The DEP holds the land in trust for the tribe.

''Officials there and at the state police and the state's attorney's office said they couldn't intervene because they don't know who owns the land or who the leader of the Schaghticoke is,'' Joseph Velky said.

Get the rest of the story here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416754
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