"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, May 16, 2008

Cherokee film makes its way to France

By: D.E. Smoot

A Cherokee language film produced by K.A. Gilliland will make its European debut at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

“Stories of the Cherokees” promoters say the Cannes, France, showing marks the first time a Cherokee language film has premiered at the famed French festival.

The film, which was commissioned for the Cherokee Travel Plaza in Roland in collaboration with Cherokee Nation Enterprises, promotes Cherokee culture and language through the eyes of Cherokee storytellers and actors.

Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Chad Smith said, “Stories of the Cherokees” is “a well-told story and a story that should be told.”

“We need more videos like this to let the public know what Cherokees are like, both in the past as well as today,” Smith said. “Using Cherokee language in the stories is part of our overall initiative to use every technology and opportunity we can find to promote our language.”

Gilliland said the 15-minute high-definition film was inspired by the traditions of Cherokee oral history. The short film, the first of the three originally planned, documents the tribe’s pre-Columbian existence.

Keep reading here: http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/local_story_136215217.html
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