"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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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Federal panel delays vote on remains of American Indians

By: Alison Knezevich

A federal committee has delayed recommending whether Putnam County commissioners can rebury the skeletal remains of about 600 American Indians from Buffalo, saying there are too many unanswered questions.

In March, commissioners received legal control of the skeletal remains, which had been stored at Ohio State University since the mid-1990s. They intend to rebury the remains at a site near the original graves.

But at a two-day meeting in Wisconsin that ended Friday, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act review committee tabled the issue, said Tim McKeown, a program coordinator for the national NAGPRA office.

Questions arose about whether Ohio State ever technically had legal control of the remains, McKeown said. Some archaeologists say the remains belong to the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and were on loan to other institutions and then never returned.

"The county commission and the state need to work that out, and I don't know the answer to that," McKeown said.

NAGPRA, passed in 1990, allows federally recognized tribes to reclaim Indian remains and artifacts from museums and universities. No federally recognized tribes have claimed the Buffalo remains.

The Buffalo remains, which are about 400 to 500 years old, have been deemed "culturally unidentifiable," meaning they cannot be linked to modern-day tribes.

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