"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 23, 2008

Santa Fe Indian Market: Pojoaque signs on as sponsor

By: David Collins

It's a new day for American Indian art in Santa Fe. For the first time in the 87 year history of the annual Indian Market, a local pueblo will be the major sponsor.

The Pueblo of Pojoaque, Hilton Hotels and the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts announced Wednesday that the pueblo's Buffalo Thunder Resort has agreed to sponsor the Indian Market for the next three years.

"For a long time, the dominant culture's vision was to take care of American Indian people. It was a paternalistic vision. Rarely do Indian people have a say in how their ideas are presented," said Bruce Bernstein, SWAIA's executive director.

With Pojoaque's sponsorship of the city's world-renowned venue for American Indian art, local American Indians now have a financial stake in the direction of their art market, Bernstein said.

Bernstein and Pojoaque Gov. George Rivera declined to say exactly how much the sponsorship will cost the pueblo's resort in terms of dollars, but Rivera said the cost of the named sponsorship would double by the third year. "It wasn't cheap," Rivera said.

For Pojoaque, which has for years sponsored sports teams and youth programs in its neighborhood and has opened its Poeh Cultural Center studios at no cost to all American Indians, the new three-year affiliation with SWAIA is its largest commercial sponsorship to date.

"I'm not sure what Bruce (Bernstein) is doing to help us," Rivera quipped, suggesting the sponsorship was more a benefit to the local art market than to the pueblo's $245 million resort.

"We are doing the right thing," Rivera added later. "We are helping Native American artists."

Keep reading here: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/SantaFeNorthernNM/Indian-Market-Pojoaque-signs-on-as-sponsor
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