Volume 19 Winter 2007 Issue No. 2
In This Issue:
Our Story, Our Way
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Honoring the Word
Classroom instructors find that students respond best to oral tradition
By Michael Thompson (Mvskoke Creek)
Instructors share the resources they use to give oral tradition voice in their tribal college and university classrooms.
Voyage out of the Interior
Amateur historian’s films from ‘60s stir imagination at LCO
By Thelma Nayquonabe (Ojibwe)
A benefactor’s gifts have inspired Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College staff to preserve stories and songs in 21st century media.
DEPARTMENTS
Storymakers
Letters to the Editor
Editor’s Essay By Tina Deschenie (Diné /Hopi)
Profile: Andrethia Bia By Natasha Kaye Johnson (Diné)
Talking Circle By Matt Herman
Media Reviews By Michael Simpson, Rachael Marchbanks, Tina Deschenie (Diné/Hopi), Tiffany S. Lee (Lakota/Diné), and Michael Thompson (Mvskoke Creek)
Voices By D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas (Odawa)
Advertising Index
ON THE COVER: Blue Dress, by Michael Horse (Yaqui, Mescalero Apache, Zuni, European and Hispanic.) Horse is a jeweler, actor, stunt man, sculptor, painter, and activist. He has appeared in movies and on television, including Twin Peaks, Passenger 57, Lakota Woman, and the CBC Canadian series, North of 60.
Horse’s works of art have been shown in galleries throughout the world, and are currently available at the Southwest Museum and the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, both in Los Angeles, the Eiteljorg Museum in Indiana, Kiva Fine Art Gallery in Santa Fe, and Gathering Tribes Gallery in Berkeley, CA.
Nature and spirituality influence Horse’s work. He is also inspired by non-Native artists such as Picasso and Michaelangelo, and by political artists, such as Diego Rivera.”
Horse says, “If somebody asked me how I would like to end my career, I would say I would like to inspire younger artists.” Visit his website at www.michaelhorse.com