Sculpture-idea sketchorama

My buddy Larry Mitchell has updated his publication page, The Native Blog.
It's a clean new look, check it out.

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Pics click to enlarge.

Mizhepezhou Versus Thunderbird.

The Mizhepezhou figure is based on the famous Agawa Bay Pictograph on the Canadian north shore of Lake Superior.








One traditional explanation of stormy weather, is the ongoing battles between creatures of the sky and creatures of the water.
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Shamanic Canoe





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Seeker



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Honour Beat







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Feather





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The Ascent
based on a painting for the "Lost Treasures" event.





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Krustayn Versus Mecha Sasquatch details.



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The Great Forgetting

Visionmaker Film Festival

Tim Giago article.

New works and collaboration by Brent Micheal Davids

"A composer of Quapaw and Cherokee lineage, Dr. Louis Wayne Ballard (July 8, 1931 — February 9, 2007) dedicated his life to Native American music and musicians. At the time of Dr. Ballard’s passing, he was in the midst of completing the first movement of a new work for internationally-renown pianist Emanuele Arciuli and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. After some investigation and consideration, pianist Arciuli and conductor Mario Venzago offered composer Brent Michael Davids the opportunity to complete Dr. Ballard’s Indiana Concerto with the blessings of Dr. Ballard’s family."

Imaginenative Film Festival Oct. 17-19, 2007. Toronto

Declaration of Iximche.

Survey Finds More Prejudice Toward American Indians

Amendment made to NAGPRA, in order to speed return of Ancestral remains.

Red Bear Circle Native Gathering

"Indian' and 'future' usually don't wind up in the same sentence," says Northern Cheyenne artist Bently Spang.
Spang aims to bring the Native American image into the future. Last Friday, he convened Tekcno Powwow II: The Return of the Funk, a performance powwow at Colorado College."

BLM lawsuit.

"Cobell, a Blackfoot Indian from Montana, is lead plaintiff in a massive class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior, demanding an accounting for nearly 11 million acres that was parceled up and put into individual trusts for Native Americans in 1887 under the Dawes Act. The government deemed Indians incapable of handling the land responsibly, so it administered financial matters.

The bitter legal odyssey involving a major Atlanta law firm is again in federal court as a judge must decide how the government will determine how much is owed to some 500,000 Indians whose land has been leased to timber, ranching, farming, oil and mining operations. Billions of dollars could be at stake."

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