Monday, May 24, 2021
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St Joseph Na Wakháŋheža/St Joseph and Child
(2007, by Darwin Wolf) at entrance of
St Joseph Indian School (1927) in Chamberlain, SD |
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| Tipi scene |
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Stuff found in a tipi, including organizer boxes made
from hides; the designs were originally painted, but later
after trade with Europeans, the designs were done with beads |
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| A backrest! |
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A warrior's best friend is his horse; this warrior wears
an outfit worn by actor Rodney Grant in the film
Dances With Wolves (1990) (KSS) |
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| Sioux beaded moccasins (c 1890s) |
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Tasiha Unpi/Deer Toe Game (uncolored 1900, colored
contemporary) where you hold the stick or needle,
swing up the the fluted deer toes and try to catch
as many as possible on the tip of the needle |
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| A bison bladder bag was watertight |
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| Shawl decorated with buffalo bone beads and shells |
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| Beaded shawl |
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| Shirts with beadwork (KSS) |
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| Fan with exquisite beadwork ... |
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| ... and a matching parasol |
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| Parasol detail (2013. by Emil Her Many Horses) |
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Rawhide Top Hat and Hatbox (2017,
by Emil Her Many Horses) |
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Lakota women adopted the art form of quilting from
European missionaries and settlers, using the diamond-
shape patch and creating the eight-sided morning star
that have traditional meanings for their people
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| Perhaps this recalls a real event at St Joseph Indian School! |
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Artists-in-residence work with the students to create artworks,
such as Mní Wičóni/Water is Life (2016, Michael and
Doug Two Bulls with 5th and 6th grade students) |
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Medicine Bear (c 2010, by Alfred Decoteau,
an alumnus of St Joseph) |
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| Medicine Bear is carved from alabaster |
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| Lakota Warrior (c 1991, by Kevin McGhee, an alumnus) |
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Medicine Wheel Garden is dedicated as a place
of healing and reconciliation, especially for those with
painful memories from their school days (KSS) |
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There are prayers for each of the four cardinal
directions, for the Mother Earth and Father Sky |
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This seems to be the Nebraska Sand Hills, which are
plant-stabilized sand dunes that are unsuitable for crop
cultivation, but have been used as cattle rangeland |
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| The bluffs along the Missouri River often look black |
*On 9/19-21/1804, the Corps of Discovery circumnavigated the Big Bend of the Missouri River.* |
Since we cannot circumnavigate Big Bend, we just
glimpse the beginning at Lower Brule, NE |
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| And a few miles farther we glimpse it coming back |
*On 9/24/1804, the Corps of Discovery saw a large island with many elk and buffalo/bison, which they called Good Humor Island.*
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