Whispering Wind articles from January 2005

Whispering Wind archives from January 2005

From the editor.(Editorial)
January 1, 2005... Summer is here! To guide our readers on their travels (if gas prices don't get you), this issue features a listing of U.S. museums with significant Native American holdings. Thanks to Barry Klein of Todd Publications for compiling this list and...

A rare Ute tobacco canteen.
January 1, 2005... The subject of this short article is a rather interesting beaded tobacco flask or 'canteen' that the author acquired several years ago. It is a rare and early type of combined bottle and necklace, made in the mid-nineteenth century by one of...

Two piece leather dress.(CraftCorner)
January 1, 2005... In the Great Lakes area the fringed, two piece leather dress pattern evolved as the most common design. The cape and skirt are separate with the cape overlapping the skirt. The early design used three hides. One large one was folded at the...

Potlatches.(YukonCircle)
January 1, 2005... I usually do not eat anything I have seen alive or that resembles itself when it was alive. However, one needs to be careful here along the Yukon River. Usually problems between Gussicks** and Eskimos are initiated by the Gussicks, and then we...

Mari Sandoz & her legacy: rebirth in the new millennium.(Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center, Nebraska)(Biography)
January 1, 2005... Despite the attention being paid Mari Sandoz's work in these beginning years of the new millennium, it is ironic that in the thirty-nine years since the posthumous appearance of The Battle of the Little Bighorn [1], the public has nevertheless...

Ute leaders, 1868: photographs courtesy of the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian.(Glimpses)
January 1, 2005... The Ute leaders who are the subject of this edition of Glimpses were photographed in Washington, D.C., in the early spring of 1868 by A. Zeno Schindler. These men were part of a delegation of Ute leaders from the Uncompahgre, Capote, Mauche and...

Museum directory: museums, monuments & parks.(Directory)
January 1, 2005... This is an alpha-geographical listing of museums, monuments and parks maintaining permanent exhibits or collections related to the Native-American. This listing is courtesy Todd Publications SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM...

Powwow dates.(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... This section is published as a public service to our readers. Whispering Wind or its publisher are not responsible for incorrect dates or locations. It is always a good idea to contact the sponsoring organization for verification. Please send...

Lakota and Cheyenne: Indian Views of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Lakota and Cheyenne: Indian Views of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877 by Jerome A. Green, published by University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 0-8061-3245-0, 164 pages, $12.95 The testimonies of native peoples were often ignored by white...

Crazy Man and the Plums.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Crazy Man & The Plums by William C'Hair and illustrated by Jon Cox. Published by Painted Pony, Inc. Fort Washakie, WY.. ISBN: 0-9759806-1-0. Hardcover, 32pp, $14.95. Crazy Man is a trickster figure among the Arapaho. In his introduction,...

Native American Modernism: The Art Of George Morrison And Allan Houser.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Native American Modernism: The Art Of George Morrison And Allan Houser. Smithsonian NMAI and University of Washington, Seattle, 2004, 128pages, ISBN #: 0-295-98467-8, paper. Native American Modernism celebrates the lives and the artwork of...

Mari Sandoz's Native Nebraska: The Plains Indian Country.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Mari Sandoz's Native Nebraska: The Plains Indian Country by LaVerne Harrell Clark. Published by Arcadia, Mount Pleasant, SC. 128pp, paper edition, 2000, $19.99. Mari Sandoz was a prolific chronicler of western plains life (see article in...

Artist profile -- Annie Humphrey.(MusicCorner)
January 1, 2005... Listening to Annie Humphrey sing, one can hear the passion in her voice and conviction of her soul! The Anishinaabe Ojibwe singer/songwriter says, "My music addresses many of the things I feel strongly about!"--and she's not kidding! Subject...

Edge of America.(Sound Recording Review)
January 1, 2005... Edge of America by Annie Humphrey. Makoche Recording Company. www.makoche.com Compact Disc/Copyright 2004. Category: Contemporary Folk/Rock The much anticipated follow-up to her award-winning, "The Heron Smiled", Humphrey's latest offering...

Yellow Hammer VI: Yellow Hammer.(Sound Recording Review)
January 1, 2005... Yellow Hammer VI: Yellow Hammer. Big Snake Entertainment, Category: Powwow Southern Style. Compact Disc/Copyright 2004 One of my very favorite Southern-style drums, this world class champion singing group has done it again! This time with...

Many Blessings--A Native American Celebration: Various Artists.(Sound Recording Review)
January 1, 2005... Many Blessings--A Native American Celebration: Various Artists. Silverwave Records, SD 940. Compact Disc/Copyright 2004. Category: Contemporary One of the best compilation CD's to come around in a long while, Many Blessings is a real...

Togo: Andrew Vasquez.(Sound Recording Review)
January 1, 2005... Togo: Andrew Vasquez. Makoche Records www.makoche.com. Compact Disc/Copyright 2004. Category: Contemporary/Native American Flute 'Togo' (meaning 'Grandfather' in Eastern Shoshone) is Andrew Vasquez's best album to date! A colorful...

Beautiful Beyond: Christian Songs in Native Languages: Various Artists.(Sound Recording Review)
January 1, 2005... Beautiful Beyond: Christian Songs in Native Languages: Various Artists. Category: Gospel/Inspirational. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings www.folkways.si.edu.Compact Disc/Copyright 2004 An anthology of hymns and songs from Native American...

Southern Cheyenne.(MoccasinCorner)
January 1, 2005... I have written extensively about Cheyenne beadwork and Cheyenne Moccasins over the past several years, but Ty Stewart wrote two of the best articles on this subject during the early 1970s. His two part series on Cheyenne Moccasins published...

The Crowning Touch Gathering of Nations 2005.(PowwowFashions)(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... Ladies' crowns are as diverse as they have ever been. Worn by both northern and southern dance styles, the beaded crown has been a mainstay on women's outfits and continues to become more elaborate with each powwow season. [ILLUSTRATION...

Powwowing.(Cartoon)
January 1, 2005... "Did ya hear about the blonde who went ta Montana?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Cheyenne style pipe bag.(Crafter'sCorner)(Denver Art Museum collection)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... This pipe bag has all the features of a late 1800's Cheyenne bag. It is a combination of color and design from several different old Cheyenne pieces. The result is an original pipe bag that has the old look. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The...