 |
Canku Ota
|
|
|
(Many Paths)
|
||
|
An Online Newsletter
Celebrating Native America
|
||
|
December 1, 2008 - Volume
6 Number 3
|
||
 |
||
|
Defender Wilson one
of four First People's awardees
|
||
|
by The Bismarck (ND)
Tribune
|
||
| Mary
Louise Defender Wilson of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota,
was one of four recent recipients of the Jennifer Easton Community
Spirit Award, given by the First Peoples Fund to honor artists who
embody "Collective Spirit," those activities which sustain
the fabric of a community.
The Peoples Fund, based in Rapid City, S.D., celebrates native artists who exemplify indigenous values of generosity, wisdom, respect, integrity, strength, fortitude and humility. Defender Wilson was awarded the annual fellowship, established in 1999, for her work in the traditional art of storytelling. The fellowship carries a gift of $5,000. Those recognized as "culture-bearers" are nominated by members of their own tribes. Honorees are selected by an independent panel of American Indian cultural leaders. The other recipients were singer-songwriter Theresa Kenkiokoktha Fox of New York, Akwesasne Mohawk; basket maker Bud Lane III of Oregon, Confederate Tribes of Siletz Indians, and ash and sweetgrass basket maker Theresa Secord, Penobscot Indian Nation. Defender Wilson has received awards from the National Endowment of the Arts with the National Heritage Fellowship, a Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship, North Dakota Governor's Award for the Arts, the H. Council Trenholm Memorial Award from the national Education Association for Human and Civil Rights. She also was honored at the National American Music Awards with the Best Spoken Word Award for four CDs of storytelling. |
|
insert map here
|
www.expedia.com |
|
|
||
    
|
||
    
|
||
|
|
||
| Canku Ota is a free Newsletter celebrating Native America, its traditions and accomplishments . We do not provide subscriber or visitor names to anyone. Some articles presented in Canku Ota may contain copyright material. We have received appropriate permissions for republishing any articles. Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monetary gain to those who have expressed an interest. This is in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. | ||
|
Canku Ota is a copyright ©
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 of Vicki Barry
and Paul Barry.
|
||
| |
|
|
|
The "Canku
Ota - A Newsletter Celebrating Native America" web site and
its design is the
|
||
|
Copyright ©
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008 of Paul C.
Barry.
|
||
|
All Rights Reserved.
|
||
