NATIVE AMERICAN
We should take the time to really know the part they played in our past, not the ridiculous television version that portrays the native american so badly. In these pages I hope you will see heros and find battles that are still being fought today and will learn how you can help. Take time to learn and to find out about the Native Americans and their roles they play in our past present and future.
Who is IRA HAMILTON HAYES? You can find out through the words of Urshel Taylor who also did this wonderful artwork.
Native American Leaders and role models
Ben Reifel, a five-term U.S. Congressman, was born near Parmelee on the Rosebud Reservation in 1906. During his lifetime, he worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, served in the U.S. Army, and received a doctoral degree from Harvard University. Reifel ran for office in 1960 and served until his retirement in 1971. He died in 1990.
White Eagle was the first American Indian to sing lead roles in American musical theater and opera. He graduated from the prestigious Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Opera and has performed with the Pennsylvania Opera Theatre, Florentine Opera, Cleveland Opera, and others. White Eagle was a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
IN 1964, Billy Mills won the 10,000-meter race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. He was the first American ever to win that race, and he did it in record time. Billy Mills, an Oglala Lakota, was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Gabriel Renville served as chief of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe from approximately 1862 until 1892. He helped to establish the Lake Traverse Reservation in 1867. Renville maintained traditional Santee customs and, at the same time, was a successful farmer.
Paul War Cloud, a Sisseton-Wahpeton, was born in 1930 near Sica Hollow. A self-taught artist, War Cloud realistically depicted Dakota culture and tradition in his paintings. Many of his works are on display at the Tekakwitha Fine Arts Center in Sisseton. A War Cloud mural, "Unity Through the Great Spirit," hangs at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. War Cloud died in 1973.
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