Black is his favorite color. He broke his middle finger when he fell off his horse and the horse stepped on his finger. His favorite dance is the Crow hop.
As summer nears, a New York Times piece looks at two area high schools and how "the intertwined arcs
of Hardin and Lodge Grass have made for a bittersweet experience."
In
a Sunday story, reporter Kirk Johnson writes that Hardin's student body
has grown in recent years because of a decision handed down by the Hardin School
District in 2004 not to bus students from Hardin to Lodge Grass as well
as Crow students' and parents' preference for the off-reservation school. Meanwhile, Lodge Grass High School has lost more than a third of its
student enrollment in the last eight years.
The shift in
numbers between the two schools, Johnson notes, has mostly benefited
Hardin High while Lodge Grass faces continued budget cuts and a dwindling staff.
Sen. Barack Obama greets supporters on his visit Monday to the Crow Reservation. (Click here or on the photo above to see a slideshow of April Gregory's photos from the Obama event).
Story by Mary Hudetz | Photos by April Gregory reznetnews.org
Some Crow tribal members waited in line more than
six hours to ensure they would have a good view when the first
presidential candidate to visit their reservation stepped to the stage
to speak.
Others spent those hours braiding their hair and fastening the ties
of their traditional outfits so they would look their best when
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took the microphone and
explained his stance on issues that affect hundreds of Native American
tribes throughout the country but often go unmentioned by candidates
running for national office.
"Somebody finally recognized us enough to come an extra few hours,"
said Beverly Big Man, a Crow Agency Elementary School teacher. "We're
always the forgotten ones."
Several thousand people attend the Barack Obama rally in Crow Agency Monday.
By Mary Hudetz | Photos by Casey Kills Pretty Enemy CrowNews.Net
Sen. Barack Obama, the front-runner in the race for the Democratic
presidential nomination with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, came to Crow
Country Monday, outlining his stance on some of the many issues facing
Native Americans and saying that if elected president he would honor
treaty obligations.
On June 3, Montana and South Dakota Democrats will weigh in on the
race for the Democratic party's nomination and the two states' primaries will mark
the end of the historic 2008 primary season. Obama's visit to
Crow marked the first time a presidential candidate campaigned on the
Crow reservation.
In case you missed the rally in Crow Agency or you were there and just want to see
video footage from the event, the video above -- posted to YouTube by
the Obama campaign -- includes excerpts of Obama's speech and people in
the crowd.
The New York Times also has footage of a
laughter-filled moment during the event when Obama attempted to say "Absaalooke" several
times before getting the pronunciation right. (Click here to go to the Times' website and watch the video).
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will speak in Crow Agency Monday during an afternoon rally at the Apsaalooke Veterans Park on Bala Street.
While the campaign confirmed late Friday afternoon that the Illinois senator would visit the reservation, word of a possible Obama event happening in Crow Agency began to spread among tribal members earlier this week. The candidate will also hold a town hall meeting in Billings and a rally in Bozeman Monday.
The Crow Agency event is set to start at 2:45 p.m., according to a release from the campaign, and all guests must enter town from Interstate 90 Exit 510, which is the exit located closest to Little Bighorn Battlefield. Admission is free and tickets are not required but reservations can be made at mt.barackobama.com. Because of security reasons, bags are not permitted at any of Monday's events, and signs and banners are not allowed either.
The Yellowstone City-County Health
Department - in conjunction with the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council and others - is sponsoring an event to provide American Indian women with an
opportunity to take charge of their health. On Tuesday, May 20, 2008 American
Indian women are invited to gather at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church located
at 119 North 33rd Street in Billings.
In celebration of May Pink
Ribbon Month, the agencies are providing an opportunity for native women to
enjoy a fun evening making flannel throw pillows, learning about traditional native games and women’s health issues while enjoying the company of
other native women.
Special guest speaker Jillene Joseph (Gros Ventre) will
share her wealth of knowledge on the topic of American Indian women’s
wellness. She is the current executive director of the Native Wellness Institute
in Portland, Oregon. The event begins at 5:00 p.m. and includes a light dinner.
In addition to flannel pillow making
and learning about women’s health concerns, those attending the event
will have the opportunity to win door prizes. The gathering is open to all
women in Yellowstone County and the surrounding areas.
For more information
and to reserve a place at the event, call Dyani Bingham at the Montana-Wyoming
Tribal Leaders Council at 252-2550.
This week and next, CrowNews.Net is publishing profiles of the candidates for Senate District 21. This district includes Hardin and the Crow reservation. The candidates are: Norma Bixby(D), Kenneth Phillip Brien Jr.(D), Randen Schoppe(R), Sharon Stewart-Peregoy(D), and Chip Watts(D).
In the finale of the annual hand game championships, the Wyola Mighty Few District beat the Center Lodge(Reno) District on Sunday May 4 in Crow Agency. The championship game lasted about 90 minutes.The tournament was held at the Multi Purpose building and featured teams, wearing their hand-made outfits to play the tribe's traditional game.
The Junior Handgame tournament for players younger than 30 was held the previous weekend in Crow Agency. The Junior team from the Big Horn District took home the championship by beating the River Crows.
In the summer of 2006, Samuel Kohn logged more than 7,000 miles on his car criss-crossing his home state of Montana.
As a Dartmouth College freshman, he was on a mission to find out what
his state's tribes thought about a state legislative act that required
all K-12 students to learn about Native history and culture.
Last week, the 21-year-old Crow tribal member hit the road again on a different kind of mission.
He wants to find out what tribes in Montana think about Sen. Barack Obama. And he's happy with what he's seen so far.
On April 10th, the Indian Arts and Crafts Association announced the winners of
its 2008 Artist of the Year Competition during its annual Spring Wholesale
Market held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
This year’s top award, “Artist of the
Year” went to Mary
Lou Big Day,
a beadworker and doll maker from the Crow Nation in Montana for her “Crow
Traveling Medicine Beaded Doll with Cradleboard.”
Mary
Lou Big Day has
been making dolls since she was a little girl.
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