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Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the Plains Indian Museum, said when children come into this world, they are a new generation.“They are a new light and a new soul. And we believe that and so when they’re born, we celebrate in so many ways,” said Old Elk. ....
(Statewide, WY) – The Wyoming Arts Council is pleased to announce a new initiative: a Native Art Fellowship. For years, the Wyoming Arts Council has hosted annual fellowships for the visual, literary, and performing arts that are merit-based and juried by professionals from outside the state. Advertisement This year, the Arts Council is also offering a Native Art Fellowship. Structured similarly to the other fellowships, the Native Art Fellowship is an unrestricted $3,000 award that is open to Native artists based within Wyoming, across any artistic discipline or medium (visual, literary, performing, folk & traditional, etc.) This fellowship is designed to raise the profiles of the highly talented Native artists in Wyoming and celebrate their artistry. ....
1:00 Credit Paul Dyck Buffalo Culture Collection; NA.202.1229 One day while working in the Plains Indian Museum collections, Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant, found a very heavy box. I didn t really know what it was going to be, said Old Elk. I kind of had an idea. I called a colleague over. He helped me uncover this box, we pulled it down, and it ended up being a 20 pound dress. The dress is covered in dentalium shells, also known as money shells. They were used as currency among tribes. Dentalium was fished out of the British Colombia coast down through Vancouver and then traded into the Plains. ....