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Call for Presenters - 2006

Memory and Vision: Native Arts of the Great Plains
October 5-8, 2006

The American Indian has tenaciously held on to his arts, not in the sense of the object alone, but rather as a fabric that binds and holds together many dimensions of his very existence. The arts are to him an expression of the integrated forces that tie together and unify all aspects of life.
- Arthur Amiotte, 1992

Plains Indian people have always turned to the arts as a means of expressing and communicating cultural knowledge, beliefs and values, tribal histories, and understandings about the land and universe as a whole. From generation to generation, Plains artists have creatively incorporated new ideas and materials with historical and traditional designs as powerful expressions of cultural identities and their own lives and experiences.

The 2006 Plains Indian Museum Seminar of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center addresses the theme: Memory and Vision: Native Arts of the Great Plains. Suggested topics for presentation include Plains cultural artistic traditions, the work of particular artists, museum interpretation and public artistic presentations, trade and influences of the marketplace, arts education, and contemporary artistic expressions. Presentations that address new areas of Native American scholarship are encouraged.

Information can be sent via email or USPS mail to:

Public Programs
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
720 Sheridan Ave.
Cody, WY 82414

While visiting the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, you may be photographed or videotaped by a Buffalo Bill Historical Center photographer. These images may be used in future educational or public relations materials for the Center. Your admission to the Center or to Center sponsored programs serves as permission for the image use.

IMAGE: Vest. Debra Lee Stone Jay, Shoshone Bannock, Fort Hall, Idaho, 2002. Tanned and smoked hide, glass beads. Plains Indian Museum Acquisitions Fund Purchase. NA.202.1008.