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The next in my series of the Blackfeet Pow Wow. This was a two day event in Browning, Montana. Browning is located in the center of the Blackfeet Indian Resevation.
One of Browning noted people is James Welch (1940–August 4, 2003)His father was a member of the Blackfoot tribe and his mother a member of the Gros Ventre tribe.
He attended schools on the Blackfoot and Fort Belknap reservations. Welch then went to the University of Montana, where he studied under Madeline DeFrees and Richard Hugo, and then to Montana State University - Northern at Havre, before earning his B.A. from the University of Montana.
He taught at the University of Washington and at Cornell, as well as serving on the Parole Board of the Montana Prisons Systems and on the Board of Directors of the Newberry Library D'Arcy McNickle Center.
It was at the University of Montana that he found his knack for writing, becoming a crucial member of what is known as the Native American Renaissance. Welch published many books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. His hard, spare poems often evoke the bleakest side of contemporary Native American life. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature from the Native Writers’ Circle in 1997 for his excellence in Blackfeet/Gros Ventre Novelist and Poet. Winter in the Blood and Fools Crow received the L.A. Times Book Prize and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers' Award. Welch and Paul Stekler co-wrote the Emmy Award-winning American Experience documentary, Last Stand at Little Bighorn, and together published the 1994 history Killing Custer: The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians. Welch died at age 62 in his home in Missoula, Montana. |
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Hi Niek,
that's an impressive moment, I love to see people of foreign countries showing their traditions, very interesting.
Thanks for sharing it with us, I never saw such a "spectacle", bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda
Hi Niek,
Clear and wonderful colours, you caught that old Indian in right moment, great expression on his face.
Congrats,
Jelena
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Hi Niek,
This is wonderful! The lighting brings out his smile and colors beautifully. TFS Julie
Excellent shot Niek! I love old Indian pics! Points tomorrow! I'm fresh out!
HA!
B-)
Linda
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well captured!great colorful work!good frame!
tfs
hello niek!!
beautiful shot, again. full of colors and great sharpness.
tfs
zoran
:-) tomorrow
Splendide image bien nette. Beaux détails
jojo
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