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In Wyoming, July 3rd is known to some as “Treaty Day” – a day that commemorates the signing of the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868. The Eastern Shoshone and Shoshone-Bannock tribes signed this treaty with the U.S. government 155 years ago, creating what is now the Wind River Reservation. This year, the Fort Bridger Historic Site made some changes to its annual Treaty Day celebration to emphasize the on-going presence of tribal communities in the area.
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Indigenous art is often only viewed as a historical work of the past, but that art and the Indigenous people who make it are still present today. One Cochiti Pueblo artist showcases that concept in his latest exhibit at the History Colorado Museum in Denver.
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A collaboration between artists and scientists has led to the creation of new artwork that reflects how climate change is affecting Colorado and the Mountain West.
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The Heart Mountain Interpretive Center released English translations of a literary magazine written by the incarcerated.Among the some 14,000 Japanese Americans that were incarcerated in Wyoming during World War II were a lot of people from the artistic and literary scene in Los Angeles.That community came together and started producing art, poetry and essays, but all in Japanese. The Japanese-language magazine was called Bungei, which roughly translates to “arts and literature.”
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Last year, a group of Wyoming women passionate about art came together and formed the Wyoming Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. By creating this committee, the group is able to nominate one upcoming Wyoming artist to the 2024 Women to Watch exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C. Sarah Ortegon High Walking will be that artist. Wyoming Public Radio’s Kamila Kudelska spoke with Ortegon High Walking on what this nomination means to her and what her art hopes to express.
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Sarah Ortegon High Walking will be the first woman artist to represent Wyoming in a national exhibit. The National Museum of Women in the Arts formed the Wyoming Committee last year in order to nominate artists from the state to display their work in Washington D.C.
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That law bars efforts to misleadingly present products as having been produced by tribal members, and the changes would expand the definition of what constitutes an "Indian Product" under the law and in some cases allow for non-native labor in the making of such products.
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Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston has removed artwork from a new exhibit at its Center for Arts and History, citing a state law that prohibits public funds be used to pay for or promote abortions.
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A new mural is being painted by Francisco Saldaña Perez, who graduated from Jackson Hole High School and lives in Tlaxcala, Mexico. This winter he returned to Jackson to work, to see his mother and to paint a nearly 100-foot mural for the town.
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George Ostrom served in the U.S. Army in France and a short time in Germany during WWI, sketching scenes that he encountered in combat as well as behind the lines. He lived most of his life in Sheridan and was actively involved in veterans affairs and had a career as a commercial artist, wolf hunter, and conservation advocate in later years. Some credit him with the iconic bucking horse image that's been featured on Wyoming license plates since the mid-1930s.