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Latest news will be at the top.
April
2008:
Over
the past few months filming has gone on at the Center. Nico
came over from the Netherlands and filmed hours of footage
of Chuck, this he took back to Holland and he has edited this
footage into 3 DVD's, the first (which is actually number
2 in the Wakan Sota series) will
be available in May 2008. It is called 'Sacred
Smoke; The Making of the 'T' or Plains Pipe'
and it shows Chuck making a Pipe from start to finish, including
the stem. It
is a great educational tool for anyone wanting to make their
own pipe. Nico has done a wonderful job on capturing every
aspect of this process, and Chuck did a marvelous job of presenting
it. We are at present taking orders for the DVD's, the cost
will be $20 each title plus p&p. If you are interested
in ordering a copy please email us at littlefeather4@hotmail.com
and we will put you on the list.
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The
other DVD's will be:
#1: 'Ancient
Tracks; the History of Pipestone as told by a Dakota
Elder',
#3: 'And
the Stone Sings; Quarrying the Sacred Stone'
both presented by Chuck
and
#4: 'Ancient
Voices; An Honoring of Extraordinary Native American
Woman'.
Presented by Gloria
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WE
had hoped that these DVD's would be ready by the end of the
year, (2008) but due to Chuck's illness they have had to be
posponed. However you can order a copy now if you like. Each
of the DVD's will run for approximately an hour, they are
for any age group and are able to be played in most countries.
We
now have Gloria's
Ancient Voices museum set up
in the front of the Center, this is to honor the achievements
of Native American women and it has been set up by Gloria
with help from Nico, Janine and Chuck. The grand opening will
be in May 2008.
And
at the back of the Center the photographic exhibit of the
'Dakota Images 1862 - 1868' is up and running, as
well as the regular museum being re-designed, do please stop
by and see all of the new things that have been added.
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Left:
The Main exhibit of the redesigned Museum
Right:
Part of the Dakota Images exhibit
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Our
opening times during the summer months are going to be:
10am - 6pm Monday thru Saturday, 1pm - 4 pm Sundays.
When
it starts to become cold the hours will change to:
Friday - Sunday 12 - 4p.m.
Or
by appointment.
If
you arrive out of those hours please check the trailer next
door.
Most
Saturday at 11 a.m. we will be serving Indian Tacos in the
Center. The back room will be used for the dining area until
around 3 p.m. Ancient Voices will still be fully open during
this time.
August
4th 2007: Ever
since we had the 'Sacred
Circle of Life'
exhibit at the Center back in 1997 we have wanted to show
it again, however it was given to another museum. During the
past month we have been working on a project to bring it back
in a different format. We have had help with this from Cindy
a visitor to this site who hails from Idaho. She actually
worked on putting many links onto a webpage for us. Gloria
has formatted the page and you will find it here
(the page will open in a new window so that you don't lose
this page). We were extremely pleased to get the permission
from the Minnesota Historical Society to use these photos
as a new exhibit here in the Ancient Tracks museum. We hope
that you would like to help us in this project. Details are
on the webpage. Thanks in advance.
June
20th 2007: Chuck met with the protesters and explained
the situation from the Quarriers and Pipe makers point of
view. He told them the process of quarrying, and gave them
information about the false stone. They asked why this stone
can be sold under the Catlinite or Pipestone name, however
they still decided that Pipes should not be sold even though
Chuck had given them information about only paying for the
time to quarry and make the pipe. It didn't seem to penetrate.
All of the info on this website was given to them verbally
yet it made no difference. For some reason they still hold
to the belief that someone is making money on the stone. Also
at the meeting was Chuck's cousin Lee Taylor who reiterated
what Chuck was saying, and Superintendent LaRock from the
Monument. The meeting lasted a few hours. Updates
will be put on here once we hear anything new.
June
5th 2007: The
site has been changed to this new design. Not all pages have
the full listing of links, this page does as well as the site
map page that you could keep open while you browse so
that you can see what each page is about. We decided to go
with the four sacred colors rather than stay with the usual
pipestone/brown color. We hope that you like it.
June
1st 2007: Bad news! The Pipestone Issue has again
been awakened by a few people and the quarries and the Pipe
are again in danger. Those of us who have worked against the
denigration of the quarries, quarriers and crafts-people are
again having to fight to stop the lies from being spread.
Keep watching this page for more details.
Due to
this we have decided to reinact the old website that had a
lot of information about the Pipestone Issue and related subjects.
Gloria is working on it as we speak so please come back in
a few days and read up on the latest.
If
you are a quarrier or craftsperson please contact us for further
details about what you can do.
littlefeather4@hotmail.com
While
working on the updated website Gloria came across a page she
had written for our newsletter ten years ago. We felt it was
very pertinant to this new Pipestone Issue. Please take a
look at it HERE
It will open in a new window.
May
27th 2007: After discussions
with Gloria we have decided to put the Ancient Voices
museum in the Center. It will take up almost all of the
front area. Ancient Tracks will be in the back of
the Center. The virtual museum will still be on the internet
and will stay there. Our building will still be called Little
Feather Center, but the Museums will have their own names.
Gloria is at present working on putting the museums together
from England, others will be working on it with her and it
will be set up in September. Keep watching this space for
details.
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Thanks to those of you who have expressed their good wishes
for our return, both to this site and to each other. We appreciate
it.
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