1992 Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories

I was inspired to do this project by my involvement in the South Dakota Peace and Justice Center and their efforts for reconciliation between European Americans and American Indians. I researched and compiled a body of stories and then worked with Dakota storyteller Pamela Greenhill Kaizen in retelling the stories into a consistent voice. While doing the project I kept several mice in his studio as models and came to realize they had personalities as interesting as those in the traditional stories. I produced a series of 12 four by four foot canvases to accompany the stories.

- mixed media on canvas

- 10 canvases are in the collection of the Aberdeen Public school system, Aberdeen, SD

- one canvas in the collection of Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen, SD

- Lakota and Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories was published by Tipi Press, Chamberlain, SD, 1994 (it is now out of print but available as used books on the Internet)     

                   

 gallery of 11 images

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the artwork of Mark W. McGinnis

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