Native Speakers, Performers Adjust To New Schedule
The schedule for Native American Week speakers and performers was affected by the temporary closure of Frazer School due to the ongoing pandemic beginning Sept. 21. The school announced they were closing on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
Prior to the announcement, Lovina Louie spoke to students at Frazer and then concluded the day in Brockton.
Louie has worked with youth and adults in wellness and healing for over twenty years and was featured in Lifetime Movie Network’s 50 Women in 50 States. She was joined in Frazer by Olivia Williamson, owner of Indian Battlefield Tours, on Tuesday prior to the closure announcement.
Wolf Point’s Mariah Watchman spoke in Culbertson Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Watchman has been a professional international model since the age of 15. She has held contracts in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Thailand and Hong Kong. In 2012, Watchman appeared as the first tribal member on the hit television reality show America’s Next Top Model. She has worked for Seventeen Magazine, Nordstrom’s and appeared in numerous runway shows and a music video for Lil’ Wayne.
She is currently working in the field of addiction, pursuing a degree and using her platform to engage with indigenous youth.
Olympian Billy Mills and wife Pat video attended the cross country meet at Frazer via video and conducted a painting workshop with Culbertson students in teacher Mary Machart’s classroom.
Author and comedian Adrianne Chelepah performed Friday at Brockton Schools. Chelepah has been published in Funny Girl, an anthology of women comics and writers and is currently pursuing an MFA at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, N.M.
Dallas Goldtooth hosted a live Q& A on the Honor your life Facebook page Saturday.
The scheduling and event planning was provided by staff from the National Native Children’s Trauma Center. Organizers also thanked Fort Peck Honor Your Life.
