Sayosapa: Visionary Artist and ‘Stone Doctor’ of Fort Peck, Montana
The collapse of “buffalo culture” and the imposition of colonial rule in the northern plains of the late 19th century required Indian people to adopt creative strategies in order to survive. This year’s Donald Danforth Jr. Lecture concerns a man named Sayosapa, or “Black Prairie Chicken” (c.1850-1902), a Yu’wipi, or a “stone doctor,” who reinvented himself as an artist during the early years of the Fort Peck Reservation. An internationally recognized scholar in the field of Native American art and culture, David Penney, is the first associate director of the National Museum of the American Indian’s new scholarship department.
Join us at 6:30pm in The Farrell Auditorium. Tickets are free but must be reserved at the Museum's Information Centers through MetroTix at metrotix.com or 314-534-1111. All tickets purchased or reserved through MetroTix incur a service charge; the service charge is waived for tickets purchased at the Museum.
