St. Gregory’s University will host its annual Theodore Owl Reed presentation at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Rockwood Center’s Shawnee Community Room.
The event is free and open to the public. The featured speaker at this year’s program is Judge Tom Walker. Also featured will be the music of John “Yafke” Timothy, the art of D.G. Smalling and the wood carvings of Jerry Haney.
Walker, who has family attachments to the Cherokee and Wyandotte Nations, has been an advocate for the cultural education of social workers and others who interact with Native American children.
After his presentation, there will be an open period for questions.
Timothy, of the Creek Nation, will lead music at about 6 p.m. with members of SGU’s Native American Flute Circle. Timothy, known internationally for his flute playing, has been honored in the past by the Smithsonian.
Native American-themed art will be on display both before and after the program. Smalling, of the Choctaw Nation, is known for his minimalist art style and technique and specializes in single-line drawings. Smalling was the featured artist at an Oklahoma City Allied Arts Young Patrons event in 2009, as well was at the 2010 Sovereignty Symposium in Oklahoma City.
The Seminole Nation’s Jerry Haney, who specializes in ancestral themes in wood carvings and flute making, also will have art on display.
In addition to those mentioned above, works also will be on display from SGU students, faculty, staff and alumni — including those of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation’s Robert Pawnee and Tecumseh’s Kathy Barry.
Local artists and musicians from the Shawnee and surrounding areas are invited to exhibit their art and/or play with the flute circle.
Charles Clark, an SGU alumnus and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, will emcee the event. The program will open with a traditional prayer by Robert Pawnee and the signing of “The Lord’s Prayer” by Holly Factor of the Seminole Nation.
A traditional Native American dinner, prepared by Thomas Garza of the Kickapoo Nation, will be served at 5 p.m.
Theodore Owl Reed, whose spirit this program celebrates annually, was an Eastern Band Cherokee who dedicated his life to Native American education.
For more information on the presentation or to arrange the display your artwork, contact Sister Marcianne Kappes at 878-5182.
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St. Gregory’s University will host its annual Theodore Owl Reed presentation at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Rockwood Center’s Shawnee Community Room.
The event is free and open to the public. The featured speaker at this year’s program is Judge Tom Walker. Also featured will be the music of John “Yafke” Timothy, the art of D.G. Smalling and the wood carvings of Jerry Haney.
Walker, who has family attachments to the Cherokee and Wyandotte Nations, has been an advocate for the cultural education of social workers and others who interact with Native American children.
After his presentation, there will be an open period for questions.
Timothy, of the Creek Nation, will lead music at about 6 p.m. with members of SGU’s Native American Flute Circle. Timothy, known internationally for his flute playing, has been honored in the past by the Smithsonian.
Native American-themed art will be on display both before and after the program. Smalling, of the Choctaw Nation, is known for his minimalist art style and technique and specializes in single-line drawings. Smalling was the featured artist at an Oklahoma City Allied Arts Young Patrons event in 2009, as well was at the 2010 Sovereignty Symposium in Oklahoma City.
The Seminole Nation’s Jerry Haney, who specializes in ancestral themes in wood carvings and flute making, also will have art on display.
In addition to those mentioned above, works also will be on display from SGU students, faculty, staff and alumni — including those of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation’s Robert Pawnee and Tecumseh’s Kathy Barry.
Local artists and musicians from the Shawnee and surrounding areas are invited to exhibit their art and/or play with the flute circle.
Charles Clark, an SGU alumnus and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, will emcee the event. The program will open with a traditional prayer by Robert Pawnee and the signing of “The Lord’s Prayer” by Holly Factor of the Seminole Nation.
A traditional Native American dinner, prepared by Thomas Garza of the Kickapoo Nation, will be served at 5 p.m.
Theodore Owl Reed, whose spirit this program celebrates annually, was an Eastern Band Cherokee who dedicated his life to Native American education.
For more information on the presentation or to arrange the display your artwork, contact Sister Marcianne Kappes at 878-5182.
