December 7, 2017
Celebrating Native American Month
White Shield students part of variety of events
By STU MERRY
BHG News Service
The community of White Shield, and White Shield School, celebrated Native American Month in a big way.
Along with having the Missoula Children’s Theater visit, the school hosted international artist Jackie Bird. The community also hosted the Mother Corn celebration.
Bird, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, as well as the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota tribes, shared her talents with students at the school.
She encouraged students to paint in a coloring book she’s had published. Students created parfleche boxes. (Small cardboard boxes covered with canvas, painted with Arikara designs.)
Along with having the Missoula Children’s Theater visit, the school hosted international artist Jackie Bird. The community also hosted the Mother Corn celebration.
Bird, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, as well as the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota tribes, shared her talents with students at the school.
She encouraged students to paint in a coloring book she’s had published. Students created parfleche boxes. (Small cardboard boxes covered with canvas, painted with Arikara designs.)
