Native American Cultural Celebration presents events
Minot, N.D. – Minot State University’s Native American Cultural Celebration will showcase birch bark biting artist Denise Lajimodiere on Tuesday, Nov. 27 and the Red Berry Woman Fashion Show on Thursday, Nov. 29.
Lajimodiere will present her art method and artwork at the Minot State University in the Multicultural Center, located on the first floor of the Student Center, at 3 p.m. She will present again at 7 p.m. on the third floor of the Student Center in the Westlie Room. Birch bark biting is an ancient folk art made by biting down on small pieces of folded birch bark to form intricate designs.
Lajimodiere is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and has been involved in education for 44 years, recently retiring as an associate professor from the education leadership program at North Dakota State University. Lajimodiere is also a traditional jingle dress dancer and poet. Her academic book “Stringing Rosaries: Stories from Northern Plains Boarding School Survivors” is slated for publication February 2019.
The Red Berry Woman Fashion show will take place on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Arts Center, located in the lower level of the Gordon B. Olson Library. Red Berry Woman is a fashion line that incorporates Native American traditional styles into contemporary couture garments for men and women. Red Berry Woman’s most recent representation of Native fashion was at this year’s Academy Awards when activist Alice Brownotter of the Standing Rock Nation joined singer/songwriter Andra Day on stage.
Norma Baker-Flying Horse, an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, began Red Berry Woman four years ago but started her design work at the age of 16, creating dance outfits for various Native American cultural events. Her work has been worn by tribal members representing their Native nation from politics to pageants to the film industry. Additional information about Baker-Flying Horse and her work can be found online at redberrywoman.com or on Facebook.
For more information about either event, please contact Annette Mennem, Native American Center director and Diversity Council co-chairperson, at annette.mennem@MinotStateU.edu
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| Published: 11/21/18 |
