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“Spirit Trails and Sky Beings: Mythical Scrolls of the Ojibway Nation” by Anthony LaFromboise

Presented by NDSU Memorial Union Gallery at NDSU Memorial Union

October 6-October 30, 2010

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NDSU University news- MU Gallery

“Spirit Trails and Sky Beings: Mythical Scrolls of the Ojibway Nation” by Anthony Richard LaFromboise Coming to the NDSU Memorial Union Gallery

Fargo, N.D.-Starting Oct. 6, Ojibway traditionalist Anthony Richard LaFromboise’s exhibit featuring stories scribed on birch bark scrolls will be on display at the North Dakota State University Memorial Union Art Gallery. The exhibit will run through Oct. 30. A reception date has yet to be announced.

LaFromboise is an Ojibway traditionalist from the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. He is one of only a few individuals remaining known as the “Keepers of the Scrolls.” His exhibit is a significant step in the preservation and continuation of this very rare tradition.

The tradition of storytelling is said by the Ojibway to have begun with the spirit Diibajimad, who taught a half-spirit, half-mortal being called Nanabosho. Nanabosho, in turn, taught mortals. Since then the tradition has passed from generation to generation through the memory aid of scrolls used to correctly and completely relay these narratives through an elaborate series of symbols called pictographs.

In addition to being a storyteller and scroll maker, LaFromboise is a birch bark basket maker, bead worker, dancer, singer, and basswood & cedar fiber bag maker.

With a BA in Social Work or Counseling from the University of Montana-Missoula and a MA in Education from the University of North Dakota, LaFromboise wishes to work with schools and projects that involve a social and educational component.

Many of the themes of the stories featured in LaFromboise’s exhibit involve issues of concern among children and families of today such as self-esteem and loneliness.

For more information visit http://www.ndaga.org/SpiritTrails/exhibit.html.

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Esther Hockett 701-231-8239

MU Art Gallery 701-231-7900

Ndsu.mugallery@ndsu.edu

www.ndsu.edu/mu

www.ndaga.org/SpiritTrails/exhibit.html