The Painted Drum (PB) Animals Traci Sorell received a First

Traci Sorell received a First Peoples Fund Fellowship whose work embodies collective spirit and traditional values

Kokum attended a residential school for a number of years

Some of the photos show museum-quality sashes and belts acquired from Sac and Fox

and Rupert

and healing

The Painted Drum (PB) Animals Traci Sorell received a FirstLouise Erdrich, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is the award winning author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry, childrens books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. While appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family descended from a North Dakota Indian agent, Faye Travers is startled to discover a rare moose