How People Learned to Fish
While Native American culture has struggled to survive through centuries of displacement, the stories and legends passed on from generation to generation refuse to die. Perhaps, this is due to their common, timeless message of peace and harmony with nature and all living things.
While cultures and customs varied, all Native American beliefs were rooted in a common belief ... the universe was bound together by the spirits within all natural life of plants, animals, humans, water, air and earth.
Read Lakota legend, How People Learned to Fish.
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Featured Artist - Alfreda Beartrack
Alfreda Beartrack is a multi-talented artist with a passion for her artistic creations. An artist since childhood, her work has evolved to a truly unique style.
Alfreda’s work depicts her Native American heritage - spiritual in nature and dating back to early Native American history or legend. Once a realist, she now regards herself an impressionist.
Several years ago, she discovered her current style of painting that has earned tremendous popularity.
Click here to read Alfreda Beartrack's biography.
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Curator's Corner
A museum is more than just an exhibition hall. Only a small part of the Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center’s collection is on display, while the larger part - both art and artifacts - is in storage.
New to www.aktalakota.org is Curator’s Corner by Dr. Markus Linder (pictured above). Lindner, a cultural anthropologist from Frankfurt, Germany, worked as a curator at the Akta Lakota Museum in February and March of 2008.
On the 10th of every month, new Curator’s Corner articles will be featured here (on the home page under Highlights). This section’s purpose is to explain the differences between exhibition and storage, art and artifacts and past and present. By presenting artwork and artifacts, this addition will give you a glimpse of Lakota history and culture.
Learn about the Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center's collection of Native American artifacts by reading Curator’s Corner now.
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