Over a Century of Moving to the Drum
Salish Indian Celebrations on the Flathead Indian Reservation
by Johnny Arlee
illustrations by Tony Sandoval
and Corky Clairmont
photography by Rex C. Haight
published by Montana Historical Society Press and Salish Kootenai College Press
For over a hundred years, the Arlee Fourth of July Celebration, or Powwow, on the Flathead Indian Reservation has brought people together to honor the traditions of the Salish. Over a Century of Moving to the Drum: Salish Indian Celebrations on the Flathead Indian Reservation, by Salish teacher and spiritual advisor Johnny Arlee, offers a tribute to this longstanding event. Lavishly illustrated with pen and ink sketches of powwow scenes and photographs of powwows from the 1940s, the main narrative is based on interviews Arlee conducted with Salish elders in the 1970s. Excerpts of the interviews—and interviews with modern powwow participants—round out the volume.Â
104 pages, 11 x 8.5, 45 b/w photos, 21 illustrations, 1 map(s), 54 softcovers per case, Paperback
softcover
ISBN 10: 0917298578
ISBN 13: 9780917298578
$14.95
RELEASE DATE
01/01/1998
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Salish Indian Celebrations on the Flathead Indian Reservation |
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| Johnny Arlee is a Salish Indian teacher and cultural and spiritual advisor. Since September 1996, he has been an instructor for the Salish Kootenai College Salish Cultural Leadership Program. He lives in Arlee, Montana on the Flathead Indian Reservation with his wife Joan Arlee. Born in 1940 at St. Ignatius, Montana, Johnny was raised by his great-grandparents, Eneas and Isabella Granjo, in Arlee. From them he learned to speak the Salish language as his first language and learned about hunting, crafts, and traditional Salish life. | |