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- Sherman
- Twice served as Committeeman on the Kiowa Business Committee and previously served as Tribal Administrator and Program(s) Director for Kiowa Tribe and Kalispel Reservation in Washington State. Began full-time fine arts career in 1982 and have exhibited art works in numerous museums and established galleries across the United States and internationally. Education includes study at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM and at the University of Central Oklahoma at Edmond, OK. Honorably discharged from the U.S. Army with decorations from Viet Nam Service, 1968-69.
The Kiowa story of the Seven Sisters and the Bear is a story about having faith. Paraphrasing--In the book of Matthew 21: 21 it says you will say unto the mountain to be removed into the sea, and it shall be done. Faith is what accomplishes this.
ReplyDeleteThe Seven Sisters climbed onto a rock and pleaded (prayed to Daw-khee) with it to save them from the bear. The rock began to rise out of the ground. Who can say that the Sisters didn't have that degree of faith? Who can say that the rock--that nature--didn't response to their prayers?
We need that degree of faith today. Keep praying.
Does this mean, the KIC did recognize the CFR Court's jurisdiction in the event the BIA carried out an investigation? Seems we are in a fix!
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