5/21/2011 | Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park | Miami, MO
The eight of nine American Indian symbols to be painted for a permanent exhibit will be completed on Saturday, May 21 at Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park. Artist C.R. Red Corn from the Osage Nation of Oklahoma will come to Missouri’s American Indian Cultural Center to paint. He will be there throughout the afternoon working on the symbol, so progress can be viewed at different stages.
Traditionally, American Indians would paint symbols and pictures on a hide to record an important event or tell a story about some aspect of their life. Each tribal council will approve a simple emblem representing its people and appoint an artist to come to Missouri to paint it on the hide. The symbol can either be traditional or contemporary. The nine tribes interpreted at the center include the Otoe-Missouria, Osage, Ioway, Delaware, Illinois-Peoria, Kanza (Kaw), Kickapoo, Shawnee, and Sac and Fox.
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