The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1959-06-25

WIS. 83. beginning with a general
ng through July 3
ndrncc Day. a gigantic morning
floats. will prcccdc the one.day
Browning fairgrounds.
" The first ;ccpcc for the unuSu.
ally long Indian cncampmcnt wa,
Sc, up Wednesday, and today the
sacred bee: tongues and other
cd!hlcS used in the Medicine
!.ndg" ceremony are brlug pre-.
pared
4 Contrary to last weeks pub.
li>hcd report. Grow Chief will
not go on fast. Instead Joe Bird
Ea;tlcr. Sr. will serve as Mcdl.
cine Man. and he and the Mcdl
cine Woman. Maggie Found \
Gun RccviS. will observe a fas.
lasting about four days. Crow
Chief will conduct and supervise
the rites that will include fast.
ing. sacrifices and prayers.
General cncampmcnt for the
Medicine Lodge will begin June
%. following preparatory rites.
On Tuesday. June 30. the Sweat
Lodge will be built for use in
qualification of the Medicine Man
and Medicine Woman. prior TO
the building Of the big Sun Lodge
which will take place on July |.
nS shn 4
is the climax Of the ancient ritual
and II is at this time the Medicine
Man Will declare the success of
the entire ceremony and reveal
whether or not his prayers and
sacrifices have been received
with pleasure.
On July , the customary ccrc.
monial dancing will take place
throughout the entire day with
all Indians participating. thus eli
making the traditional and date.
less religion ceremony that may
possibly be the last of its kind
to be held.
\ double.barrclcd progra
opens July ! with the first day
of the North American Indian
Days celebration and the Ameri.
can Legion sponsored rode0. BY
this date /: is expected that n
record cncampmcnt will have ar.
rived and set up their lodges 10
take part IN the colorful and ira.
r!'ional festivities of dancing
-, make up the larger part o.
the program Dancing. honors. cx.
change u! gifts and other dcd!.
Gated ccrcmonials will be carried
out Al this time. and on through
July :, the closing date q! tn.
celebration.
Tribes from all over the entire
northwest and Canada will al.
tend. each adding their own ma.
tive dress. dance and color 10 the
program. For those who hayr
never seen 4 ceremonial Of thu,
Kind. a great treat is in store for
them. II Is like a page GU, of the
past. far exceeding any movie
production ever filmed. IN color.
authenticity and entertaining
quality
To pvblieize the varied and
unusual soinss.on in Browning
two television programs BY tho
e!sekfeet I~dians have been
scheduled. The first will be 70.
morrow. Fridey. June Is. over
cJlH.Tv IN le,hbridse. Al.
bcrss. with . 20.minvte show
time between ! and } pm.
The second. the big one. will
be the next day. Saturday after.
noon. juno ~. over Channel S
kFeB.rv ~ Great Fails. i'm.
medis:cly following the after
noon baseball game. This show
will be about an hour LONG.
maybe an hour and q hsN,
perhaps longer.
l'"oN ding tn" bulk of the FIRST
t"l"r1" program viii be the fam.
GUS S'arr School Dancer. under
the direction of Earl OH Person.
and the appearance "f Jam Waite
Calf, Juniper odd Person. Dan
Bull Plume and possibly Others.
The color guard Of American L..
zion Post lo7 viii also appear
and will consist of Frank juneau.
Joe tpham. Jr. Evcrrt'c Arm.
strong and Gene Heavy Runner.
Others known to be going -
Lcthbridgc at press time are
Frank Greco. Jim White Calf. Jr
and Tom Jcsscpr
The Browning fairgrounds. al
jarcnt Immediately to the north
of the Plains Indian Museum. Is
one of the most cOlorful scenes
imaginable during an cncamp
nrnt. with from so to IS lodges,
and as many tents. rircling the
dancing area. with the majestic
mountains of Glacier Park form.
iOO TIM &u0se0en ka.k q en,.aA