This was going to be an experiment. At the Top of the Hop, professor Bruce Duthu talked to Andre Bouchard, curator of the show, and Jami Powell, Associate Curator of Native American Arts at the newly re-opened Hood Museum. Andre is the only agent for Native artists in North America (and he is looking for an intern), and Jami is one of the few Native people curating Native art.
The show was in the Bentley, and was well attended for artists that are relatively obscure.
The show opened with Storme Webber reading some poems with a backdrop of archive slides. This was a bit clumsy in that Storme said she had just reworked the stories, and also commented at several points about how she only had time to do several more, then one more. It seemed a bit disorganized. The stories seemed kind of random, and the best parts were when she broke into song
The second part was a trio of singers doing songs from the Carlisle Project. This was in relation to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School founded in 1879 in Carlisle, PA. The songs were well done, particularly Sarah Corey.
The last, and my favorite act, was Scotti Clifford and Spirits Cry. This was father Scotti with 19-year old son Welby June, and 17-year old daughter Wahpe Louella on drums. They did some fun uptempo rock songs, and it was a good way to end the evening.