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2—Havre Daily News, Friday Evening, March 22, 1968mWmlit.SaturdayTake NewLowmAP Television-Radio WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Network pus;television turned its attention tochildren Thursday.upfan?It has been a period when the networks have all been gettingcriticism about their Saturdaymorning program lineup of car toon shows.Networks are pretty ruthlessabout prime time programming.Aii evening series that fails towin or place in the Nielsen raceis usually replaced at the earliest possible moment. The Saturday morning lineup apparent- riva ly has involved the networks*getprecious images so something has been done.The first event was a midweek announcement by the edu-wnational network, in financial collaboration with two foundations and the U.S. government, that it would turn out a 26-weekSaturdayREFURBISHING — Among the important costume items being cleaned and restored under theMuseum of the Plains Indian conservation project is this handsome beaded buckskin shirt andeagle feather bonnet with trailer, once owned and worn by the noted Blackfeet, Wades-in-the-Water, which was presented as a gift to the museum’s permanent collection in 1952 by the GreatNorthern Railway. Ramon Gonyea, the museum’s acting curator, holds the shirt decorated withunique beadwork arm panels, while Mrs. Nora Spanish (center), manager of the Blackfeet TribalCrafts Association, and Mrs. Nellie Menard, arts and crafts specialist of the Sioux IndianMuseum, Rapid City, S.D., view eagle feather bonnet and trailer. (Photo by U.S. Dept, of Interior,Indian Arts and Crafts Baird)Indian Craftsmen at WorkPreserving American HeritageThe Indian Arts and CraftsBoard of the U.S. Departmentone of the nation’s expertsPlains Indian art. She lias workedlias undertaken the delicate anddemanding work of cleaning ancseries of daily programs aimed at the preschool crowd and stressing the educational aspects of entertainment.By extraordinary coincidence,less than 24 hours later, NBC said it would present a “new concept” of programming onmornings starting next September—an hour of child-oriented programs that would consist of high grade cartoons, music and games, plussome repeat performances of special children's shows that have won good notices from adult critics.Within hours, came word from CBS of “a major new creation” on Saturday mornings, also starting in September. That network plans to return to the old gentle “Bugs Bunnv type of cartoon—as opposed toshows starring monsters, spooksand supermen—for two andone-half hours weekly. CBS hopes to turn out some special travel and real-life adventureof the Interior lias employedon Sioux Indian reservations in refurbishing the museum’s ex- shows, too.11 expert Indian craftsmen from Montana and South Dakota in thethe Dakota area since 1939, and tensive collection of eagle fea-Aaid loth have plans for sepositionther bonnets. Mrs. Menard has 1 those many-part cliffimplementation of a major project to conserve the collections of the Museum of the PlainsRapidworked in Indian craft programs hangers that used to fill moviesince 1957.The actual conservation worksince 1937, and during 1943 and theaters with young on SaturdayIndian in Browning. The con- las been contracted tothe Black-1944 served as acting curator of the Museum of the Plainsmornings.Neither revision of programservation project has been unfeet Tribal Arts and Crafts As- Indian and Crafts Center. Cur- m*ng, it was firmly stated, haddertaken to preserve the museum’s world- renowned col-sociation, a professional organization of Indian craftsmen fromlections devoted to Indian culture and to prepare importantspecimens from the museum’spermanent collections of 19thand early 20th century ethnol-ogical materials for installationin galleries at the museum whichthe Blackfeet Reservation, whichlias maintained its headquarters at the Museum of the Plains Indian since the museum’s founding in 1941. Mrs. Nora Spanish, manager of the association from 1939 to 1943 andrently she is serving as arts and crafts specialist at the board’s Sioux Indian Museum inbeen stimulated by the criticismof the cartoons now seen, andall plans were on network draftRapid City, S.D.Ramon Gonyea, acting curator of the Museum of the Plainsing boards long before the educational network announcementbeat them to the punch.Indian and Crafts Center,stressed that “the conservationMeanwhile, Thursday nightare scheduled for remodelingthis year.again since 1950, a native-born Blackfeet and noted Plains Inwork on the museum’s storage collections lias a two-fold value.there was the first production of the season from NBC's “Chil-The conservation work, themost extensive to be undertakenon the collections in the museum’s 26-year history, was contracted to the Blackfeet TribalCrafts Association who employed Indian craftsmen from the Browning area to undertake the delicate work involvingdian craftsman, is directing the work of nine of the expert Indian craftsmen, all of whom are also from the Browning area. The craftsmen include Darryl Blackman, Mrs. Louise Evans, Mrs. Mary Little Bull, Mrs. Katie Homegun, Mis. Nellie Buel, Mrs. Lena Cliampine, Mrs.In addition to accomplishing the urgently needed cleaning andrefurbishing of the specimensdren's Theatre”—“The Reluctant Dragon,” starring the puppet Kuklapolitan players and Fran Allison.to assure the preservation of■.... 11...this important collection for the tic value and historic signifi-future, this work lias also ne- cance to both the state of Mon-cessitated a complete re-evaluation of each specimen in the museum’s extensive storage collections for exhibition andtana and to the Plains Indianculture area in general, the Indian Arts and Crafts Boardcleaning, refurbishing and re- Bridget Nlghtgun, Mrs. Ceclle educational activities under thehas planned to display these ‘never-before-seen’speci-ir operations.Over 500 specimens the museum’s extensive stor-Trombley, all Blackfeet, as wellfromage collections have alreadyas Mrs. Ruby Stiffarm, a Cree Indian born on Rocky Boy’s Reservation who now resides inmuseum’s expanding program. The majority of these specimens have never been on exhibitmens in the new interpretative exhibitions, which will add a considerable measure of educa-been restored by the craftsmenunder the first-year phase ofBrowning.In addition to the Montanato the general public. In recognition of their intrinsic aesthe-tional interest for the public’s benefit.”the project which is scheduled Indiari craftsmen working on thefor completion in May.The museum’s conservationproject, Mrs. Nellie Menard, aTONIGHTSioux Indian from South Dakota,THRU SATURDAYproject is one of the most unique of its kind ever conducted at aEVE. 6:45 9:30major American museum, forKIDS MAT. 1:15 SAT.-3 CARTOONS ADDEDthe project lias been organizedand implemented entirely by experts, all of whom are of American Indian descent.THIS ONE IS FAST, FUNNY AND WHOLESOME. . . Said McCall’s MagazineRamonacting curator since June of lastyear, and an Onondaga Indian from Syracuse, N.Y., planned and organized the project. Assisting Gonyea on the museum’sductsc. *t *■\*I* •%staff is Donald Magee, staff assistant, who has provided photographic documentation of theyour* *•ifJackTonywork, and Miss Loretta Fisher, secretary and registrar, both Blackfeet Indians from Brown-home?Lemmon Curtis WoodThe Great RaceAt. Ving.0*fAA (tTECHNICOLORPANAVISIONServing as technical consultant to the project is Miss Ella Lebow, curator of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board’s SiouxNo MatterWe can add7:009:10STARTS SUNDAY EVE.7:009:10Indian Museum and Crafts ten-Carrier Whole-IT TOOK 30 YEARS . . .terRapidLebow, of Cherokee descent,House Airwas born in Oklahoma and isConditioning30 HOURS AND\30 MINUTESTO EXPLODE THEThe Havre Daily NewsBIGGESTHAVRE DAILY NEWS, INC119 2nd St., Havre, Mont. 59501ROBBERY INkRIO . . .Official City, County Newspaper14RIFFIFI” STYLE.IWe re experts at installingV0:1prirM *eredby
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