Monastery closure affecting Indian cultural center
MARVIN, S.D. (AP) — The upcoming closure of the Blue Cloud Abbey monastery in northeast South Dakota is leaving the future of its American Indian Culture Research Center in doubt.
MARVIN, S.D. (AP) — The upcoming closure of the Blue Cloud Abbey monastery in northeast South Dakota is leaving the future of its American Indian Culture Research Center in doubt.
Center director Colleen Cordell tells the Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/KZnknp) that the planned August closure will also close the center, which houses a collection of photographs and artifacts that document the history and culture of the Dakota people.
Cordell says the center's board must find a new home for 40,000 photos, hundreds of taped oral histories, countless books and pieces of clothing and artifacts of the Dakota people.
She says everything will stay together, and board members want it located somewhere on the Plains.
The collection was established 45 years ago by the Rev. Stan Maudlin, called Wambdi Wicasa, or Eagle Man, by the Dakota.
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Information from: Argus Leader, http://www.argusleader.com
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