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A print of a ledger art painting by artist Evans Flammond Sr. was among the items on display and for sale at the Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center. (Yellowstone Gate photo by Ruffin Prevost)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This story has been updated as of August 31, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. MT to correct the spelling of the Muscogee Nation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLD FAITHFUL, Wyo. \u2014 One of the earliest and most destructive foundational myths about Yellowstone National Park was that just a small number of Indigenous people had long ago made only a limited seasonal use of the area. Or that Natives avoided the park altogether out of a \u201cfear of evil spirits\u201d connected to geysers and other thermal features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artist Evans Flammond Sr. paints a deer hide at the Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center near Old Faithful. (Yellowstone Gate photo by Ruffin Prevost)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That myth has since been comprehensively disproven by nearly 2,000 archaeological sites identified within the park showing an Indigenous presence there dating back at least 11,000 years. But the convenient canard was often repeated by encroaching whites and early Yellowstone administrators as justification for excluding tribes from the park, while promoting it as a tourist wonderland for well-heeled Easterners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now, building on a pilot program that began last year, the Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center is offering dozens of Native American artists, scholars, performers, craftspeople and other presenters (many of whom live in Wyoming and Montana) a place where they can interact directly with visitors and share their longstanding connections with the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is a lot of nice energy coming through this place,\u201d said artist Evans Flammond Sr. on August 10 while painting a deer hide at the Center, located just steps away from Old Faithful Geyser. \u201cIt\u2019s as comfortable as my studio at home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Sicangu Lakota of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Flammond lives in Oglala, South Dakota and is one of 37 presenters featured at the Center this summer and through mid-October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yellowstone Tribal Heritage center visitors Shari Burnum and Hal Jones browse artwork on display by artist Evans Flammond Sr. (Yellowstone Gate photo by Ruffin Prevost)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Flammond was making productive use of his nine-day residency at the Center earlier this month, working on a range of hide paintings, ledger art and other projects while visitors stopped to ask questions or \u201cchew the fat about different art techniques,\u201d as he put it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most people want to know how long he has been painting or where he\u2019s headed next. But others sometimes make an emotional connection with his art, Flammond said, which is one of his favorite things about painting in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can also guarantee you that there\u2019s some up-and-coming artist, whether he\u2019s 10 years old or 50, that will see something I\u2019m doing and pick up on a technique I show them, and they\u2019ll remember that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning a lot<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alyssa McGeeley, a member of the Muscogee Nation and coordinator for the Center, said she has learned a lot herself since the facility opened in May 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One presenter captivated audiences with a discussion and display of edible and medicinal plants, McGeeley said. Several traditional woven bags that were part of the collection turned out to be not only functional and beautiful, she learned, but also used for food storage, because they were made from natural materials that deterred rodents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGeeley said she enjoys watching park visitors learn about the heritage and present-day cultures of the 27 tribes recognized by the National Park Service as having historical and current connections to Yellowstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visitors to the Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center peruse works of art and other items on display there. (Courtesy photo from Alyssa McGeeley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Located in what was once the historic Haynes Photo Shop, the approximately 1,500-square-foot center includes a workspace for visiting artists and presenters and a book and gift shop area. Artists typically fare well in selling their wares alongside educational materials and other items, McGeeley said, particularly when a rush of people arrive immediately after Old Faithful erupts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center is a cooperative effort between the National Park Service and Yellowstone Forever, the official nonprofit partner of Yellowstone National Park. It has also received financial support from the National Park Foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is one of several projects that grew out of discussions leading up to the park\u2019s 150th anniversary last year seeking to invite and sustain active Native presences in Yellowstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking in 2022 about those efforts, Superintendent Cam Sholly said the Park Service was looking at \u201cengaging tribes at much, much higher levels and having them back in the park with us regularly and engaging visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partnerships formed with tribes last year were \u201ca launching point for the future, not just a one-time thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fundraising underway<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fundraising is already underway to continue the Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center in the same location next year, bringing together another roster of presenters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For visitors like Hal Jones and Shari Burnum, who had traveled from Alabama and were spending time in the Center to watch Flammond paint, it was a welcome bonus attraction at Old Faithful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSeeing these people who were originally here again having a place like this at the table, that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about,\u201d said Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got people coming in from all over the world, and to have people here who can speak to them about their heritage here is great,\u201d Burnum said. \u201cAnd what they create can become a lifelong memorial of your visit. It\u2019s not just a typical gift shop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flammond said he doesn\u2019t mind when visitors ask questions about Native life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center Coordinator Alyssa McGeeley said she enjoys interacting with and learning from presenters and visitors at the facility near Old Faithful. (Courtesy photo from Jacob Frank)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes they ask us if we still live in tepees,\u201d he said. \u201cIn a way, it\u2019s kind of a legitimate question if that\u2019s all TV and movies show. It don\u2019t offend me. But there are more and more Native American film directors out there, so one day the world will pretty much know not to ask that question.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGeeley said some visitors tell her she\u2019s the only Native American they have ever met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI tell them that they probably have met Native people, they just don\u2019t know it,\u201d she said with a laugh. \u201cIt\u2019s not like we all walk around in buckskins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some visitors might be uncomfortable learning details about the many ugly truths surrounding how Indigenous people have been mistreated throughout American history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, McGeeley said, sharing and hearing those facts and stories are an important part of healing past wounds, and besides, \u201cunderstanding the history doesn\u2019t make you responsible for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center is open through Oct. 14 with presenters on hand 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Check out the schedule and other details <\/em>here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republished with permission from Wyoming Truth<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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