Born in Idaho, Arvel was raised in Utah and Arizona where he began his 11 years of classical violin training. He attended Arizona State University on a music scholarship, later transferring to University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana. There he began to compose and improvise, learning to play bluegrass, Celtic, folk, country and old-time music. Arvel's mix-blood heritage of Southern Paiute and Scottish ancestry is now the inspiration for his own unique style of music.
For eleven years Arvel enjoyed touring with Glen Campbell, Clay Walker, Louise Mandrell, Tom T. Hall, Ray Price, Loretta Lynn and others. Now as a recording artist, Arvel tours internationally to a growing legion of fans. He is undoubtedly the best-known Native American violinist touring today. Arvel has shared the stage with other big names in mainstream music such as the Gatlin Brothers, Shenandoah, and Highway 101 and Native American music including R. Carlos Nakai, Bill Miller, Robert Tree Code, Jim Boyd and Micki Free .
This award-winning violinist has released 10 CDs and one DVD since 2002. Four of the CDs have been nominated in several categories for the coveted Native American Music Awards and the Indian Summer Music Awards.
His enthusiasm for the tradition of Native American fiddling and Native American spirituality radiates from each note and spoken word. In addition to his inspired violin solos, Arvel has incorporated Native flute, rattle and chants into his already eclectic musical experience - from classical to country and bluegrass to jazz — making him a truly versatile and interesting performer. This versatility shines throughout many compositions as he easily transitions from violin to flute to fiddle.
Check out his website: http://www.arvelbird.com/bio.html
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Quotes
"The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground she returns to us." -
Big Thunder - Wabanaki Algonquin
Big Thunder - Wabanaki Algonquin
Today in history...
1836: 900 Creek Indians from Eneah Emathla's Band, are captured. They are shipped west, in chains, to catch up to the Creeks that have already left for the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). The Battle of Brushy Creek also takes place in Cook County, Georgia.
1854: According to their Indian Agent, 200 Sacs and Foxes, are attacked by a force of 1500 Comanches, Kiowas, Osage, and Apaches near Smoky Hill, 100 miles west of Fort Riley, in central Kansas. The Sac and Foxes are armed with rifles, and they prevail over their better number adversaries. The Sacs report only six killed, the other Indians have as many as twenty-six killed, and 100 wounded. Both sides are surprised the Sac and Foxes win the fight.
1854: According to their Indian Agent, 200 Sacs and Foxes, are attacked by a force of 1500 Comanches, Kiowas, Osage, and Apaches near Smoky Hill, 100 miles west of Fort Riley, in central Kansas. The Sac and Foxes are armed with rifles, and they prevail over their better number adversaries. The Sacs report only six killed, the other Indians have as many as twenty-six killed, and 100 wounded. Both sides are surprised the Sac and Foxes win the fight.
A Brief History of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation—OBSN for short—is a small Indian community located primarily in the old settlement of Little Texas, Pleasant Grove Township, Alamance County, North Carolina.
Until the middle part of the 20th century, the community was largely occupied in agricultural pursuits, sometimes supplemented by day wage labor jobs or jobs in nearby factories. In recent decades the numbers of people engaged full or part time in agriculture has declined significantly, and most working adults in the community now work in offices, or as skilled workers and craftsmen, or in the few remaining factories in the area.
The OBSN community is a lineal descendant of the Saponi and related Indians who occupied the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia in pre-contact times, and specifically of those Saponi and related Indians who formally became tributary to Virginia under the Treaties of Middle Plantation in 1677 and 1680, and, who under the subsequent treaty of 1713 with the Colony of Virginia agreed to join together as a single community. This confederation formed a settlement at Fort Christianna along the Virginia/North Carolina border in what is now Brunswick County, Virginia. The confederation included the Saponi proper, the Occaneechi, the Eno, the Tutelo, and elements of other related communities such as the Cheraw. All of these communities were remnants of much larger Siouan communities that had lived in North Carolina and Virginia in prehistoric times.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.occaneechi-saponi.org/history.html
Until the middle part of the 20th century, the community was largely occupied in agricultural pursuits, sometimes supplemented by day wage labor jobs or jobs in nearby factories. In recent decades the numbers of people engaged full or part time in agriculture has declined significantly, and most working adults in the community now work in offices, or as skilled workers and craftsmen, or in the few remaining factories in the area.
The OBSN community is a lineal descendant of the Saponi and related Indians who occupied the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia in pre-contact times, and specifically of those Saponi and related Indians who formally became tributary to Virginia under the Treaties of Middle Plantation in 1677 and 1680, and, who under the subsequent treaty of 1713 with the Colony of Virginia agreed to join together as a single community. This confederation formed a settlement at Fort Christianna along the Virginia/North Carolina border in what is now Brunswick County, Virginia. The confederation included the Saponi proper, the Occaneechi, the Eno, the Tutelo, and elements of other related communities such as the Cheraw. All of these communities were remnants of much larger Siouan communities that had lived in North Carolina and Virginia in prehistoric times.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.occaneechi-saponi.org/history.html
Hopkins doctors head to Indian reservation
By Brendan Brown
Some of them have been on humanitarian aid missions in post-Katrina Louisiana and in Bosnia.
Today, doctors and medical personnel from the Maryland Defense Force and state Air National Guard will make their way to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, giving support while learning in the process.
"It's 24/7 out here," said Randy Jordan, administrative officer for the hospital. "We have a very busy E.R. and a lot of sick people."
Seven doctors and one clinical nurse specialist from the MDDF will join almost 50 Air National Guardsmen from the 175th medical group for two weeks at the Rosebud Public Health Service Indian Hospital.
Read more here: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/07_09-28/NBH
Some of them have been on humanitarian aid missions in post-Katrina Louisiana and in Bosnia.
Today, doctors and medical personnel from the Maryland Defense Force and state Air National Guard will make their way to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, giving support while learning in the process.
"It's 24/7 out here," said Randy Jordan, administrative officer for the hospital. "We have a very busy E.R. and a lot of sick people."
Seven doctors and one clinical nurse specialist from the MDDF will join almost 50 Air National Guardsmen from the 175th medical group for two weeks at the Rosebud Public Health Service Indian Hospital.
Read more here: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/07_09-28/NBH
Murals at West are 'great asset'
By Travis Coleman
As the often-shared legend goes, Chuck Raymond was 4 years old when he massaged a ball of clay into the form of a face and proudly displayed it to his grandmother."
She saw that and said, 'That boy is going to be an artist all his life,'" said Grace Linden, curator of history at the Sioux City Public Museum. "It was a real-looking figure. They knew he had natural talent."
Raymond, a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, went on to brush his way into cultural history by becoming the most famous artist to come from the Winnebago tribe. And until his death in 1989, he taught many people about daily American Indian life along with creating sports scenes and portraits of well-known people."
He wanted to show people what they did, how they hunted and their families," Linden said.
Raymond's impact in Siouxland was part of the reason the Sioux City Community School District wanted to dispel rumors that four murals by him at West High School would be painted over when new artwork was created for the school this summer.
"These murals are a great asset to our school and community," said James Vanderloo, West High principal. "There has never been a discussion to move, alter or paint over this wonderful work."
Read more here: http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/07/11/news_living/local/8a8c19fea0f349a48625731500038163.txt
As the often-shared legend goes, Chuck Raymond was 4 years old when he massaged a ball of clay into the form of a face and proudly displayed it to his grandmother."
She saw that and said, 'That boy is going to be an artist all his life,'" said Grace Linden, curator of history at the Sioux City Public Museum. "It was a real-looking figure. They knew he had natural talent."
Raymond, a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, went on to brush his way into cultural history by becoming the most famous artist to come from the Winnebago tribe. And until his death in 1989, he taught many people about daily American Indian life along with creating sports scenes and portraits of well-known people."
He wanted to show people what they did, how they hunted and their families," Linden said.
Raymond's impact in Siouxland was part of the reason the Sioux City Community School District wanted to dispel rumors that four murals by him at West High School would be painted over when new artwork was created for the school this summer.
"These murals are a great asset to our school and community," said James Vanderloo, West High principal. "There has never been a discussion to move, alter or paint over this wonderful work."
Read more here: http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/07/11/news_living/local/8a8c19fea0f349a48625731500038163.txt
Groundbreaking American Indian lawyer dies
A Rosebud Sioux Reservation man, who was well-known for his legal career, died Tuesday.
Ramon Arthur Roubideaux, 82, died in Tucson, Ariz. He was born November 15, 1924, in Rosebud, and was an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, according to information provided by his family. They said Roubideaux was the first American Indian to be a private-practice attorney in the state.
He worked in several areas, including Fort Pierre and Rapid City. Before his legal career, Roubideaux was in the Air Force, where he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant and awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and three battle stars. On the advice of Congressman Francis Case, Roubideaux went to Washington, D.C., and began law school at George Washington University in October of 1946.
Roubideaux served as assistant to the chief clerk of the South Dakota House of Representatives in 1951 and 1953 sessions. He was appointed Assistant Attorney General in January of 1951. In 1954, he was appointed city attorney, and in 1956, he was elected states attorney for Stanley County on the Democratic ticket. He was re-elected states attorney for seven successive two-year terms. Roubideaux also served in a legal capacity in various American Indian groups and with several tribes through the years. He also served as a negotiator during the Wounded Knee occupation in 1973 on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. His Indian name was "Brave Eagle."
Roubideaux retired from his law practice in 2002 and later moved to Tucson with his wife to live with their daughter.He was a leader and a pioneer among his people, was a role model for generations of American Indian law students and lawyers, and his legacy will live on, his family said.
Ramon Arthur Roubideaux, 82, died in Tucson, Ariz. He was born November 15, 1924, in Rosebud, and was an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, according to information provided by his family. They said Roubideaux was the first American Indian to be a private-practice attorney in the state.
He worked in several areas, including Fort Pierre and Rapid City. Before his legal career, Roubideaux was in the Air Force, where he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant and awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and three battle stars. On the advice of Congressman Francis Case, Roubideaux went to Washington, D.C., and began law school at George Washington University in October of 1946.
Roubideaux served as assistant to the chief clerk of the South Dakota House of Representatives in 1951 and 1953 sessions. He was appointed Assistant Attorney General in January of 1951. In 1954, he was appointed city attorney, and in 1956, he was elected states attorney for Stanley County on the Democratic ticket. He was re-elected states attorney for seven successive two-year terms. Roubideaux also served in a legal capacity in various American Indian groups and with several tribes through the years. He also served as a negotiator during the Wounded Knee occupation in 1973 on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. His Indian name was "Brave Eagle."
Roubideaux retired from his law practice in 2002 and later moved to Tucson with his wife to live with their daughter.He was a leader and a pioneer among his people, was a role model for generations of American Indian law students and lawyers, and his legacy will live on, his family said.
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