Koshare Indian Kiva News

La Junta Colorado’s
Koshare Indian Museum
Where Cultural Heritage Comes Alive!
Summer 2011
Located At:
115 West 18th Street
La Junta, Colorado
Contact Us:
PO Box 580
La Junta, CO 81050
719.384.4411
[email protected]
Koshare News
Summer is Heating Up
at the Koshare Museum
Find us . . .
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On the Web
www.koshare.org
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On FaceBook
Mark Your Calendars
 June Artist: John Mendoza
 July/August Artist: Tom
Photos courtesy of Margaret Bonham
Owen
 October Art Event:
Celebrating the Life and Art
of Woodrow Crumbo
 Summer Shows all begin @
7:30 pm
June: 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15,
18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 27
July: 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16,
17, 20, 22, 23
Summer Tour Shows:
See Page 7
The Koshare Dancers have a busy summer.
They are doing 23 shows in their home Kiva.
On the road, they will perform 16 shows in
19 days.
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A Letter to Our Alumni & Friends:
In October, 2010, the Koshare Foundation requested your help in sustaining the Koshare organization.
Your response has been significant. To date, the alumni have contributed nearly $20,000. Both the Foundation
Board and the Museum Board are truly grateful for your support, your commitment and your belief in a
program that was an important part of your youth.
Within this summer newsletter you will find updates about the activities of the Koshare Dancers and the
Museum. As you can see, your staff and volunteers are continuing to create wonderful opportunities for
Arkansas Valley youth while taking good care of the art and artifacts entrusted to them.
The Foundation Board has been working diligently on its fund raising efforts. This spring, we elected two
new Trustees to our Board:
 Jan Stewart Clark, a native of La Junta and retired attorney now living in the Washington, D.C. area;
 Minisa Crumbo Halsey, the daughter of Woody Crumbo, is an artist and documentary film maker. She
lives in Oklahoma.
Both individuals have been invaluable to our board and planning. The Trustees meet on a monthly basis to
review and discuss the progress of our strategy for fund raising. Since we are not able to fund an administrative position at this time, the Trustees have assumed the roles of “work horses,” along with Susie Sarlo’s
continuing efforts in an unfunded position. We remain confident that our efforts will come to fruition. To that
purpose, we would entertain any ideas or contacts you have who would support the ideals of the organization.
Simply, contact Kate Shand Larkin at [email protected]
Katherine Shand Larkin, Foundation Board Chair
This has been a challenging couple of years for the Museum Board of Directors. Financially, we have had
to deal with the slow economy, a reduction in the number of Scout visitors, and a corresponding reduction in
income from the gift shop. In order to pay the bills, the Board was forced to liquidate the Lindsley Trust so that
we could reduce our debt and meet payroll. Fortunately, the level of income is slowly coming back and we
hope to be able to pay back the money from the trust in a year or two. In the meantime, we are depending on
alumni and friends to continue or even increase the level of support. I would ask that those of us who were
fortunate enough to grow up during the “golden age” of the Koshares consider what the organization meant
to us and to support our efforts to offer the same kind of experience to the young people of the Valley today.
Although there have been wonderful plans drawn up to increase the size of the museum and improve the
collection, at this time the thing that makes the Koshares stand out among programs is the opportunities
offered to our kids. Please help us keep that alive into the future.
We have, perhaps, the two best young men we could find leading the organization right now. Jeremy
Manyik and James McKnight have teamed up to both honor the legacy that Buck left us and to move the club
forward. These two put in HUNDREDS of hours in leading us forward and deserve our thanks. (As a side
issue, the Board wants, very much, to increase our staff level a little to take some pressure off these two, but it just takes
money).
If you visit or call, please thank these guys for their efforts, I know Buck would be proud!! If you have
questions or comments please contact Don Cadwallader (Kiowa, 1966), the president of the Board, at
[email protected] or call 970-302-5421.
Don Cadwallader, Museum Board President
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Summer Artists of the Month
Koshare Museum Board
President:
Don Cadwallader
Vice President:
June: John Mendoza ~
Pueblo, Colorado: Watercolor
Rick Wallner
Committee Chairs
Collections:
Don Cadwallader
Mike Engle
Steve Irvin
Facilities:
Jim Rizzuto
Finance/Budget:
Jim Rizzuto
Liaison to Foundation:
John Gonzales
Government Liaisons:
Jake Klein & Dan Hyatt
Marketing:
Nancy Harrison
Policy/Discipline:
Scott Eckhart & Ken McNerney
Special Events/Fundraising:
Scott Eckhart
Legal Advisor to Board:
Philip “Dean” Malouff
Koshare Foundation Board
Chair:
Kate Shand Larkin
Vice Chair:
Art Wilkonson
Secretary:
M. Jon Kolomitz
Trustees:
Sally Inge Buikema
Minisa Crumbo
James Dillard
John Gonzales
Jan Stewart-Clark
Legal Advisors: Jackson-Kelly
Ex-Officio Members:
Mark Driscoll
Lynn Griffee Post
July/August: Tom Owen ~
Colorado Springs, Colorado: Watercolor and Acrylic
~ Three Generations ~
O
n June 18,
there were
three generations from the
Fowler family dancing on
the Kiva floor. Father, Bob
Fowler,(1967 La Junta
High School graduate);
son, Nathan Fowler,
(2005 La Junta High
School graduate), and
grandson, Gage Mayo
(new to the Koshare
Dancers this season).
According to grandpa Bob, dancing
with his son and grandson was a fabulous
experience—one he would like to repeat
again during the summer.
For young Gage, he found the
experience ―way cool.‖ Three generations
as participating members illustrate the positive impact the
Koshare Dancer program has
for kids of all ages. It is still
relevant 78 years after it’s
humble beginnings in 1933.
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Celebrating the 100th Birthday of
T
he artist who may best
define the history of the Koshare
Museum is Woodrow Wilson
(Woody) Crumbo. Woody was
the first artist to display at the
Koshare Indian Museum on
November 13, 1949, at the
formal dedication of the building.
That same day the Koshare
Dancers purchased the Eagle Dancer from Woody. More
importantly, Woody Crumbo was a friend, mentor and
advisor to the Museum and its youth program for decades.
In 1933, he led a group of 13 dancers on a
tour of many Indian reservations in the nation. His
instruction of Indian arts and crafts took him to
camps and programs in Colorado where he taught
Boy Scouts, inspiring many young boys to become
interested in American Indian culture. His work with
the Scouts lasted for several decades.
While living in Taos, New Mexico, Woody
worked with the Taos Pueblo Scout troop headed
by Eliseo Concho. On a few occasions the Taos
Scouts, Eliseo and Woody would make a trip to
La Junta and perform in the Koshare Kiva.
In 2012, the Crumbo family will celebrate
Woody’s 100th birthday. They will kick off the
birthday celebration at the Koshare Museum in
October 2011.
Special celebrations and a month-long exhibit of his
paintings, sketches and letters will be on display. After the
first of the year, there will be special celebrations at the
Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mr. Crumbo’s
home state.
Woody Crumbo was born in 1912 on his
mother's reservation allotment near Lexington,
Oklahoma. Born into the Potawatomi Nation, Woody
was orphaned at age seven and his education was
stopped for ten years. He was raised among the Sioux,
and it was there that his prowess as a dancer and flutist
was developed. At age 17, he resumed his education
when he enrolled in the eighth grade at the Chilocoo
Indian School and began the study of art, anthropology,
and history.
He continued his education at the
American Indian Institute in Wichita, Kansas, Wichita University, and
studied mural technique with Olaf
Nordmark, watercolor with Clayton Henri Staples, and painting and
drawing with Oscar Brousse Jacobson.
During those years, Crumbo earned his living as
an Indian dancer, and his reputation for excellence
quickly spread.
Crumbo sings during a performance at the Koshare
Kiva. Circa 1950.
In October of 1968, Woody and his family
moved to La Junta, Colorado, and he became the
community's most famous artist in residence. But he
was much more than that to the Koshare Dancers.
From the start, he attended Scout meetings,
dance practices, and handicraft sessions. He accompanied the Koshares on many of their performance
tours. He also helped clean and revarnish many of
the paintings in the Koshare collection.
Woody became an Honorary Member of
the Koshare Dancers in 1968 and was elected a
Koshare Key Leader in 1970.
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Woody Crumbo: American Indian Artist
Spotted Wolf’s Last Request
Crumbo’s famous painting, Spotted Wolf's Last
Request was inspired to commemorate the American
Indians who participated in the U.S. Armed Services.
For his subject, he used the request of PFC Clarence
Spotted Wolf, a Sioux Indian, who wanted to be honored with a parade by his people should he be killed
in action during World War II. Shortly after he made
his request, Spotted Wolf
died defending his country. Crumbo's tribute, a
documentary about Indian
loyalty for their national
soil, is owned by the
Koshare Dancers and
hangs in the Koshare
Indian Museum.
Crumbo and Museums
In 1932, the San Francisco Museum of Art
bought 22 of Crumbo’s paintings; they remain in the
museum’s collection today. In 1938 Crumbo
accepted the offer to become Director of Art at
Bacone College, a position held for three years.
While at the college, Crumbo designed and
constructed the stained glass window in the Rose
Chapel. It is possibly the only Indian-created and
Indian religion motif stained glass window in the
world. The smaller windows in the Chapel were also
made by him.
During the summer months
from 1939 to 1941, Crumbo and a
few other Indian artists were
commissioned by the U.S. Department of Interior to paint murals in
the Interior Department building in
Washington, D.C.
Buffalo Hunt,
Crumbo’s study for
Interior Department murals.
In 1945, Crumbo's contributions and talents
were acknowledged when he was selected for the annual
Julius Rosenwald Fellowship, the only American Indian
ever to receive the award. Also, from 1945 to mid-1948,
he was employed by the Thomas Gilcrease Institute in
Tulsa to assemble an American Indian art collection.
Most of the Indian art collection presently there was
selected by Crumbo.
In 1960, Woody Crumbo was named Assistant
Director of the El Paso, Texas, Museum of Art and in
1968, was appointed Director.
When the Philbrook Art Museum in Tulsa was
opened in 1939, the first Indian painting that it received
was Woody Crumbo's Deer and Birds. Approximately ten
years later, Crumbo was instrumental in getting Philbrook to sponsor an Indian art show. It became, and
remains the most important and best-known Indian art
show in the world. In 1976, as State Chairman of the
Oklahoma Indian Bicentennial Commission, he
persuaded the Gilcrease Institute to have an Oklahoma
Indian Bicentennial Art Show.
Both Queen Elizabeth of England
and the Museum of Modern Art, New
York City, own complete numbered sets
of Crumbo's etchings and silk screens.
Presidents of the United States, and
political leaders of other nations have
purchased his art. The art of Woody
Crumbo communicates the spirit of the
Winter
American Indian in harmony with nature
and all men. Crumbo was also a novelist and poet.
He died in 1989.
Of his career, he wrote: "Half of my life passed
in striving to complete the pictorial record of Indian
history, religion, rituals, customs, way of life, and
philosophies . . . a graphic record that a million words
could not begin to tell."
CRUMBO CELEBRATION
The Woodrow Crumbo 100th Birthday
Celebration and Exhibit are open to the public
Sunday, October 2, 2011
1:00 to 4:00 pm.
There will also be a showing of
Minisa Crumbo Halsey’s documentary
Spirit Talk.
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Preserving America’s Heritage
O
nce again,
Koshare staff and
its young leaders
participated in Preserve
America events. The first
week in May, Executive
Director Jeremy
Manyik and Koshare
Dancer, Destiny Jaramillo were part of a delegation to our nation’s capitol.
The trip was organized by Colorado Preservation, Inc. Students and teachers met with national
leaders to dialogue about engaging youth in historic
preservation, heritage education and public land
stewardship.
They shared recommendations and findings with
national leaders at the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation, the Departments of Interior and
Agriculture and members of the United States Senate
and House of Representatives and discussed how
youth can help maximize the potential of engaging
their generation in heritage education and awareness,
historic preservation and public lands stewardship
through the new America’s Great Outdoors
Initiative.
The delegation was grateful
for all the time various dignitaries, staff members and lobbyists took to talk with them
and tell them about their jobs.
They were especially well received by the staff of
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
Various lobbyists, staff and congressmen
described their jobs and how they got to Washington. A great many had started as interns. Jaramillo
may have changed her viewpoint on her own future
because of this conference. She was offered two
internships for summer work. Because the intern age
criteria is 16, Jaramillo (who was 15 at the time of
the trip) is considering an internship in 2012.
One is with the office of Senator Scott Tipton and
would be in Pueblo. The other is with the Architect of the Capitol who oversees the upkeep of
buildings such as the Supreme Court, the Library
of Congress, the botanical gardens and the U.S.
Capitol Buildings.
Colorado Preserve America
Youth Summit is a unique awardwinning program, administered by
Colorado Preservation, Inc., that
provides Colorado middle and
high school students and their teachers interactive,
goal-focused, results-oriented experiences to
foster their knowledge of our nation’s heritage,
gain knowledge about the complexity of balancing
sustainable use and historic preservation and cultivate life-long stewards of historic places.
Launched in 2007, eight Youth Summits have
motivated over 550 students in Summits held
across Colorado. There is no other program like
this in the country with a state-wide focus on
involving youth in decision making on preservation
and teaching with historic places.
The Koshares have participated in Preserve
America and Youth Summit events for four years.
[Reprinted from articles provided by the Colorado Youth Summit/
Preserve America office and The La Junta Tribune Democrat,
Bette Mc Farren, reporter.]
“If your actions inspire others
to dream more, learn more,
do more and become more,
you are a leader.”
~John Quincy Adams
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Follow the Koshares on Their
2011 Summer Promotional Tour
ITINERARY:
Leave La Junta on July 23—Return to La Junta August 11
Travel East with 16 performances in the following states:
* Colorado
Nova Scotia
* Nebraska
* Ohio
CANADA
* New York
* Ontario, Canada
* Quebec, Canada
* Nova Scotia
Return:
* Maine
* Pennsylvania
* Maryland
* Virginia
* Tennessee
* Texas
The Koshares embark on an extended summer tour, performing in ten different states, Ontario and Quebec, Canada
and Nova Scotia They will be touring with two other Scout groups, a collaboration which has built new friendships.
The three groups have also danced at Philmont Scout Ranch together this summer. According to Koshare Dancer,
Henry Kelley, Philmont is the ―greatest place to camp ever, and it is a great place for a Scouting experience.‖ Kelley
further added that working with the two other groups and focusing on the cultural meaning of what they each do,
―has brought out a renewal of what we do. Being a Koshare is a lifestyle.‖
Program Director James McKnight said the groups will be dancing in exchange for meals and a place to sleep. He also
talked about some of the stops they will be making. ―One of the highlights (especially for me) on the trip will be
visiting the Roycroft Center in Aurora, New York. The Roycroft Center was a printing and book binding business that
was started by Ralph Hubbard’s father in 1895. It is where he grew up and began most of his interest in the Native
American culture. I can’t wait!‖ [Hubbard was a major influence for the Koshare program back in the 1930s.]
Other stops along the way include: The Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and Camp Big Timber in
Elgin, Illinois - which was once the home of the famous Carl Parlaska and the Big Timber Dancers. ―All of these stops
carry a rich heritage of Native American Culture,‖ said McKnight, ―and we think they will be very beneficial to the
kids and leaders alike in explaining some of the origins of...our organization.‖
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Limited Edition
Shop the Kiva Trading
Post this summer.
Brand new items are
available from Indian arts
and crafts, to kid’s gifts, to
Colorado grown food.
Find extraordinary
pieces of jewelry,
pottery, kachinas
and other Indian
pieces of art at the
Trading Post.
BILL MILLER POSTER
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Only a select few left...
Mail Order—Call 719.384.4411 or
email [email protected]
[See poster to the left]
Congratulations to December
2010 Key Leaders:
Janet Berg: outgoing Museum
Board member
John Gonzales: Koshare alum &
Board member
Tom Malouff: Koshare alum
Rick Wallner: outgoing
Museum Board President
Shop the Trading Post for Colorado
foods, cultural books, children’s items
and more. Do your Christmas shopping
early at the Trading Post.
2010 M AIDEN A WARDS

Best dancer: Shae Haberman

Most Improved: Sydney
Romero

Congratulations to
Kristen Rains
who received the 2010
Key Leader
college scholarship.
Best Regalia: Madison Cuckow
2010 CHIEF’S AWARDS

Best dancer: Vincent Gearhart

Most Improved: Seth Nixon

Best Regalia: Taylor Rains
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Saying Farewell to an Old Friend
On May 22, 2011 the Koshares said good-bye to an old
friend, Joe Clay. Clay was a lifelong leader of the Boy Scouts
of America and the former director of the Koshare Museum
and Koshare Dancers. Most recently Clay was assisting the
Koshare Boy Scout Troop with its leadership training and
advancement.
A June 18th service in the Koshare Kiva in La Junta was
attended by about 100 people. Clay was 66 at the time of his
death. One of Joe’s boys, Koshare alum, Nick Bonham,
reporter for the Pueblo Chieftain, wrote the following article.
*************
Cops, Scout leaders and former Koshare dancers took
turns telling stories of Clay, who was remembered as an
adventurer, leader, a youth advocate and a father figure.
"Even though Joe never had any kids (he never married or
fathered any children), he raised so many kids and so many
people looked to Joe as a father that it's not even funny,"
said Terencio Franco-Neto. Of people at the memorial
service, "the majority were kids who called Joe 'Dad' at one
time in their life. I'm not the only one who looked at Joe as a
father figure," he said.
directors a lot of times. He was always the fill-in guy. It
came to the point that the board said, 'This is stupid. He
keeps filling in, why don't we give him the job.' And Joe
did sacrifice a lot to take the job, in retirement and
pay."
Manyik also credited Clay, a man who spoke his
mind, with keeping the dance program alive in the early
1990s when the board considered ending the youth
program and becoming an all-out museum.
"I wasn't at the board meeting, but in Joe's own
words, there was a point where the board considered
putting an end to the Koshares and he said 'I'll shoot
every one of you if you let this happen' ‖ said Manyik,
laughing at Clay's words.
Clay, who was born in Washington, D.C., served
four years in the Marines where he earned the rank of
sergeant and worked as an intelligence section chief.
He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of
Arkansas and master's in public administration from the
University of Colorado.
He also taught at Otero Junior College's Law
Enforcement Academy.
Franco-Neto, 31, of Brazil, came to live with Clay as a
high school exchange student in 1996. An only child raised
solely by his mother, Clay became a father figure for FrancoNeto, who returned in 2001 to live with Clay and pursue
college.
In Scouting, Clay earned numerous awards. For
many years he was a director at the San Isabel Scout
Ranch and he "helped lay the foundation for Philmont
programming as well as the Rocky Mountain High
Adventure Base," according to Philmont's website.
Today, Franco-Neto is a U.S. citizen and registered nurse
living in Denver. Clay and Franco-Neto's relationship grew
so that they called each other father and son.
Clay also was a member of the Rocky Mountain
Council's executive board and advisory council.
"He always encouraged kids to succeed on their own
and I'm a prime example. Everyone looked at me and said
'You can't (become a citizen). You come from a different
country. You speak a different language. What the hell are
you doing here?' Joe always stood by me and said 'You can
do this,' ‖ Franco-Neto said.
Jeremy Manyik, a former Koshare head chief and the
current museum director, said Clay, while employed with
the La Junta police department, filled in as interim program
director on numerous occasions.
"He officially became director in 1995, when he took
early retirement from the police department," where Clay
had worked since 1978, Manyik said. "Joe filled in between
He was preceded in death by his mother, Deliah
Frances Clay. He is survived by son, Franco-Neto;
adopted family, Mac and Melanie Jones, Bry (Katie)
Jones, Brad (Corrie) Jones; close friend, David Pearson;
numerous Scouts and Koshares.
"When it comes time to die, be not like those whose
hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their
time comes they weep and pray for a little more time
to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing
your death song, and die like a hero going home."
- Chief Aupumut (1725), Mohican
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BUILDING GENERATIONS OF LEADERS
Koshare Alum Chris Baker (La Junta High School
1980) has a long history with the Koshare organization.
His father was Head Chief in the 1950s. His mother and
aunt were involved as youngsters and his aunt, Sally
Buikema, currently serves on the Koshare Foundation
Board. His brothers were also Koshares and Baker was
Assistant Head Chief, serving with Head Chief,
Tom Malouff.
With a legacy like that, you might think that Chris
Baker could rest on his laurels, but once again, he
answered the call to duty. Retired from the military after
24 years and living in Colorado Springs, he asked what he
could do to help the organization. Staff said we needed
alumni to act as mentors and leaders to the new crop of
Koshares coming through the program.
Without hesitation, Baker has appeared at
practices, Scout meetings, and performances. He has
talked with individual dancers, alumni and staff. Once he
had a better understanding of the need, he attended a
meeting with the young dancers and provided insight
about making your own way in life and becoming the best
leader you can.
He told them of flying helicopter missions on
three different continents, of being responsible for the
lives of men. Baker explained that all his military duty and
his life now are the end of the story. The beginning of the
story started with the Koshares. Even though he started
dancing at the age of four or five, it took over six years
and a special weekend with Eliseo Concho, Taos Pueblo,
before he finally got the steps, understood the beat, and
the meaning of the dances.
Complimenting the young dancers this summer,
Baker told them he hadn’t seen anyone on the floor that
needed help with their dance steps the way he had. He
then thanked them for what they do, for the hard work
and sacrifices they are making and spoke of the future
they will have because of their experiences today. Below
are excerpts from his speech.
I’m here to tell you that the journey that you are
traveling right now – your parents getting divorced
or disasters happening right, left and center, financial situations being what they may, or not knowing
when they may close the doors on this beautiful
museum – that journey is all a part of who you will
become. With all of the anxiety and uncertainty
you deal with everyday as a teenager, I dealt with
much of that myself.
When you are 50 years old, it may make a little
more sense. The lessons that I learned, the spirit
that I brought with me from this beautiful museum,
from people much like you, still resonate in my life,
still challenge me to rise to the next level, to give
even more, to be even better.
Many of you along the way will fall, but that does
not mean anything. Today is what matters. The
Scout work that you do today is what matters, the
beads that you put on your costume matter.
The journey – your own journey matters. And I
will tell you that though you will have defeats, what
the Koshare organization has given you and what
you have decided to receive and what you have
decided to give back is worth more than you
understand now. It’s an honor to come back and
tell you that.
“The lessons that I learned…
still resonate in my life, still
challenge me to rise to the
next level, to give even more,
to be even better.”
I just wanted to stand before you and say thank
you for the gifts you give, for the path you’ve
chosen. I wish you a great journey. I’d like to tell
you it’s going to be easy. I’d like to tell you that
because you are a Koshare, you are going to be a
PH.D., an astronaut, and the president of the
United States so you can fix everything. It may
happen, but I don’t think the chances are very high.
Generations of Koshares have come before you
and chosen their own successful paths. You are
answering that call inside your heart and creating
your own path. You have answered that call in
everything that you do. The bounce of your step
on this wooden floor, the vibration of the wooden
drum, the murals on the side of the wall, the great
logs in the ceiling…all that makes a package. But
it’s your heart, your spirit, and your kindness that
helps bring it full circle and allows the world see
your worth.
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