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Native Art Fundraiser: Harvest Moon Ball in Glacier National Park

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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Darrell Norman, featured 2009 artist at Harvest Moon Ball
Darrell Norman, featured 2009 artist at Harvest Moon Ball
Your invitation to the Harvest Moon Ball
Your invitation to the Harvest Moon Ball

I absolutely enjoy attending the Harvest Moon Ball in early fall at Glacier National Park. This is the annual community fundraising event sponsored by local Blackfeet Tribe of Montana citizens. It’s one of the greatest examples I’ve seen where a local reservation community draws upon its natural resources — the inherent artistic talent of tribal citizens — to make a positive difference for the future. In this case, the Harvest Moon Ball folks, led by Elouise Cobell and Steven Powell, have created a community foundation that continues to grow every year. In 2005, art auction and dinner tickets netted $56,000 for the Blackfeet Community Foundation. In 2007, organizers raised $97,000 on auction items. In recent years, the foundation draws upon home-grown artists, such as King Kuka, Ernie Pepion, Leonda Fast Buffalo Horse, David Dragonfly and Terrance Guardipee.

Early fall is a magical time of year to be in Glacier National Park. Mark your calendars for Sept. 26, 2009 and reserve a room at the grand Glacier Park Lodge in East Glacier, Mont.

Call Steven Powell in Browning, Mont. for more information: 406-338-2992

Jodi Rave

Darrell Norman's featured artwork at 2009 Harvest Moon Ball
Darrell Norman's featured artwork at 2009 Harvest Moon Ball

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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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