The Lakota Flute: Music and Art
1501 N. Poplar Street
Casper, WY 82601
United States
Event Description
Join the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center on Saturday, July 19 at 1 p.m. for the presentation "The Lakota Flute: Music and Art" by special guest Donovin Sprague.
From the family of Hump and Crazy Horse, Sprague is a faculty member of the art, history, and political science department at Sheridan College and has authored 10 books on American Indian history and historic photographs.
Sprague will introduce the audience to the Lakota flute, drum, and rattle and share their histories. As an artist who makes his own flutes, blows, buffalo horn spoons, and teaches American Indian art, he will also discuss his lifelong love of American Indian and contemporary modern music. In the modern world, Sprague has produced blues/rock music, playing the guitar and other stringed instruments. He also tans hide and will discuss the tanning process from rawhide to buckskin.
The BLM manages about 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.