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Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, Room 2010

42nd and, Emile St, Omaha, NE 68198

mailto:healing@unmc.edu

The NE-HEALING program in the UNMC College of Public Health, in partnership with Nebraska Medicine, will host a presentation for Native American Heritage Month.(NAHM)

The presentation of "Ribbon Skirt: The Story of Adaptation and Survival, A Symbol of Womanhood" by Steve Tamayo, Sicangu Lakota artist and Executive Director of Bluebird Cultural Initiative

Steve Tamayo is a traditional Sicangu Lakota artist whose family originates from the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. After graduating from High School in 1984, Tamayo enlisted in the US Army, serving in Rosebud Reservation, where he augmented his understanding of Northern Plains art; he earned his BFA from Sínte Gleska University in 2011 where he developed and taught the traditional arts program.

Tamayo currently leads study groups on his Reservation and travels to schools and museums throughout the country to study and teach historic methods of artifact construction and preservation. He is a regular consultant to the curatorial and conservation staff at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian; his most recent work there is the current exhibition, “As We Grow,” focused on traditional native games and toys. He has been an artist-in-residence and cultural specialist with Omaha Public Schools and teaches Native American Art History at Metropolitan Community College.

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