Oral history interview with Gerald Cournoyer

Title

Oral history interview with George Cournoyer

Narrator

Cournoyer, Gerald

Description

Gerald Cournoyer discovered his passion for art later in life after attending the Marty Indian School in South Dakota and serving in the Marines. He attended the University of Oklahoma where he earned a Masters of Fine Arts and his work focuses on Oglala Sioux spiritual practices. Cournoyer was the 2014 recipient of the National Museum of the American Indian's Artists Leadership Program award.

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Keyword

National Museum of the American Indian; acrylics; Sioux; spiritual practices

Subject

Native artists; painting

Spatial

South Dakota; Washington D.C.; University of Oklahoma

Citation of material

Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University

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