Cheyenne at the Disappearing Creek Called “White Woman”

“In the 19th century and before, in what is now western Kansas, there was an area called
the ‘White Woman Basin,’” says artist and storyteller Howard Terpning. “It is more or less
centered between the north and south borders of the state. In the early days there was a
creek, which meandered into the basin and at some point disappeared into the round. This creek is still on the map.The basin had many pools and springs and was an important source of water for the Southern Cheyenne who ranged over Kansas and the surrounding country. Small parties of Cheyenne warriors would often stop with their horses for a welcome drink.”

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Howard Terpning : Native American Storyteller Artist Howard Terpning has been referred to as “a living national treasure.” At the heart of his work is a desire to keep alive the heritage and culture of Native Americans. He is the most renowned and honored Western artist painting today and has received awards from the Cowboy Artists of America, the Hubbard Art Award for Excellence, the National Academy of Western Art’s Prix de West and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Gene Autry Museum. Howard Terpning’s original oil painting, The Force of Nature Humbles All Men, was recently added to the permanent collection at the Museum of the American West. Terpning’s laurels, however, are not the reason collectors eagerly anticipate the arrival of each new work.They treasure something of both personal meaning and objective worth: the timeless stories told by the art itself. “The American Indian fascinates me,” says Terpning. “The more I study them, the more intrigued I become. With their rich culture, there’s always another story about them waiting to be told. I feel privileged to be one of their storytellers. I think it’s important to tell the story of the Plains Indians because their history is part of our heritage. The history of the West is the only history America has that is uniquely our own.” Howard Terpning has spent the past thirty years portraying the culture of the Plains Indian with such authenticity, admiration and instinctive emotion that he has become known as the “Storyteller of the Native American.”