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THE NAVAJO TIMES
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bag and equipment on papers she carries with her The hogan smells of acrid wood smoke, stale sweat and
over-aeed meat, blended with a tinge of excrement.
Art Collection On Indian
Medical Care Given Arrow
Washington, D.C.—George R.
Cain, Chairman of the Board and
President of Abbott Laboratories,
recently presented a collection of
36 documentary paintings on Indian
medical care to Arrow, Inc., a
non-profit organization for the ad
vancement of the American Indian.
The presentation was made at a
luncheon held in Washington, D.C.
at the Skyline Inn.
Accepting the paintings on be
half of Arrow was Rep. Benßeifel,
(R) S.D. Rep. Reifel, Vice-Presi
dent of Arrow, is a Sioux Indian
and c graduate of Harvard Univer
sity.
Rep. Reifel commended Abbott
for its contribution of a pictorial
record on Indian culture.
“It is refreshing to note that a
pharmaceutical company such as
Abbott is not only in the business
of developing medicine for saving
lives, but through its program of
fine art also enriches our lives,"
he said.
"Paintings such as these will
go a long way toward developing a
better understanding of the Ameri
can Indian and his problems," he
added, "and we are highly honored
to be made the permanent custo
dians of this valuable and unique
collection."
In attendance at the luncheon
were Cabinet Members, Congres
sional Representatives from states
where the paintings were created
and various Tribal Leaders, as
well as government officials on
Indian Affairs.
Valued at $50,000, the collection
is the work of four leading Ameri
can artists who were commis
sioned by' Abbott in 1949.
The artists were Edward Mill
man, Frede Vidar, Edward Chavez
and Fletcher Martin, all of whom
are represented in such galleries
as the Metropolitan Museum, The
National Museum of Denmark, The
Museum of Modern Art, The Na
tional Gallery and many others.
The paintings were originally
used to illustrate two articles on
Indian medical care in What's New,
a publication of Abbott Labora
tories distributed to physicians
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March 21, 1963
throughout the United States and in
many countries overseas. After
publication, the paintings were as
sembled into a traveling art collec
tion and exhibited for six years in
leading art galleries and museums
throughout the United States.
Abbott intended the paintings to
be a pictorial documentary to help
achieve a better and more realistic
understanding of the problems of
Indian medical care—and of the
people who must cope with their
problems.
The artists spent several
months traveling more than 20,000
miles, from the Mexican border to
200 miles below the Arctic Circle,
to document the medical care and
related health conditions of various
American Indian tribes. They
visited 13 reservations in the
United States and representative
Indian and Eskimo villages in
Alaska.
Among the many tribes docu
mented are the Chippewa, Sioux,
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The paintings will be placed on
exhibition in the American Indian
Pavilion at the New York World's
Fair. Following the Fair they will
be hung permanently in Wash
ington, D.C.
Congressman Ben Reifel (S.D.)
Vice President of Arrow, Inc. ac
cepted the paintings with the fol
lowing remarks.
"It is with both extreme pleas
ure and profound gratitude that I
accept, on behalf of ARROW this
striking collection of paintings. It
is refreshing to note that a phar
maceutical company such as Abbott
is not only in the business of devel
oping medicine for saving lives, but
through its program of fine art,
also enriches our lives.
"The results represent not only
a significant contribution totheart
world, but also to the enhancement
of a better understanding of the
American Indian in general and his
health and medical problems in
particular.
"In fact, it was the development
of a more realistic understanding
which the people of Abbott were
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Services With Peace Corps
According to an official of the
Navajo Agency, the Bureau of
Indian Affairs encourages its em
ployees to volunteer for the Peace
Corps program. Bureau employees
may be granted up to two years
leave without pay to accept assign
ment with the Peace Corps. 1 hey
will be guaranteed reinstatement
to their former or a similar job
on return to active dut>.
The Peace Corps lias need for
mechanics, construction workers,
farmers, surveyors, people with
experience and training in special
fields, people with practical skill
and among these, for people show
ing aptitude to use or learn a
foreign language.
The need for teachers exists in
all subjects and on all levels: nur
sery, elementary, junior and
senior high, college and university,
adult and teacher education.
Teachers who are specialists in
science and mathematics are al
ways in demand. There is antici
pated an increased need for
teachers of English, with fewer
requests for literature than for
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