Eddy Stamper's artwork on on display at Northern

In celebration of Women's History Month 2016, the Multicultural Center at Montana State University-Northern has invited Ed "Eddy" Stamper Jr. to be the artist of the month of March. Stamper is a member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation.

He creates various kinds of art and has been actively immersed in this passion since he was a young child. Stamper has an interest in doing portraits based on the work of photographers like Gertrude Käsebier, Frank A. Rinehart, Edward Curtis, Jo Mora and John Nicholas Choate.

That is not to say that it is the only art he does. He also draws modern-day famous people such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Notah Begay and Johnny Depp and is currently working on drawing a series of past U.S. Presidents. He is also very skilled at beading.

As for the particular piece he is presenting, its title is Freckled Face, Cha-ah-sch-a (c 1859-1920). According to historical records, she is the third wife of Arapaho leader Little Bird. She took the Anglo name Hannah and is known as Hannah Little Bird. She lived in the Seger Indian Colony in Oklahoma where she is buried. Freckled Face was one of the many photos taken by the famous photographer Frank A. Rinehart. This piece is for sale.

The MSU-N Office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs invites local and regional artists to exhibit their pieces, preferably those that have some link to multicultural themes.

For more information, contact [email protected] or call 265-3589.