Welcome to the Exchange on Siouxland Public Media, I’m Mary Hartnett. Protests against the XL pipeline have become common in the Dakotas and Nebraska. Those concerned about the environment fear contamination and pollution, and others are disturbed by the use of eminent domain to lay the pipeline. For Art and Helen Tanderup it was both. And their concerns lead to them do something extraordinary: the couple gave the area designated for the pipeline to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. Last month, In a first-of-its-kind ceremony, the Northeast Nebraska farm couple signed a deed returning ancestral tribal land back to the Ponca Tribe — sacred land that lies on the historic Ponca “Trail of Tears.”
The land gifting ceremony and deed signing between farmers Art and Helen Tanderup, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Chairman Larry Wright, Jr., and Ponca Nation of Oklahoma Councilwoman Casey Camp-Horinek took place on the Tanderup farm.
It was part of events that also included the fifth annual planting of sacred Ponca corn on the Tanderup farm. The event included Native American singers and grass dancers and prayers on the land. Art and his wife had already gone to great lengths to stop the pipeline, holding a benefit concert with Willie Nelson and Neil Young a few years ago on their farm. Eight thousand people attended. The couple has fact been planting sacred corn on the four acres for four years. To hear Art tell it, standing out in his field of corn on a hot July day, the idea came to him while hanging out with friends who were members of the Ponca Tribe.
Ponca Tribe Chair Larry Wright, Jr. says the Tanderups have done something extraordinary.
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Fascism was on the rise in 1930's Europe, and a ring of British intelligence officers began to pass along information to the Soviet Union. Now known as the Cambridge Five, they continued their work as double agents through World War II and into the 1950's. The most well known of the five is Kim Philby, who would be questioned by the House of Commons in the 1950's, and later give interviews from the Soviet Union following his escape in 1963. Lesser known of the five is Donald Maclean. A recent biography by Roland Phillips, however, reveals in great detail the complexities of Maclean's life, and morality. Carolina Hochendoni spoke with the author.
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Downtown Partners is launching a series of Block Parties in downtown Sioux City to promote local businesses and showcase local talent. One of those events is the first annual Art Affair. For more, we hear from arts producer Ally Karsen.
Art Affair
