Postcards

Quill Working, Walter "Super" LaBatte

Season 9 Episode 6 | 28m 46s

A story about Walter “Super” LaBatte Jr’s journey to fulfillment through traditional Dakota tactile art and a story about Georgina Drapeau, Mat Pendleton, Hope TwoHearts and David Louis' quill work revival percolating up through a new generation of the Dakota people of Cansa'yapi (where the trees are painted red). Funding provided in part by Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies.

Aired: 03/29/18

Rating: NR

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