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...South Dakota Sioux attending an off-reservation elementary school, actor-musician Floyd Red Crow Westerman had to cut his hair and stop speaking his native language. The experience pushed him in later years to restlessly promote his heritage. A celebrated activist for Native American causes, he became a well-known actor in dozens of films and TV shows, and toured with Sting and performed with Willie Nelson. In his best-known role he played Sioux leader Ten Bears, who befriends Kevin Costner's character in 1990's Dances with Wolves. Westerman was 71 and had leukemia...
...Just how to make up more than four years of missed schooling has not yet been decided. But Superintendent John Westerman of the Richwoods elementary school district, which Shawn attended before 2002 said the school board is committed to doing whatever it takes - including hiring a private teacher - to help Ben catch up academically with his classmates. Though his former classmates are now in the 9th grade, Westerman said that with a private tutors, summer sessions and hard work, Shawn could expect to graduate with his friends on time...
...purpose of the exhibit, according to curators Ariel R. Westerman ’07 and Anna F. Ludwig ’04, is spiritual as well as financial. CASV hopes the show will raise awareness of sexual violence and spark discussions about it on campus, especially in light of recent events...
...It’s a positive way to deal with a difficult issue,” says Westerman...
...table of informational pamphlets provided, both on how to become involved in the prevention of sexual assault, and on how to get support, if any viewers are deeply affected by the subject matter. “We want this experience to be both upsetting and empowering,” Westerman says...