Post by Gary on Dec 16, 2022 11:45:34 GMT -5
According to the Facebook page for the Newberry - McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies, Father Powell died yesterday. He was 94.
The notice reads:
The McNickle Center was very sad to learn that Father Peter J. Powell passed away today. Father Powell has been a senior research fellow at the Newberry and was a well-known scholar, ethnohistorian, author, and Anglican priest. His contributions to the Newberry and Native community of Chicago date back more than 50 years. His influence on the activities of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies since its founding in 1972 is profound.
Father Powell devoted his life to Indigenous people. After serving as Priest in Charge at the Holy Cross-Immanuel Church, Chicago, from 1953 to 1954 and Priest in Charge at St. Timothy's Church, Chicago, from 1953 to 1961, Father Powell founded St. Augustine’s Center for American Indians, Chicago, in 1961. St. Augustine’s provided casework and supportive services for the city's Native American community. By 2006, when intensive casework and counseling services were discontinued, three generations and more than 6,000 Native American families and individuals had been served.
He also had a long-standing relationship with the Northern Cheyenne Nation, where he spent summers since 1955. Father Powell’s current scholarly work, a study of Northern Cheyenne ledger art, was just completed and will be published posthumously. His most recently published book was In Sun’s Likeness and Power (University of Nebraska Press, 2013). His book People of the Sacred Mountain won both the 1982 National Book Award in History and the Anisfield-World Award in Race Relations. Other works include To Honor the Crow People: Crow Indian Art from the Goelet and Edith Gallatin Collection of American Indian Art (general editor); The Killing of Morning Star's People; and Sweet Medicine: The Continuing Role of the Sacred Arrows, the Sun Dance, and the Sacred Buffalo Hat in Northern Cheyenne History.
We will dearly miss Father Powell’s joyful presence in the library, his deep commitment to scholarship, and his genuine care for the Native community and Native scholarship.
Sad news.
The notice reads:
The McNickle Center was very sad to learn that Father Peter J. Powell passed away today. Father Powell has been a senior research fellow at the Newberry and was a well-known scholar, ethnohistorian, author, and Anglican priest. His contributions to the Newberry and Native community of Chicago date back more than 50 years. His influence on the activities of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies since its founding in 1972 is profound.
Father Powell devoted his life to Indigenous people. After serving as Priest in Charge at the Holy Cross-Immanuel Church, Chicago, from 1953 to 1954 and Priest in Charge at St. Timothy's Church, Chicago, from 1953 to 1961, Father Powell founded St. Augustine’s Center for American Indians, Chicago, in 1961. St. Augustine’s provided casework and supportive services for the city's Native American community. By 2006, when intensive casework and counseling services were discontinued, three generations and more than 6,000 Native American families and individuals had been served.
He also had a long-standing relationship with the Northern Cheyenne Nation, where he spent summers since 1955. Father Powell’s current scholarly work, a study of Northern Cheyenne ledger art, was just completed and will be published posthumously. His most recently published book was In Sun’s Likeness and Power (University of Nebraska Press, 2013). His book People of the Sacred Mountain won both the 1982 National Book Award in History and the Anisfield-World Award in Race Relations. Other works include To Honor the Crow People: Crow Indian Art from the Goelet and Edith Gallatin Collection of American Indian Art (general editor); The Killing of Morning Star's People; and Sweet Medicine: The Continuing Role of the Sacred Arrows, the Sun Dance, and the Sacred Buffalo Hat in Northern Cheyenne History.
We will dearly miss Father Powell’s joyful presence in the library, his deep commitment to scholarship, and his genuine care for the Native community and Native scholarship.
Sad news.
