Painter Don Bailey
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Don Bailey teaches art at the Chemawa Indian School, the longest-running federal boarding school for Native Americans in Salem, Oregon. His recent painting series explores his 30 years teaching at Chemawa and his complex and contradictory relationship with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
First Broadcast: 2009
Producer: Ian McCluskey
Appeared in episode: Don Bailey, Luthier Jon Franke, Niel DePonte, Metro Arts
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