nature for the help of a Great Spirit that must be some-

where.

The Indian in his art expressed this emotion. This

unsatisfied desire for the things of the spirit. By his art

he strives to express his own concept of the divine

creator. Wrong it may be, but according to the light he

has it is the best thing he can do.

He has the ceremonies invoking the blessings of the only

god he knows, all of which are expressed in his art.

Living so close to nature has taught him to appreciate

to the utmost the brilliant colors of the sunrise and

sunset; the green of the forest, and all vegetation in the

springtime. The blossoms of the summer flowers, the

autumn colors of the leaves as they send out their last

challenge to the summer, and the beautiful "Bow of

Promise" [rainbow] was never more appreciated by the

descendants of Noah than by the Indians.

However, in the art of painting there is a new day

dawning, for the Indian is equipped with powers and

possibilities capable of immeasurable development. God

has planted a tremendous hungering in his soul for just

such development. In nature there is something to sat-

isfy every demand. This is true of the vegetable and

animal kingdom. Surely, then, there is a supply for

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