Unbroken Spirit  

The Life & Times of Stanford Addison, Northern Arapaho Traditional Healer & Horse Gentler

Hear the inspiring story of Stanford overcoming obstacles despite quadriplegia and becoming a leader to his tribe and other through...
An evening of Stories, Photographs, Song, Film, and Discussion.

Center for the Arts Theatre
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
June 12, 2009
7:00 PM
Suggested Donation of $5
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The evening will feature:
-Photography by Sarah Kariko
-Book Reading by Lisa Jones (Learn more about "Broken:  A Love Story")
-Documentary Screening of Silent Thunder by Angelique Midthunder
-Drumming, Singing, Prayer, and Discussion by Stanford Addison and Family 
 
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About Stanford
With a training crop duct taped to his arm and his long braid swinging behind, Stanford Addison gentles wild horses off the plains near his home on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. He does this sitting in his wheelchair.

Addison lost the use of his legs nearly 30 years ago when the truck he was traveling in hit a herd of wild horses. Since his accident, Addison "learned to make friends with horses again" and has developed an intuitive approach to horse training.

In the process of working with wild horses, Addison shows people positive alternatives to many of the obstacles they face. Social Services and the justice system request his assistance to help youth find positive ways of dealing with hardships on the reservation; he helps them draw strength from traditional Arapaho ways.

Addison's youth was spent busting broncos and raising hell. After his accident, he became deeply depressed, unable to face either the enormity of the loss of his physical powers or the strange healing gifts he had gained. But eventually Addison accepted his fate. He now lives on the reservation of his youth as a renowned traditional healer and horse gentler.

His extraordinary transformation has been recorded in Lisa Jones’ book “BROKEN: A Love Story,” as well as in Angelique Midthunder’s PBS documentary “Silent Thunder.” His life on the reservation today has been captured in “Unbroken Spirit,” an exhibit of photographs by Sarah Kariko.

"If we can communicate with a horse," Stan says, "we can communicate with each other."

The evening starts at 7:00 p.m. with an opening reception for Sarah Kariko's photography exhibit "Unbroken Spirit" in the Theater Gallery, on display through July 20. Theater program starts at 7:30 p.m. Book signing with Lisa Jones and Stanford Addison to follow.

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