Watermark Art Center to celebrate first Native American BHS homecoming queen

Watermark Art Center will honor and celebrate Lorraine A. Staples-Goulet, the first Native American homecoming queen from Bemidji High School, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, at Watermark.

By Pioneer Staff Report

July 22, 2022 01:17 PM

BEMIDJI — Watermark Art Center will honor and celebrate Lorraine A. Staples-Goulet from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, at Watermark, 505 Bemidji Ave. N.

Staples-Goulet was the first Native American homecoming queen from Bemidji High School, class of 1951. Watermark's current exhibit "Aabijijiwan - It Flows Continuously" includes imagery and highlights from Lorraine's life and family as Indigenous people living in the Mississippi headwaters area, a release said.

There is no cost, all are welcome to view the exhibit in the Miikanan Gallery.

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