Darrell Kipp
| Darrell R. Kipp | |
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| Blackfoot: Apiniokio Peta ("Morning Eagle") | |
Darrell Kipp (right) and composer Robert Kapilow (left).
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| Blackfoot tribe author, historian, and educator leader | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 23, 1944 Browning, Montana |
| Died | November 21, 2013 (aged 69) Browning, Montana |
| Spouse(s) | Roberta Ray Kipp |
| Children | Darren Kipp |
| Parents | Tom and Nora Kipp |
| Education | Eastern Montana College, Ed.M, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1975, MFA, Vermont College |
| Known for | Revitalizing the Blackfoot language |
Darrell Robes Kipp (23 October 1944 - 21 November 2013) was a Native American educator, documentary filmmaker and historian. A member of the Blackfoot tribe, he was instrumental in teaching and preserving the Blackfoot language as the Director of the Piegan Institute.
Darrell Kipp was born in Browning, Montana, and graduated from Browning High School in 1962. He served as a Sergeant in B Company, 51st Signal Battalion US Army in Korea, along the Korean DMZ during the Vietnam War era. He attended Eastern Montana College, and held two master's degrees, an Ed.M from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1975 and a MFA from Vermont College.
Darrell Kipp developed two immersion schools on the Blackfeet reservation teaching the Blackfoot language, Moccasin Flat School and Cuts Wood School. He served on the Board of the Endangered Language Fund, and "inspired and encouraged many tribal communities to follow his lead to begin their own language immersion schools."
He served as a board member of Siyeh Development, the economic development organization of the Blackfoot tribe, and spent seventeen years as appellate judge on the tribal court.
In 2004 he joined composer Robert Kapilow to create a large-scale choral and orchestra work for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial. The work, entitled Summer Sun, Winter Moon, was commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony, the Saint Louis Symphony and the Louisiana Symphony, and was based on Kipp's libretto. It premiered in September 2004. A documentary of the event, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, was made and aired on public television.
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