Also known as Paha Ska.
1 Also known as Orville Francis Salway.
1 Orville was born at
White Clay, Sheridan Co., Nebraska, USA, on October 23, 1923.
1 He was the son of
William Salaway and
Winifred Janis. Orville Francis Salaway died on November 10, 2005 at
Keystone, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA, at age 82; KEYSTONE - Paha Ska, Orville Francis Salway, Sr., died Thursday, November 10, 2005 at his home in KeystoneHe was born in a soddy near White Clay, Nebraska on October 23, 1923, fifth of eight children of William and Winifred Janis Salway. As a child he roamed the hills around Pine Ridge, riding the horses his father bought and sold, hunting and trapping the creeks. He attended the boarding school in Pine Ridge. He was fluent in the Lakota language, taught by his grandmother Millie and mother Winifred, and loved the stories they told of the old days, which found their way into his artwork later.Early on he exhibited a talent for art. His first creations were cartoons drawn on grocery sacks done in pencil. In fourth grade, his teacher submitted one of his drawings of a coyote howling to the Omaha Word-Herald, and its publication birthed a career. He painted under the name "Paha Ska" (White Hills) after the buttes around the family homestead south of Allen, a name given him by Ben Black Elk.After leaving school he worked on farms and on a buffalo ranch at Camp Crook, South Dakota which supplied meat for the war effort. He also worked in the oil fields in Wyoming and on bridge construction, as a semi-pro boxer, and, with his brother Vincent, as extras in many movies filmed in the Black Hills, such as "White Savage" and "Trials of Chief Pontiac." He also worked as a pipe layer for the Oscar Jones Construction Co. Rapid City.He married Joyce Cummings in 1941, and to this union were four sons: Orville Jr. (Candace) of Playadel Rey, CA, Ronald (Margaret) of Prairie View, Illinois, Donald (Roxanne) of Rapid City, SD, and Terry (Diane) of Rapid City, and one Daughter, Barbara Kay Jensen (Michael) of Gilbert, AZ.In 1956, after an auto accident, he began working in Keystone selling his artwork to the tourists at the Indians Store. Later he posed for photos in traditional Northern Plains garb with a horse. The most famous of these was a bay quarter horse mare named Kippy, who he worked with for 20 years.He continued selling his artwork and ran a trail ride concession. Quiet, sober, humble
and soft-spoken, he proudly represented his people as Goodwill Ambassador of Keystone for 48 years, meeting thousands of people, selling over a quarter million prints and hundreds of original oils and hide paintings which are in private collections, museums and even palaces all over the world. He was photographed by families, movie stars, televisions news, bikers, rock stars and people from all walks of life.In 1983 he married Susan Kertz Turner from Toledo, Ohio. Together they ran trail rides, raised registered paints and quarter horses, and promoted his art career. He won numerous art shows and awards for his work, traveling extensively to exhibit and guest lecture on Native American art all over the U.S. and in Scotland (which resulted in some interesting photos of Paha Ska in a kilt and sporrin) and they took an anniversary cruise to Hawaii in 2000.He is survived by his wife, Susan of Keystone, all of his children, 10 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and stepson Stephen Turner of Keystone as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. 5 brothers Ted, Sy, Marcel, Clem, Guss, two sisters Madge, Dodie, and stepdaughter Laura Amanda Turner preceded him in death.With such a rich, full and happy life, appropriately there will be a celebration of his life on Saturday, December 3, 2005 at the Keystone Community Center on S.D. Highway 40 beginning at 10 a.m. followed by potluck meal and social time.Memorials have been established to South Dakota Children's Home Society, Rockerville or Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge, SD. Published in the Rapid City Journal on 11/27/2005.
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