>> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "JOURNEY INDIANA" IS PROVIDED BY: >> COMING UP, CHECK OUT SOME HAPPY LITTLE TREES IN MUNCIE.

>> TAKE A TRIP TO DR. TED'S IN DALE, INDIANA, AND LISTEN TO HIS INCREDIBLE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL MARVELS.

>> LEARN THE INS AND OUTS OF ONE OF INDIANA'S FASTEST GROWING SPORTS, PICKLE BALL.

>> AND MEET AN INDIANA ARTIST WHO CELEBRATES HER HERITAGE IN HER WORK.

THAT'S ALL ON THIS EPISODE OF "JOURNEY INDIANA."

♪ ♪ >>> WELCOME TO "JOURNEY INDIANA."

I'M ASHLEY CHILLA, COMING TO YOU FROM THE FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART.

>> AND I'M BRANDON WENTZ AT THE SWOPE ART MUSEUM IN TERRE HAUTE.

THE SWOPE ART MUSEUM OPENED IN 1949 WITH A FOUNDING COLLECTION ON AMERICAN REGIONISM, INCLUDING THOMAS HARP BENTON AND MUSEUM HARPER.

THE MUSEUM HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ART FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY AND THE EARLY 21st CENTURY, AS WELL AS A REGULAR ROTATION OF SPECIAL EXHIBITS AND WE'LL LEARN ALL ABOUT THAT IN JUST A BIT, BUT FIRST, WE ARE HEADED NORTH TO DELAWARE COUNTY TO LEARN ABOUT A WELL-KNOWN PAINTER WITH A LESS WELL-KNOWN INDIANA CONNECTION.

PRODUCER JASON PEAR HAS THE STOREY.

>> WE ARE AT MINITRISTA, WE ARE THE HOME OF THE BALL BROTHERS WHO OPERATED BALL BROTHERS GLASS THAT BROUGHT EVERYONE THAT ICONIC BALL JAR.

THIS WAS THE FAMILY HOME OF DR. LUCIA BALL, HIS WIFE SARAH AND THEIR DAUGHTER HELEN.

LUCIA PRACTICED MEDICINE HERE IN TOWN AND HE ACTUALLY WASN'T INVOLVED WITH BALL BROTHER COMPANIES.

AFTER IT WAS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, ED BALL WHO GREW UP THREE HOUSES DOWN ON THE BOULEVARD, HE WAS REALLY ACTIVE WITH GETTING MUNCIE'S LOCAL PBS STATION SET UP.

SO ED WAS ABLE TO KIND OF HELP -- HELP WITB WHEN THEY NEEDED A HOME FOR A STATION AND A STUDIO, UTILIZE THIS HOUSE, WHICH WAS AVAILABLE TO DO THAT KIND OF STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GATE IN THE 1970s.

ANY TIME ANYONE WALKS IN, THEY SAY, OH, IT'S SO SMALL!

THIS IS IT.

SO IT REALLY JUST IS.

IT WAS THE FORMER LIVING ROOM OF THE HOME.

>> AND THROUGH A SERIES OF HAPPY LITTLE ACCIDENTS, THIS LIVING ROOM, TURNED STUDIO, BECAME THE HOME OF THE TELEVISION ICON.

>> HELLO, I'M BOB ROSS, AND FOR THE NEXT 13 WEEKS, I WILL BE YOUR HOST AS WE EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF PAINTING.

♪ >> BOB ROSS, WE ALL LOVE AND KNOW HIM NOW AS THAT BUSHY-HAIRED PAINTER ON PBS.

WELL BEFORE THAT HE WAS A KID GROWING UP IN FLORIDA.

HE HIS FATHER WAS A CARPENTER.

HIS MOTHER TAUGHT HIM TO LOVE NATURE.

HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN VERY CREATIVE, DOING THINGS WITH HIS HANDS AND HE REALLY CAME TO LOVE PAINTING.

>> AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT GIFT WITH YOU.

>> SO ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER, AND HE WENT FROM BEING AN IN-PERSON WORKSHOP, YOU KNOW, TEACHER, TO HAVING THIS REALLY GREAT, FUN, TV SHOW THAT EVERYONE LOVED.

>> SO LET'S DO IT.

LET'S PAINT AN ALMIGHTY PICTURE RIGHT HERE.

>> IN TOTAL, THE JOY OF PAINTING IS 31 SEASONS.

BOB WOULD COME INTO MUNCIE FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

HE WOULD USUALLY SHOW UP ON A SUNDAY.

AND THEN ON MONDAY MORNING, HE WOULD COME IN AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY WOULD SHOOT ALL OF THE OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS.

>> WELCOME BACK.

ARE YOU READY TO DO A FANTASTIC PICTURE WITH ME?

>> AND THEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY WOULD FILM THOSE 13 EPISODES.

EVERY EPISODE WAS DONE IN ONE SHOT.

>> ALL RIGHT!

NOW -- >> AND FIRST YEAR, THEY HAD ABOUT 30 STATIONS AROUND COUNTRY PICK IT UP AND EACH YEAR AFTER, THAT MORE AND MORE AND REALLY WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS THEY HAD ALMOST THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

>> AND I THINK WE JUST ABOUT GOT THAT ONE FINISHED.

>> PRETTY POPULAR STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TELLING REALLY GREAT STORIES FROM OUR COLLECTION, FROM OUR COMMUNITY, STORIES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO OUR SITE, AND THE BOB ROSS STORY WAS TIED TO OUR SITE.

IT'S CONNECTED TO OUR COLLECTION, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY A STORY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND A POINT OF PRIDE BUT WE REALLY HADN'T DONE BE ANYTHING WITH IT YET.

>> WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ALREADY.

>> SO WHAT WE DID, WE STARTED TALKING TO THE CREW THAT WAS WORKING ON THE SHOW, TALKING TO BOB'S FRIENDS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS SPACE AND REALLY CULLING THEIR MEMORIES ABOUT WHAT THE SPACE LOOKED LIKE.

IF YOU COME TO THE BOB ROSS EXPERIENCE AT MINITRISTA TODAY, YOU CAN STIPULATE INTOYOU CAN STEP INTO THAT SPACE.

YOU CAN STEP UP TO BOB'S EASEL.

IT'S REALLY HIS EASEL.

AND THEN OVER IN THE LIVING ROOM SPACE, YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE LATE '80s AND '90s TO BE EXPERIENCING BOB AT HOME.

>> THIS IS YOUR WORLD AND YOU CAN CREATE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT IN IT.

THERE ARE SIX ORIGINAL PAINTINGS IN THE BOB ROSS EXPERIENCE AT ANY ONE TIME, AND WE WILL ROTATE THOSE TO KEEP IT FRESH.

WE HAVE 26 BOB ROSS ORIGINALS IN OUR COLLECTION HERE AT MINITRISTA.

WE NOT ONLY HAVE ONES HE PAINTED ON THE TV SHOW.

WE HAVE SOME THAT HE PAINTED FOR HIMSELF.

>> OKAY.

I THINK WE'LL SIGN THIS ONE.

>> HE WANTED HIS SHOW TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AFTER HIS LIFETIME, AND IN MANY WAYS, HIS MESSAGE RESOUNDS JUST AS MUCH TODAY AS IT DID THEN.

BE FEARLESS.

BE CREATIVE.

TRY NEW THINGS.

FOR HIM, IT WAS ALL ABOUT JUST FINDING THE JOY IN LIFE.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST DOESN'T GET OLD.

>> FROM ALL OF US HERE AT THIS STATION, WE WISH YOU HAPPY PAINTING AND GOD BLESS.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

>> YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT MINITRISTA.NET/BOBROSSEXPERIENCE EARLIER WE CAUGHT UP WITH HILDA ANDRE, HERE AT THE SWOPE ART MUSEUM.

>> THE SWOPE ART MUSEUM IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN TERRE HAUTE.

WE ARE A FREE ART MUSEUM.

YOU CAN STOP IN ANY TIME YOU WANT FOR AS LONG AS OR AS LITTLE AS YOU WOULD LIKE.

THE SWOPE IS NAMED AFTER SHELDON SWOPE WHO WAS A LOCAL JEWELER IN TOWN, AND THE COOL THING ABOUT IT IS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A COLLECTION.

USUALLY WHEN A MUSEUM IS NAMED AFTER SOMEONE, IT'S BECAUSE, LIKE, AFTER I DIED, TAKE MY COLLECTION AND NAMED A MUSEUM AFTER ME.

IN THIS CASE, HE JUST REALLY FELT STRONGLY ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HAVING AN ARTS GALLERY IS WHAT HE CALLED IT.

SO IN 1903, HE WROTE A WILL AND IN HIS WILL, HE PUT IN THAT AFTER HE DIED, THE MONEY SHOULD BE TAKEN AND INVESTED FOR TEN YEARS AND THEN A MUSEUM TO OPEN AND IT SHOULD BE IN THIS BUILDING.

WHEN YOU COME IN THE MUSEUM, YOU ARE RECEIVED BY DIANA, IT'S A SCULPTURE.

IT'S MADE OUT OF PLASTER.

THEN YOU GO UPSTAIRS AND HALF OF THE GALLERIES UPSTAIRS ARE CHANGING EXHIBITIONS.

SO WE HAVE CHANGING EXHIBITIONS ALL THE TIME.

SOMETIMES WE GET THEM FROM OTHER PLACES TRAVELING EXHIBITS, OR WE USE FROM OUR COLLECTION.

PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED WHEN THEY COME IN.

THEY COME IN AND THEY ARE LIKE, THEY HAVE DONE THEIR RESEARCH.

WHERE IS YOUR HOPPER?

AND THEY ALL LEAVE, KIND OF LIKE THEY DISCOVERED SOMETHING FABULOUS.

>> YOU CAN LEARN EVEN MORE AT THE ADDRESS ON THE SCREEN.

ASHLEY?

>> THANKS, BRANDON.

>>> UP NEXT, WE ARE HEADED TO A MUSEUM OF A DIFFERENT SORT.

PRODUCER JOHN TIMM TAKES US ON A TOUR OF DR. TED'S MUSICAL MARVELS.

>> READY?

♪ ♪ >> I'M TED WAFFORD AND I'M THE OWNER OF DR. TED'S MUSICAL MARVELS.

I'VE HAD THIS ATTRACTION NOW FOR 30 YEARS.

LIKE THAT.

THE GLEN MILLER MEDLEY.

♪ >> IT ALL STARTED ABOUT THE THIRD YEAR OF MY MEDICAL SCHOOL.

♪ >> ONE WEEKEND AT AN ANTIQUE SHOP, I FOUND A PUMP ORGAN.

I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE FUN TO RESTORE.

YOU KNOW, IT HAD LOTS OF CARVINGS AND THINGS LIKE IT.

I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE CARD CATALOG, AND I FINALLY RAN ACROSS THE TERM REED ORGAN AND THERE WAS A BOOK ON THAT.

AND I REALIZED THAT'S WHAT I HAD PURCHASED WAS A REED ORGAN.

♪ I HAD MY BOOK TO RESTORE A REED ORGAN, BUT ALSO IN THAT BOOK, THERE WERE SEVERAL CHAPTERS ABOUT OTHER INSTRUMENTS, LIKE PLAYER PIANOS.

AND NICKELODEONS.

♪ MERRY-GO-ROUND ORGANS.

♪ AND I THOUGHT, WELL, DIDN'T EVEN KNOW PEOPLE COLLECTED THESE OR WORKED ON THEM, BUT THAT KIND OF GOT ME GOING.

♪ WITH I WASWHEN I WAS A KID, LET'S JUST SAY, IS AS I RECALL, ONE OF THE TIMES I WENT TO THE AMUSEMENT PARK.

I MEAN, MOST OF MY FRIENDS, THEY ARE THERE AMUSEMENT PARK, RIDING THE ROLLER COASTER AND SOME OF THE OTHER THRILL RIDES, THAT'S THE BIG DEAL.

I LOVE THAT MERRY-GO-ROUND AND I LOVE THAT MUSIC!

♪ NOW, NONE OF MY FRIENDS CARED A BIT ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, NOBODY EVER WANTED TO RIDE THE MERRY-GO-ROUND.

THAT'S A SISSY RIDE.

I DID!

AND AT LEAST I WANTED TO HEAR THE ORGAN.

SO I WAS ALWAYS THE TIME WHEN WE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE PARK TRYING TO STEER US BY THE MERRY-GO-ROUND SO I COULD LISTEN TO IT WHILE WE WALKED BACK.

I JUST LOVE THAT KIND OF MUSIC.

IT GOT IN MY BLOOD AT AN EARLY AGE.

♪ ♪ >> WELL, OKAY, IT STARTED LIKE I SAY THAT SUMMER AFTER MY THIRD YEAR OF MEDICAL SCHOOL, WHICH WAS 1973.

STARTED WITH THE PUMP ORGAN.

AND THEN IT'S JUST BUILT FROM THERE.

'73 I GOT THE PUMP ORGAN.

A YEAR LATER, MAYBE THE PLAYER PIANO.

A YEAR AFTER, THAT I GOT AN INSTRUMENT FROM GERMANE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN TAVERNS.

♪ EVERYTHING IS NOT RESTORED.

I'M WORKING ON SOME OF THEM STILL.

♪ IN MEDICINE WE HAVE A SAYING, FIRST DO NO HARM.

I FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT THESE INSTRUMENTS.

I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE GET 'EM, AND MESS AROUND WITH THEM AND TRY TO MAKE THEM BETTER THAN WHAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY AND REALLY NOT KEEP THE ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT.

I TRIED TO KEEP EVERYTHING AS ORIGINAL AS I I CAN.

-- ORIGINAL AS I CAN.

♪ ♪ I'M SITTING ALONE BY THE FIREPLACE ♪ ♪ >> I FEEL LIKE JUST THE ATTENDANT, THE KEEPER THE INSTRUMENTS, I GUESS THAT'S THE WORD ONE OF MY FRIENDS USED ONCE.

AND BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S MY DUTY TO SHARE THEM, I JUST FEEL THAT WAY, THAT I NEED TO HAVE SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER A COLLECTION AND OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC.

ARE YOU READY?

♪ ONE GOAL THAT I HAD WAS TO HAVE INSTRUMENTS THAT WOULD REFLECT THE VARIOUS TYPES OF MECHANICAL MUSIC OF THE TIME, FROM THE AGE OF MECHANICAL MUSIC.

THE MAIN THING I HOPE IS THAT THEY LEAVE HAPPIER.

WHEN THEY ARE LAUGHING AND CLAPPING, I JUST FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.

♪ >> MOST PEOPLE REALLY SEEM TO PERK UP.

KIDS DO.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT COME -- YOU KNOW, SCHOOL KIDS COME IN AND PEOPLE FROM THE NURSING HOME.

EVERYBODY JUST SEEMS TO SMILE AND ENJOY IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I GET OUT OF IT.

NOW, I TOLD MARY KAY, MY WIFE, THAT AS LONG AS WE'RE GETTING GOOD REACTIONS LIKE THAT, WE'LL KEEP GOING WITH IT.

IF IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO ENJOY IT ANY MORE, THEN WE'LL PROBABLY JUST CLOSE IT DOWN.

♪ >> YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT DRTEDS.COM.

>>> UP NEXT, WE ARE HEADED TO INDIANAPOLIS TO MEET THE MEMBERS OF THE INDY PICKLE BALL CLUB.

PRODUCER RUBEN BROWNING HAS THE STORY.

♪ >> I EXPLAIN IT ALL THE TIME.

EVERYBODY IS ASKING, WHAT IS PICKLE BALL?

PICKLE BALL IS THE BEST SPORT EVER!

>> PICKLE BALL IS AN AMAZING SPORT THAT IS A CROSS BETWEEN TENNIS, BADMINTON AND PINGPONG.

>> MOST PEOPLE ARE LIKE, STOP TALKING ABOUT PICKLE BALL, BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.

ONCE SOMEBODY PLAYS, IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT THEY WILL NOT BE BACK OUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

YOU PLAY IT ON EITHER TENNIS SURFACE OR GYM FLOOR, CONCRETE SOMETIMES.

IT'S THE THIRD OF A SIZE OF A TENNIS COURT.

THE BALL IS LIKE A WHIFFLE BALL AND THE PADDLE IS A COUPLE OF SIZES BIGGER THAN THE PINGPONG PADDLE WITH A HONEYCOMB CORE INSIDE.

SO ONE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES FROM TENNIS, YOU ACTUALLY SERVE UNDERHAND AND REALLY FROM THAT, YOU ARE JUST KEEPING IT IN PLAY.

THERE'S A KITCHEN AREA THAT'S 7 FEET FROM THE NET, AND YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE UNLESS THE BALL BOUNCES THERE.

KEEPING TRACK OF THE SCORE IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST OUT OF ALL OF IT.

MOST PEOPLE, LIKE, START IT OUT, AND THEY BANG THE BALL AND THEY WANT TO HIT IT HARD.

THE BETTER THEY GET, THEN THEY GET CLOSER TO THE KITCHEN LINE, AND IT WILL BE MORE STRATEGIC AND THEY WILL BOUNCE IT BACK AND FORTH AND MAKE SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE A MISTAKE.

OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE BALL IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS BEING ABLE TO HIT IT HARD.

IT'S A BIG GAME OF PINGPONG FOR ME.

ANYBODY CAN PLAY.

>> FASCINATING GAME.

IT'S SLOWER.

IT ALLOWS FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY GENRE TO PLAY, EVERY AGE LEVEL.

>> YOU WILL SEE KIDS AS YOUNG AS 10 YEARS OLD AND 80.

THEY ARE PLAYING ON THE SAME COURT AS ME AND USUALLY BEATING ME.

>> IT'S A WAY TO GET EXERCISE, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT TOO DIFFICULT TO PICK UP AND LEARN.

>> PICKLE BALL GOT ITS NAME BY THE FAMILY THAT INVENTED IT, THEIR DOG'S NAME WAS PICKLE.

THEY WERE BORED AND A RAINY DAY, THEY HAD PLAYED BADMINTON.

THEY LOST THEIR BIRDIE AND THEY WENT DOWN TO THE WOOD SHOP AND MADE SOME PADDLED, LOWERED THE NET, AND FROM THAT, THAT'S HOW PICKLE BALL GOT STARTED.

FOUR YEARS AGO, MY SISTER COMES TO ME AND SAYS, DAD, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET DAD FOR CHRISTMAS?

I WAS LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA.

SHE SAYS, I HAVE SOMETHING.

MY DAD OPENS UP A GIFT, AND IT'S A PICKLE BALL SET AND I WAS HOOKED.

>> I PLAYED VOLLEYBALL.

I NEVER GOT INTO LEAGUES.

AND THEN WHEN MY MOM GOT ME INTO PICKLE BALL, I HAVE A TON OF FRIENDS AND PEOPLE I WOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE MET BEFORE.

>> I HAD A SALES GUY INTRODUCE IT TO ME.

I WAS LIKE WHAT THE HECK IS PICKLE BALL?

I WENT OUT TO THE Y ONE SATURDAY NORTHERNING AND I WAS HOOKED.

-- SATURDAY MORNING AND I WAS HOOKED.

>> PLAYING PICKLE BALL, I CAN PLAY EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AND NOT BE TIRED.

IT'S NOT AS MUCH RUNNING AS TENNIS, BUT YOU CAN GET JUST AS MUCH WORKOUT.

PICKLE BALL IS A LOT MORE CLOSE ACTION, AND IT'S REALLY NOT HARD ON YOUR JOINTS.

IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE.

>> YOU BURN SOME CALORIES OUT HERE.

IT'S PERFECT FOR ME.

>> PICKLE BALL IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN AMERICA.

OVER 5 MILLION PEOPLE PLAY, AND THERE'S COURTS POPPING UP EVERYWHERE.

>> FOR ME, IT'S THE CAMARADERIE AND THE FRIENDSHIPS.

I MET TOM PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE PICKLE BALL COMMUNITY THAT I ENJOY HAVING DINNER WITH AND DRINKS WITH.

>> I LOVE THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF TOURNAMENTS AND MEETING PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IT'S SUCH A GOOD EXERCISE.

>> THE PICKLE BALL CLUB STARTED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

OUR GOAL WAS TO PROMOTE THE SPORT OF PICKLE BALL TO GIVE PLACES TO PLAY, TO START LEAGUES TO HAVE TOURNAMENTS AROUND HERE SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CLOSE TO 200 PEOPLE IN JUST A YEAR AND A HALF.

>> WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE PLAYERS LOCALLY, AS WELL AS MORE TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT STATE AND EVEN THE SURROUNDING STATE.

>> WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DEDICATED INDOOR VENUE FOR PICKLE BALL.

>> WE WOULD LOVE SCHOOLS TO COME IN AND LEARN PICKLE BALL AND GROW THE SPORT OF PICKLE BALL, NOT ONLY IN THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA BUT THE SURROUNDING AREAS SO WE CAN HAVE THE BEST PLACE IN THE MIDWEST.

AND THE CLUB'S GOAL IS TO HAVE AVAAFACILITY THAT HAS 40 INDOOR COURTS AND THEN HAVE 20 OUTDOOR COURTS.

ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED, COME OUT AND PLAY WITHIN TEN MINUTES, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE BASICS OF PICKLE BALL.

IF YOU ARE A SOCIAL PERSON, IT'S -- IT'S A SPORT FOR YOU.

IF YOU ARE COMPETITIVE, IT'S A SPORT FOR YOU.

AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER YOUR AGE, YOUR SKILL LEVEL.

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND PLAY.

>> YOU CAN LEARN MORE, MAYBE EVEN FIND A NEARBY GAME AT INDY PICKLE BALL CLUB.COM.

>> AND FINALLY WE ARE HEADING TO HUNTINGTON TO MEET ARTIST, KATRINA MINTON WOULD IN 2018 WAS AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE.

PRODUCER TODD GOULD HAS THE STORY.

♪ >> MY BEAD WORK AND OTHER ARTS THAT I DO IS AN EXTENSION OF MY FEELINGS TO WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR PEOPLE.

IT'S MY WAY OF PUTTING IT OUT THERE, OF WHO MY PEOPLE ARE AND WHAT THOSE ARTS THAT WERE LOST.

IT'S BRINGING THEM BACK.

>> ART HISTORIANS WILL NOTE THAT INDIVIDUAL WORKS OF ART ARE A WINDOW INTO THE ART AND THE INDIANAPOLIS MIND OF THEHEART AND THE MIND OF THE ARTIST AND FOR KATRINA MINTON, IT'S A LOOK INTO THE PAST.

REVEALING THE HISTORY OF THOSE, LONG BEFORE INDIANA WAS DECLARED THE 19th STATE IN 1816.

A DESCENDANT OF THE MIAMI TRIBE OF NATIVE AMERICANS, KATRINA IS A BEAD ARTIST, WHO IS PRESERVING AN ANCIENT TRADITION THAT WAS COMMON AMONG THE INDIAN NATIONS THAT THRIVED IN THE INDIANA TERRITORY MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES AGO.

♪ >> I WAS AROUND THE AGE OF 12 WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING BEAD WORK.

I FOUND JUST SOME SMALL PIECES THAT ACTUALLY MY GRANDMOTHER HAD.

AND I LOOKED AT THE TECHNIQUE BY LOOKING AT THE STITCHES ON THE BACK, BECAUSE THE -- THE BACKING HAD WORN AWAY.

SO I COULD SEE THE ACTUAL STITCHES AND I COULD SEE THE COLORS THAT WERE USED AND I SAY THAT MY TEACHERS WERE THE BEAD WORKERS OF THE PAST, THOSE THAT LEFT THINGS BEHIND.

♪ >> MANY NATIVE ARTISTS HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE TRAINING AND GUIDANCE PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

BUT KATRINA DID NOT HAVE THIS ADVANTAGE.

INSTEAD, SHE BEGAN STUDYING NATIVE TRADITIONAL ART AT FAMILY GATHERINGS AND MUSEUM EXHIBITS.

AND THEN BEGAN ESSENTIALLY TO REVERSE ENGINEER THE FINISHED WORKS TO DETERMINE HOW A PIECE WAS CREATED.

>> THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE DIFFERENT TRIBES FURTHER NORTH THAT HAD SAVED -- YOU KNOW, HAD STILL BEEN PASSING THINGS DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS, BUT I WAS NOT FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT.

SO I HAD TO START BEADING BY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT MY FAMILY HAD STILL IN THEIR POSSESSION.

THERE WERE SMALL PIECES BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT WAS LOST, AND I STARTED LOOKING AT HOW THE TECHNIQUE WAS DONE.

>> KATRINA'S STUDIO IS LOCATED IN HUNTINGTON, AND HER FAMILY LINEAGE IN THIS TOWN STRETCHES BACK TO A TIME BEFORE THE VILLAGE WAS EVEN ESTABLISHED.

THIS HOUSE, BUILT IN 1833 WAS PUN OF THE1833 ONE OFTHE COUNTY'S OLDEST STRUCTURES.

TRIBAL LEADERS OF THE MIAMI NATION, DURING THE ERA OF TREATY NEGOTIATIONS INTO THE 1830s AND '40s.

>> MY FOURTH GRADE GRANDFATHER WAS CHIEF RICHARD BILLS OF THE MIAMI PEOPLE.

HIS UNCLE WAS LITTLE TURTLE.

CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE WAS OUR WAR CHIEF.

HE WAS HELD VERY HIGHLY BY OTHER LEADERS OF OTHER SOLDIERS, OTHER WARRIORS SUCH AS GEORGE WASHINGTON AND CASCIACO, THEY THOUGHT VERY HIGHLY OF HIM BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY ONE OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS TO DEFEAT TWO UNITED STATES ARMIES IN BATTLE.

THE WOMEN ARE HELD VERY HIGHLY IN OUR CULTURE AND MY FAMILY LINEAGE WITH THE MIAMI PEOPLE IS THROUGH THE WOMEN IN MY FAMILY.

MY MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER.

IT GOES BACK.

♪ >> DURING THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1846, MOST OF THE FAMILIES OF THE MIAMI NATION IN INDIANA WERE FORCED TO OF MONTH TO THE OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

BECAUSE KATRINA'S FAMILY WERE TRIBAL LEADERS, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO STAY IN INDIANA, BUT THEY WERE LARGELY FORCED TO ASSIMILATE THEIR CULTURE AND TRADITIONAL WAYS TO THE WHITE SETTLERS IN THE REGION.

KATRINA BELIEVES THIS THE REASON WHY MANY OF HER NATIVE TRADITIONS SUCH AS BEAD ARTISTRY WAS LOST OVER THE YEARS.

HER WORK TO RESTORE THE TRADITIONAL ART HAS LED HER TO ESTABLISH ART HISTORY PROGRAMS HUNTINGTON SCHOOLS WHERE SHE DRESSES IN NATIVE CLOTHING AND TEACHES YOUNG AUDIENCES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AREA'S ARTISTIC HERITAGE.

>> I STARTED DOING PROGRAMS AT SCHOOLS HERE IN INDIANA, THROUGHOUT INDIANA, WHERE I WAS SET -- WHERE I WOULD SET UP CAMP, AN 1830s TIME FRAME CAMP AND I WOULD COME IN MY TRADITIONAL CLOTHING AND WE WOULD DISCUSS EVERYTHING THAT HAS NO DO WITH ART.

THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT OUR CULTURE.

KATRINA'S ART WORK HAS BEEN WIDELY ACCLAIMED AND SOME OF HER WORK HAS BEEN VALUED AT MORE THAN $3,000.

SHE HAS SHOWCASED MANY OF HER WORKS IN MUSEUMS ACROSS THE NATION, FROM REGIONAL EXHIBITS AT THE AIDLE GEORGE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS, TO SHOWS IN SANDTA FAYSANTA FE, AND WASHINGTON, D.C.,.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO THE MIAMI PEOPLE ARE.

SO I HAVE KIND OF FELT THAT IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY WITH MY ART ALSO TO TELL OUR STORY TO THOSE WOULD DON'T KNOW OF US.

SO IT'S CONTINUING THE STORY OF OUR PEOPLE.

>> YOU CAN GET ALL THE INFO AND SEE MORE OF KATRINA'S WORK AT KATRINA MINTON.COM.

AND AS ALWAYS, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY CONNECTED WITH US.

>> JUST HEAD OVER TO JOURNEYINDIANA.ORG.

THERE YOU CAN SEE FULL EPISODES, CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND INSTAGRAM AND SUGGEST STORES FROM YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS.

>> WE ALSO HAVE A MAP FEATURE.

IT ALLOWS TO YOU SEE WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND TO PLAN YOUR OWN INDIANA ADVENTURES.

AND BEFORE WE SAY GOOD-BYE, LET'S SPEND SOME MORE TIME EXPLORING THE COLLECTION HERE AT THE SWOPE ART MUSEUM.

♪ >> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "JOURNEY INDIANA" IS PROVIDED BY: