 This piece is based on Pueblo themes, and incorporates themes from the Winnebago and Chippewa.For his work on "Kalopin", Skilton was awarded the Bispham Memorial Medal Award by the American Opera Association of Chicago, Illinois.Besides his work on Indian motives, Skilton wrote music on other themes, including incidental music for a production of Sophocles' "Electra" at Smith College in his youth.