Thurs., Oct. 28, 2004

Google Alert for: native american arts

Mesa Pow Wow expected to draw 10,000 daily
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... enough to visit the Mesa Pow Wow this weekend, but consider also that there will be nearly 350 dancers and singers and more than 60 Native American arts vendors ...

Enter a Category
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... "Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest" opens Saturday and runs through July 10. ...

Weekly Exhibitions
TheDay - New London,CT,USA
... Emporium Gallery, 15 Water St., Mystic; exhibits, "Native American Spiritual" by Beth ... Mystic Arts Center, 9 Water St., Mystic; "Latin Views 2000," a ...

Visual arts: History, once removed
San Antonio Current - San Antonio,TX,USA
... and is currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. ... changes represented a deeper truth: little remained of the traditional Native American way of life ...

A/E: Entertainment calendar (part 3)
Las Vegas Mercury - Las Vegas,NV,USA
... Contemporary Arts Collective: "Our Daily Bread: Edible Routine, Habit and Ritual," Victoria ... Enterprise Library: "Native American Portraits" by Jane Marquez. ...

Dead reckoning
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
... Since opening in August, the "Circle of Memory" exhibit at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) in ... One, which honors a Native American veteran, has a US flag ...

Gwinnett calendar
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
... Hudgens Center for the Arts, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Building 300, Duluth. ... Native American dance and drum competitions; storytelling, fire-making demonstrations ...

Sound of swing at Holyoke War Memorial
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
... by the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts. ... the band an important place in American culture. "Tribal, European, Native American, Hispanic, there ...

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Winter & Christmas 2004 - Request for Donations
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Cherokee Medicine Man - Cherokee
In the old days the Cherokee Medicine Man would travel to the rock caves to meet with the Little People and share in their secrets. The medicine men would stay in the mountains for seven days and nights telling stories around the campfire. On the fist night they would tell the story of the bear and sing the songs the bear had taught the Cherokee. The songs were for good hunting. On the second night, they would dance the Green Corn Dance for good crops, singing and dancing all night long. On the third night a song was sung to invoke the deer spirit to be kind to the Cherokee hunters. The fourth, fifth and sixth nights were spent on more storytelling, dancing and singing. Each medicine man told about sacred formula that the Little People has entrusted to him.
On the seventh night, at the darkest hour, as the drums beat louder and louder, the Little People or Yundi Tsundi danced into the circle. They danced and chanted sacred songs. Then the Little People told the medicine men to return the secrets that had been shared with them that year. One by one the medicine men placed the secret formulas in the hands of the Little People. The medicine men left the cave and returned to their people. They would return again and again to receive and return the spirit gifts of the Little People.
Submitted by Little Mother

A Bird in Search of a Mate - Seneca
A YOUNG woman lived alone on the bank of a large river. One day she thought, "I am old enough to have a husband. It is lonely here by myself." She oiled her hair, painted her face red, put on her best clothes and went to a spring. She dipped up a bucket of water and looking in it said, "I am nice enough for any man." Then she started off along the bank of the river that ran through a forest. Toward midday she came to a place where she saw signs of people living near, and, seating herself on a log she began to sing, "I wonder if any man around here wants a wife. I wonder if any man around here wants a wife." Soon some one far off in the forest answered, "I want a wife. I want a wife." Then the woman sang back, "What will we live on? What will we live on when we live together?" And he sang, "We will live on moss." And she, singing, answered, "I couldn't live on moss. I am too good for such coarse food; I'm a nice looking girl." Again she traveled along the bank of the river. It was near sunset when the young woman came to a place where she saw signs of people living near. She seated herself on a log and sang, "I wonder if any man around here wants a wife. I wonder if any man around here wants a wife." Some one, not far off, answered, singing, "I want a wife. I want a wife." Then she sang, "What will we live on? What will live on? What will we live on when we live together>" And he, singing, answered, "We will live on hawthorn berries and roots." She sang, I cannot live on hawthorn berries and roots. I am too good for such food; I'm a nice looking girl." The young woman traveled on till dusk then, seeing signs of some one having been along a short time before, she seated herself on a log and sang, "I wonder if any man around here wants a wife. I wonder if any man around here wants a wife." Close by some one sang, "I want a wife. I want a wife." And she, singing, asked, "What will we live on? What will we live on when we live together?" And he sang back, "When we live together we will live on seeds." Singing, she answered, "That is the food I like; seeds are nice and soft." The singer, hearing her answer, was pleased. He came and sat on a log by her side, and, singing, asked, "Did you understand my song when you asked what we would live on when we lived together?" She, singing, answered, "Yes, seeds. I love seeds, they are sweet and soft." Then the two flew off along the bank of the river, and ever since have lived happily together--The first birds of Spring. The first man to answer the young woman's call was a deer--the second was a bear; the third was a bird like herself.
Seneca Indian Myths by Jeremiah Curtin [1922] [Told by Peter White]
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories.