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From: Wells Mahkee, Jr.
[mailto:wpmahkee@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 11:50 AM
Subject: Zuni Pueblo Band
Dear friends,
The Zuni Pueblo Band has been invited to march in the Presidential Inaugural Parade on January 20th. The band considers this a great honor and has the opportunity to showcase Zuni Pueblo on a national level. They are presently attempting to raise approximately $22,000 to take care of travel and motel expenses.
The band will be holding a benefit concert here in Zuni on Sunday, January 9th, time and location TBA...
If you would like to make a monetary donation to the band, you are free to do so. For further information, you may contact either myself at wpmahkee@yahoo.com or Raeleva Sanchez at rae_who@yahoo.com. The band is included in the listing of parade participants at this link. You can also help by forwarding this message to your friends, family and other e-mail contacts.
Elahkwa/Thank you!
Wells
You can help support this effort by
Bidding on this painting
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 01:56:00 -0000
Three Saturdays,
Learn about the indigenous cultures of the Northeast through lectures,
performances, and films. Journey through "Native New York" with Evan
T. Pritchard, founder of the Center for Algonquin Culture, and learn
how Broadway used to be the Mohican Trail. Enjoy the Mohawk Singers
and Dancers, and take a look down the "Pow Wow Highway" with actor
Gary Farmer, and much more.
For details,
visit
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 02:21:54 -0000
~LEONARD PELTIER's Magnificent `Political Platform'~
from the brand new book ~HAVE YOU THOUGHT of LEONARD PELTIER LATELY?~
LEONARD PELTIER—2004 Presidential Candidate, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize
nominee, humanitarian, philosopher, author, poet, Pipe-carrier,
political
prisoner, archetypal victim, patriot of the Indian People, hero of
Indigenous Peoples everywhere, accomplishes amazing things from his
5-1/2x9-foot cinderblock cell at USP Leavenworth.
Here, I pass on this `political platform'
that
LEONARD wrote in the year 2000, when we ran a national Presidential
write-in campaign for Leonard (he publically withdrew in October 2000,
as
Ralph Nader should have graciously and sensibly done, so he wouldn't
draw
votes away from Gore—a little-known story among many others in the new
book ~HAVE YOU THOUGHT of LEONARD PELTIER LATELY?~*).
Also please visit Leonard's own website: www.leonardpeltier.org
THE NEW BOOK ON LEONARD PELTIER IS NOW OUT!
Order copies NOW for Holiday gifts!!
~HAVE YOU THOUGHT of LEONARD PELTIER LATELY?~
Please Order copies NOW for yourself & your friends at:
www.haveyouthought.com
or send a check for $23+$5=$28 per copy ($5 s/h on one copy; $2 s/h
each
add'l copy) made out to 'Have You Thought' & mail to:
For those who may have an interest, there's a new interview with author
Harvey Arden about the Wisdomkeepers, Leonard Peltier, Australian
Aboriginals & the state of the world...now archived at:
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 11:57:03 -0700
From Nov. 26, 2004 through Jan. 30, 2005, the Peabody Essex Museum
hosts Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic, the first major
museum exhibition of contemporary art from Canada's newest territory,
Nunavut. The exhibition includes more than 50 artworks-from
sculpture, prints, and textile art to photography, video, and sound
installations-all created in the last half-century, a time of
burgeoning artistic and cultural awareness and pride among Canada's
Inuit. Our Land is a collaborative project of the Peabody Essex
Museum, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Nunavut.
Newspaper coverage
Today, Inuit art includes a wide range of media and can be found in
public and private collections in Canada and other parts of the
world. Germaine Arnaktauyok, Kenojuak Ashevak, Pitseolak Ashoona,
Pudlo Pudlat, Jesse Oonark, Zacharias Kunuk, and Lucie Idlout are
just a few of the artists who have contributed to a vital body of
sculpture, drawing, printmaking, textile arts, and work in other
media, that are featured in Our Land . The outstanding creative
achievements of such artists have helped give voice to Inuit values
and beliefs and spurred economic and social development in their
communities. Our Land aims to introduce the art and unique worldview
of Canada's contemporary Inuit to visitors of the Peabody Essex
Museum.
In addition to the exhibition, catalogue, and DVD, the museum will
host an active calendar of public programming featuring Inuit art and
culture, including films, lectures, artist demonstrations, online
exhibitions, and dance and musical performances.
Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic , has received financial
support from the Government of Nunavut's Department of Culture,
Language, Elders and Youth, the Government of Canada, the Constance
Killam Trust, and the Elizabeth Killam Rodgers Trust.
Visit the online exhibition Subject: Tlingit Whale House Series
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:02:28 -0700
From: George Lessard
Nine years ago, brilliantly carved Tlingit artifacts linking the
Chilkat people with their ancestors were sold and removed from the
village of Klukwan. Since then, families, neighbors and lawyers have
fought bitterly over ownership. No one sees them now.
By Marilee Enge
Whale House Series
Series At A Glance
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:54:45 -0000
DAGGETT - A break-in discovered Christmas Day has robbed the museum in
this Mojave Desert town of its most prized
possessions, including antique dolls and American Indian artifacts on
loan from local families.
The thieves methodically cleared out glass display cases in the
Daggett Museum, said curator Beryl Bell, who discovered the
burglary when she went to feed her goldfish over the holiday.
"It's really heartbreaking for a small museum," Bell said Wednesday.
The stolen Native American artifacts include a basket appraised at
$3,500, a Navajo sash and two large clay Acoma pots that
had never been appraised but are very valuable, said Leslie Lloyd, the
president of the Daggett Historical Society, which
runs the museum.
The thieves also took antique dolls, model trains and other toys,
farming implements and examples of rocks from the area,
Lloyd said.
The thieves ignored the computers and copy machine in the office of a
local government agency that shares the low-slung
modular building with the museum, but they stole $2 in coins from
Lloyd's desk and a museum donation jar that contained
about $10, she said.
Despite the theft of the change, Lloyd believes the burglars were
experienced, as they left no fingerprints and took steps
to disable the alarm system -- even though it wasn't operational at
the time of the break-in.
"This appeared to be a very neat operation and it appeared they had a
shopping list," she said.
The historical society has notified the Antique Tribal Art Dealers
Association, which plans to post news of the break-in on
its Web site and will inform its 250 members.
The historical society is offering a $500 reward to anyone who can
provide information leading to the arrest and conviction.
Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand CHICAGO - A translucent, larger-than-life hand with long, tapering
fingers lends an air of mystery to a new exhibit of ancient and
little-known tribal art at the Art Institute of Chicago.
"Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand" opened Nov. 20 and runs through Jan. 30,
2005. It is scheduled to be shown at The St. Louis Art Museum from
March 4 to May 30, 2005, and at the Smithsonian National Museum of
Natural History from early July to late September.
Navajo artist Teddy Draper Workshops
Workshop information for 2005
March 15-19, instructor Elmer Yazzie, "cut yucca brush" watercolor technique.
May 16-20, instructor Teddy Draper, Jr., pastel techniques, insights into art, culture, and connecting to nature.
June 7-11, Indian Jewelry Basics (class limited to 4 students).
June 7-11, instructor Teddy Draper, Jr., pastel techniques, insights into art, culture, and connecting to nature.
Web Sites: Literacy in Indigenous Communities by L. David van Broekhuizen, Ph.D. (2000) Essay on the Zuni World View
Cushing also cited an
incidence where he showed a pole that accompanies a theodolite to an old Zuni
man and asked him what he thought the name of it was. In response the old man inquired as to the
use
of the
item. After briefly describing the
implementation of the device the old man provided a rather lengthy
sentence-word that Cushing translated as "heights of the world progressively
measuring stick". The next day Cushing
took the pole to the extreme corner of the pueblo and began "to flourish it
around" until a middle-aged man relented to curiosity and asked what it
was. Cushing then provided the Zuni
name he had learned the day before and the man promptly requested, "Can they
actually tell how far up and down journeying the world is?"
[105].
Indian band seeks to regain its birthright
Wintu Indians Notices:
Registration for the 31st Annual 2005 Bilingual Multicultural Education
and Equity Conference is now Haidu Language Project Currently, only seven Kasaan Haidas speak the Kasaan Haida dialect with
varying degrees of fluency--all elders over the age of 75. This summer, I urged the Kasaan Haida
Heritage Foundation (KHHF) to allow me to utilize the foundation's nonprofit
status to seek funding and conduct projects that preserve our elders'
knowledge. In September, we created the position of Media Specialist in which I intend
to raise money and interview our elders, especially in regards to the Haida
language. I will produce, direct, and coordinate a video documentary to raise
awareness and archive the language. I plan to make the results available in
digital formats on the KHHF website. Donations received from now until December 31, 2004 will earn the donor
a Grassroots Founder designation. I ask for a relatively small gift of 25 to 100
dollars. Donor's names will appear in the KHHF newsletter and donations
will be eligible for a tax deduction for this year. Grassroots Founders get
special on-screen mention in the documentary. Contest For Wives - Cochiti
At Amatsushe they were living, Old Coyote and Old Coyote Woman lived on
one
side of the hill and Old Beaver and Old Beaver Woman lived on the
other.
They visited each other every night. One night it was snowing, deep,
and Old
Coyote said to his wife, "I shall go to Old Beaver to invite him to go
hunting, and to make plans for exchanging our wives."
When Coyote got there, he called, "Hello," Beaver answered, "Hello,
come in
and sit down." They sat together by the fireplace to smoke.
Coyote said, "I come to tell you we are to go hunting. If we kill any
rabbits, we'll bring them to our wives. I'll bring mine to your wife,
and
you can bring yours to mine."
"All right," Old Beaver agreed. "You go first," said Coyote. "No, you
go
first. This is your invitation; you invited me," Beaver insisted. "All
right, I shall go early in the morning." Coyote said to Old Beaver
Woman,
"In the morning I am going hunting for you."
"All right, I shall sing the song so that you will kill many rabbits."
Old
Beaver Woman started to fix the supper. She wanted it ready for his
return.
Old Coyote was gone for the whole day. It was evening, and he did not
come
home at all. Sitting near the fireplace, Old Beaver Woman waited and
waited.
She started to sing her song:
Old Coyote, Old Coyote, come sleep with me, Come and sleep with me,
Ai-oo-ai-oo. Old Beaver said, "What are you singing about? He won't
kill
anything, for he isn't any hunter." Coyote killed nothing, and Beaver
Woman
waited and waited but Coyote never came.
Next day it was Old Beaver's turn to go hunting. He went to tell Old
Coyote
Woman that she must wait for him, for he was going to hunt rabbits for
her.
"All right," she said. And he killed so many that he could hardly carry
them.
In the morning Beaver came into Coyote's home and said, "Old Coyote
Woman,
here are the rabbits." She took them and said, "Thank you, thank you,
Old
Man Beaver."
They went straight into the inner room, and Old Man Coyote was left by
himself in the front room. He was very angry. They gave him his supper,
and
when he had finished, they went in to bed.
Old Beaver Man went to bed with Old Coyote Woman. Old Coyote Woman
cried
out, and Old Coyote called out, "Old Beaver, don't hurt my wife," Old
Man
Coyote! It's because I like it that I am crying out.
When he had finished, Old Beaver Man came out. He said to Old Coyote,
"We
won't keep bad feelings against each other; this was your plan. I shall
always wait for you at my house whenever you want to visit me." And
they
were as good neighbors as ever.
Recorded by Ruth Benedict in 1931.-
Contest Between the Thunder-Bird and the Raven - Blackfoot
Once the Thunder-Bird and the Raven tried their respective powers. The
Thunder-Bird carried off the wife of the Raven and refused to release
her
upon the Raven's demand. Then the Raven made medicine. He caused winter
with
a great snowfall. It was so cold that the only way in which the
Thunder-Bird
could keep from freezing was by constantly flashing his lightning. Yet
the
power of the Raven was so great that the Thunder-Bird could barely keep
a
hole melted out large enough for his body to rest in. At last he was
forced
to give up Raven's wife. Now, when there is much snow or a cold wave,
the
people go out and call to the Raven to take pity on the people.
Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History, Vol. II,
1908.
Submitted by Wolf Walker.
From: "ghwelker"
Subject: Living in America: The American Indian Experience
The American Museum of Natural History
presents
Living in America: The American Indian Experience
January 15, 22 and 29
1:00-5:30 p.m.
Kaufmann Theater, first floor
or
call 212-769-5315.
From: borreror@amnh.org
From: "ghwelker"
Subject: ~LEONARD PELTIER’s Magnificent ‘Political Platform’
[Passed on by Harvey Arden 12-13-04]
harvey@haveyouthought.com
~
A Living Memoir with Artifacts
by Harvey Arden, Edited & Compiled by George Bowe Blitch
with companion website www.haveyouthought.com
& 8 full-color pages of recent paintings by Leonard Peltier
with Special Contributions by:
Leonard Peltier
George Blitch
Barry Bachrach
Standing Deer
Arthur J. Miller
Lawrence Sampson
Carter Camp
Stephanie M. Schwartz
Keith Rabin
Have You Thought
1410 Blalock Road, #420
Houston, TX 77055
http://www.prophecykeepers.com/arden.html
From: George Lessard
Subject: Our Land - Contemporary Art from the Arctic
Our Land - Contemporary Art from the Arctic
THROUGH JANUARY 30, 2005
Peabody Essex Museum [excerpt]
GEORGE LESSARD
Information & Media Specialist
Part 1 : The sale of the Whale House legacy.
Part 2 : Carving the masterworks.
Modern-day carvers and anthropologists follow the trail of a Tlingit
artist of profound skill and vision
Part 3 : A Tlingit buyer of Tlingit artifacts.
Tlingit nobleman Louis Shotridge, so of a keeper of the Whale House,
becomes a scholar of his people - and a controversial collector
Part 4 :A dealer's passion for the Whale House.
A Seattle art dealer's decade of obsession ends in bitterness and in
court.
Part 5 :Epic sage becomes litigation.
A tangle of bloodlines and birthrights is now a court's to unravel.
From: "ghwelker"
Subject: Museum loses Indian artifacts to burglary
Museum loses Indian artifacts to burglary
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Glenn Welker
Editor, List Manager, and Web Master
for
Indigenous Peoples Literature
Early tribal artifacts put in spotlight
Little-known items focus of exhibit in Chicago
Chinle, Arizona (Canyon DeChelly)-
Seminars and workshops have limited capacity and usually require enrollment months in advance.
dechelly2000@yahoo.com
Indigenous Peoples Literature
Wisdom of the Old People
HTML Format (70K)
PDF Format(117K)
Excerpt (Complete article is available in PDF)
By David Whitney
At War Against Dam, Tribe Turns to Old Ways
Petition in Support of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe
available online
Teaching and Learning
Through a Cultural Eye
February 9-11, 2005
Sheraton Anchorage Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska
Sponsored by
Alaska Association for Bilingual Education
Native Educators' Association
Alaska State Department of Education and Early Development
For more information contact:
The Coordinators, Inc.
329 F Street, Suite 208, Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907/646-9000 * Fax: 907/646-9001
Please send checks (payable to "KHHF") to:
Kasaan Haida Heritage Foundation
600 University Street, Suite 3010
Seattle, WA 98101-1129
Memo area on your check designating funds for
"Media Specialist/Projects".
Sincerely,
Frederick Olsen, Jr.
For more information, email me or go to
http://kavilco.com/pages/
aboutkhhf.html
KHHF is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 92-0169568).
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories.
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories.
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories.
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