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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
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From: "ghwelker"
CALL FOR STUDENT WRITING
The 28th Annual California Conference on American Indian Education is
approaching quickly and, once again, we wish to showcase the writings
of American Indian students from our state in a small booklet
(chapbook) available to each participant who attends the
conference. We are requesting poetry, short stories, and photography
from all K-12 American Indian youths who reside in California. This is
the fourth year we have requested photographs. If possible we would
prefer black and white photographs but will accept color.
All submissions should address the conference theme "Educating
Tomorrows Leaders." Photographs and writings that demonstrate the power
of intergenerational education, whether formal or cultural, are
especially welcome.
Please inform your youths about this opportunity to have their work
published and encourage them to submit their writings to:
American Indian Education Program
Copyright will remain with the authors. Works submitted for publication
will not be returned, so please send copies only. Each youth who is
published will receive two free chapbooks from the Conference Planning
Committee. All works should be submitted for
review by Monday, March 7, 2005. Along with each submission, please
include the following information:
We are looking forward to publishing the writings and photographs of
our California Native American youths. If you have any questions,
please contact James Graham at (530)749-6196.
Thank you,
The 28th Annual California Conference on American Indian Education
From: "ghwelker" AEQ Book Review of Making Dictionaries: Preserving
Indigenous Languages of the Americas
From: George Lessard
Subject: AEQ Book Review of Making Dictionaries: Preserving
Indigenous Languages of the Americas
Frawley, William, Kenneth C. Hill, and Pamela Munro, eds. Making
Dictionaries: Preserving Indigenous Languages of the Americas.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. 450 pp. ISBN
0520229967, $34.95.
Reviewed for the Anthropology & Education Quarterly by
Catherine S. Fowler
This volume of papers provides fascinating perspectives on the
processes and practices of dictionary making by several contemporary
lexicographers, all of whom have struggled or are yet struggling to
develop these important tools for indigenous languages in North
America and Meso-America. Given that most of the 23 contributors are
well known for their work in theoretical and/or historical
linguistics, but also are actively involved in language preservation
and restoration efforts, their accounts of the complexities, time and
issues involved in developing dictionaries become even more important
and significant. As noted in the introduction by Fawley, Hill and
Munro, when one considers that a good dictionary "is a thousand pages
of ideas and history, a guide to the mind and world of a people" (p.
22), developed by a person (rarely persons) who is "simultaneously a
phonetician, morphologist, syntactician, and semanticist but also a
sociologist, anthropologist, biologist, diplomat, therapist,
mediator, and salesman" (p. 21), then the work and results deserve
much more consideration than they are often accorded. Indeed,
lexicographers are far from the "unfortunate drudges" that history
suggests, but rather heros to be celebrated and lauded for their
ultimate achievements. Readers of this volume will come away with
that impression, as well as a genuine feeling for the real work and
problems involved.
Subject: Sundance Institute's commitment to supporting Native Cinema
From: George Lessard
The Sundance Institute's commitment to supporting Native Cinema is
woven throughout the 23-year history of the Institute along with its
support for the artistic vitality of American Cinema. Rooted in the
recognition of a rich tradition of story telling and artistic
expression by Native Peoples, the Institute established a Native
Program as a means of supporting the development of Native filmmakers
and the exhibition of their work. The Sundance Institute has
supported nearly 45 Native writers and directors over the past 23
years, and showcased nearly 100 films by Native filmmakers. The
Sundance Film Festival's Native Forum is a gathering of Indigenous
filmmakers from around the world, and offers opportunities for them
to share their expertise and knowledge with each other and the
independent film community through workshops, panels, networking
events, and special screenings.
Native American and indigenous films screening in the 2005 Sundance
Film Festival:
Screening in the U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION :
Screening in WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION :
Screening in AMERICAN SPECTRUM :
Screening in the SHORTS COMPETITION :
FROM CHERRY ENGLISH /Canada (Director: Jeff Barnaby - Mi'gMaq)
Screening in the SPECIAL SCREENINGS :
From: George Lessard
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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
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 MULLYANGAH-
The Morning Star
When Mullyangah was a child, there was a great famine in the land that lasted many seasons. Things were so bad that whole tribes were forced to break up into small groups and go their separate ways in search of whatever food they could find.
One day, when the situation had reached its lowest, Mullyangah's parents gathered sufficient food to feed him alone. During that night they went to their Dreaming, leaving Mullyangah to fend for himself.
As time passed, each day Mullyangah was forced to travel great distances in search of food. He often crossed tribal boundaries and met other groups, however, as the situation was so desperate, inter-tribal confrontation seldom occurred because everybody suffered equally.
Often, Mullyangah would have an unusually successful hunt, in which case, he would gorge himself, then share the remainder with whoever happended along. This continued for a number of seasons, during which Mullyangah earned a reputation for his care and kindness. As time passed and the famine continued, his sole occupation was hunting and gathering food simply to feed himself, then leaving the remainder with a marker for any hungry travellers to share. Several groups would often gather together at known locations hoping that there was a cache of food left there by the solitary hunter, and there usually was.
In time, the self-imposed responsibility for providing for others began to have a profound effect on Mullyangah's health, because, as food became increasingly more difficult to find, he found himself eating less and less. Eventually, there came a time when Mullyangah's strength failed him and he was too weak to fend for himself.
That night, Mullyangah lay by his fire, alone, as always, because that was his way. He knew that he would soon go to his Dreaming, so he began to sing his song, never for one moment regretting what he had done throughout his life. For he remembered the day that his parents found their Dreaming by ensuring that he survived. Therefore, how could he have done less for others?
Seated in his sky-camp, Baiame, the Great Spirit, heard Mullyangah's song. He knew of the sacrifice that he had made, so he rewarded him.
The next morning, a bright new star appeared on the horizon. Brighter than any star that had ever shone. It was Mullyangah, commonly known a The Morning Star, watching over the people. And at the precise moment that it appeared, the famine ended.
Tales from the Dreamtime....Naiura.
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
http://groups.msn.com/KeeperofStories Origin of the Raven and the Macaw
The priest who was named Yanauluha carried ever in his hand a staff which now in the daylight was plumed and covered with feathers - yellow, blue-green, red, white, black, and varied. Attached to it were shells, which made a song-like tinkle. The people when they saw it stretched out their hands and asked many questions.
Then the priest balanced it in his hand, and struck with it a hard place, and blew upon it. Amid the plumes appeared four round things-mere eggs they were. Two were blue like the sky and two dun-red like the flesh of the Earth-mother.
Then the people asked many questions.
"These," said the priests, "are the seed of living beings. Choose which ye will follow. From two eggs shall come beings of beautiful plumage, colored like the grass and fruits of summer. Where they fly and ye follow, shall always be summer. Without toil, fields of food shall flourish. And from the other two eggs shall come evil beings, piebald, with white, without colors. And where these two shall fly and ye shall follow, winter strives with summer. Only by labor shall the fields yield fruit, and your children and theirs shall strive for the fruits. Which do ye choose?"
"The blue! The blue!" cried the people, and those who were strongest carried off the blue eggs, leaving the red eggs to those who waited. They laid the blue eggs with much gentleness in soft sand on the sunny side of a hill, watching day by day. They were precious of color; surely they would be the precious birds of the Summer-land. Then the eggs cracked and the birds came out, with open eyes and pin feathers under their skins.
"We chose wisely," said the people. "Yellow and blue, red and green, are their dresses, even seen through their skins." So they fed them freely of all the foods which men favor. Thus they taught them to eat all desirable food. But when the feathers appeared, they were black with white bandings. They were ravens. And they flew away croaking hoarse laughs and mocking our fathers.
But the other eggs became beautiful macaws, and were wafted by a toss of the priest's wand to the faraway Summer-land.
So those who had chosen the raven, became the Raven People. They were the Winter People and they were many and strong. But those who had chosen the macaw, became the Macaw People. They were the Summer People, and few in number, and less strong, but they were wiser because they were more deliberate. The priest Yanauluha, being wise, became their father, even as the Sun-father is among the little moons of the sky. He and his sisters were the ancestors of the priest-keepers of things.
"Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest"-
Compiled and Edited by
Katharine Berry Judson
[1912]
DreamWalkerAye
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
http://groups.msn.com/KeeperofStories
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
1919 B Street,
Marysville, CA 95901
Phone: (530) 749-6196 Fax: (530) 741-7840
email: jgraham@mjusd.k12.ca.us
Student Name Tribal Affiliation
Age of Student
Phone Number
Address Sponsoring organization (i.e., Title IX, IEC, or school)
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/indian4.htm
CANADIAN HISTORY
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/direct.htm
METIS NATION A COMPLETE HISTORY 1600 - 1900
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/metis.htm
THE true CANADIAN HISTORY 128,000 BC - 2003 AD
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/indian.htm
GENEALOGY of CANADIAN ANCESTORS
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/gene.htm
Subject: Book Review - Making Dictionaries: Preserving Indigenous
Languages of the Americas
University of Nevada
csfowler@unr.nevada.edu
http://festival.sundance.org/2005/?=native&107
TRUDELL /U.S.A (Director: Heather Rae - Western Cherokee;
Screenwriter: B. Russell Friedenberg)
DHAKIYARR VS. THE KING /Australia (Directors: Allan Collins and
Tom Murray - Willi Willi Nation)
5TH WORLD /U.S.A. (Director: BlackHorse Lowe - Din?; Screenwriter:
BlackHorse Lowe)
GOODNIGHT IRENE /U.S.A. (Director: Sterlin Harjo - Creek/Seminole
Nations)
NATCHILIAGNIAQTUGUK AAPAGALU - SEAL HUNTING WITH DAD /U.S.A.
(Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean - Inupiaq)
PLAINS EMPTY /Australia (Director: Beck Cole - Warramungu Nation)
PURA LENGUA (ALL TONGUE) /U.S.A. (Director: Aurora Guerrero -
Xicana)
TAMA TU /New Zealand (Director: Taika Waititi - Te Whanau a Apanui)
A THOUSAND ROADS /U.S.A. (Director: Chris Eyre - Cheyenne/Arapaho
Tribes)
GREEN BUSH /Australia (Director: Warwick Thornton - Kaytetye Nation)
Subject: US National Tribal Justice Resource Center
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* Indians of North America
* Indian courts
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From: "ghwelker"
Subject: Museum loses Indian artifacts to burglary
Museum loses Indian artifacts to burglary
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Early tribal artifacts put in spotlight
Little-known items focus of exhibit in Chicago
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Native American Links Page
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By David Whitney
At War Against Dam, Tribe Turns to Old Ways
Petition in Support of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/keeper_of_stories_3
(Totems of summer and winter)
Zuni (New Mexico)
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/keeper_of_stories_3
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