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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
Gary Farmer, and much more.
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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 :
George Lessard
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
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
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 Cottontail Boy and Bluejay - Nez Perce
Many people were assembling nearby. Bear [xa' xats] and her friends,
the
Killdeer Sisters, went out from camp going somewhere. They traveled
along.
Cottontail Boy [hayu' xtshatswal] and Bluejay [quya' squyas] saw them
pass
by and said to each other, "Oh, there they go. Let us banter with Bear
as
she passes." Cottontail Boy said to him, "Then you speak up to her."
Now he scoffed at her. He said, "You there who goes along hindmost. It
is
said of you that your vulva distends as large as the land that extends
up
the valley."
She came to a sudden stop. "Whom are you addressing?"
"You, of course."
"You should never say such things. Have a care, nephew. The eagles and
sparrow hawks might hear you. They who want me for a wife, they might
hear
you. They will be the ones with whom you will trade at the marriage
visit.
Who would ever say such things of anyone, nephew?" Thus she cajoled
Cottontail Boy, as he sat there, and Blue jay, perched in a pine tree
above.
Bear just talked and came up closer to them at the same time.
Cottontail Boy
reclined at the entrance of his lodge. But he craved Bear for eating.
(It
was for that reason they had shouted at her in the first place.) Now
she
came up close and cajoled them. At that moment she very quickly tried
to
catch Cottontail Boy, but he eluded her grasp by jumping away suddenly.
She
groaned with disappointment. "I missed him.
Nevertheless, I will never let him escape." Now she dug into Cottontail
Boy's lodge.
But she grew tired presently and Blue jay said to her from above,
"Aunt, I
said nothing to you. I respect you. Cottontail Boy is given to saying
things
like that. I was even angry at him myself. Wait a moment and let me
advise
you, for you are just to avenge yourself. Build a fire there at the
entrance. Build a fire there; and when you hear him cough ["lik, "
'lik",
'lik"" - - sound of choking cough] and choke, you will know that he is
suffocating. Then you will smear yourself with pitch all around the
crotch
of your legs and squat over the fire. Then, just as Cottontail Boy
dashes
out, he will run squarely into this and stick."
"Yes, yes nephew; it is well you have advised me." Now Bear did this.
She
carried wood and built a fire at the door. Then she smeared with pitch
that
part about which she had become indignant. She smeared it with pitch
well
and squatted over the fire. The fire burned good and warm. Presently
she
heard the sound of coughing [""lik", 'lik", 'lik""].
"Now he is suffocating," Blue jay said to her from above. By this time
the
pitch had melted on her. Now, from inside, Cottontail Boy just poured
forth
coals and fire, showered fire on that part of her which was smeared
with
pitch. Oh! How she burst into flame because she was smeared with pitch.
She
leaped away and writhed about in agony, going this way and that. Then
she
fell dead. Cottontail Boy and Blue jay now barbecued Bear
Taken from Tales of the Nez Perce by Donald M. Hines, Ye Galleon Press;
Fairfield, Washington, 1999 [gathered from other source books dated
between
1912 and 1949]
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)
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
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)-
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dechelly2000@yahoo.com
Native American Links Page
Indigenous Peoples Literature
Wisdom of the Old People
Native American Summer Camp Info
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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
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