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Cambridge Chronicle
- Somerville,MA,USA
... RINDGE SCHOOL OF TECHNICAL ARTS
EIGHTH-GRADE CAREER AND INFORMATION NIGHT - 6:30 pm ... "The
Peacemaker: Lessons from an Ancient Native American Spiritual
Teacher ...
Carson
& Douglas Roundup for Jan. 20, 2005
Reno
Gazette Journal - Reno,NV,USA
... Training focuses on
the museum's historic mint, mine and Nevada's Native American
heritage exhibits. The Brewery Arts Center in Carson City has two
new ...
Arlington
High School guidance notes
Arlington
Advocate - Lexington,MA,USA
... School of Visual Arts
Silas H. Rhodes Scholarships are available for ... of African American,
Asian American, Hispanic American and Native American
backgrounds. ...
Cambridge
people
Cambridge Chronicle -
Somerville,MA,USA
English is a Native American
and African-American woman working as a ... English earned
her bachelor of arts degree in community service management from
the ...
Coshocton
artist's work on exhibit across US
Coshocton
Tribune - Coshocton,OH,USA
... Joan currently teaches
at the Pomerene Center for the Arts and will show her ...
is traveling the United States with an exhibit of contemporary Native
American Art ...
Harjo:
My New Year's resolution: No more fat 'Indian' food
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
...
is ''specifically aimed at our Native American community,''
said ... them a toss and let the Native manufacturers know
... to promote history or the arts with federal ...
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Monterey County Herald
- Monterey,CA,USA
"Ancient Echoes: Native American
Rock Art," photographs by ... Reception 5-7 pm Friday, Jan.
21 at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, 4th and Guadalupe, Carmel.
...
Expert
Sources on Black History Month
UC
Davis (press release) - Davis,CA,USA
... Contact: Jack
Forbes, Native American Studies, (530) 752 ... Grapevine:
Rumor in African American Culture." Contact ... Turner,
Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural ...
Regional
festivals
SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
...
Feb. 19, 14th Annual Native American Pow Wow, Durham, NC
- This pow wow is a day of native American music, dance,
food and arts and crafts. ...
IAIA
HAS HOPES FOR CENTER
ABQ Journal
(subscription) - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... on strengthening
native communities by supporting tribal self-determination.".
IAIA-- chartered by Congress in 1962 and dedicated to American
Indian arts and ...
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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.
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?~
Also please visit Leonard's own website: www.leonardpeltier.org
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: 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 Corncob Boy Intercedes For His People - Cochiti
The people sinned and Heluta withheld the rains. Only to his son,
Corncob
Boy, he gave stores for the four years of the drought. Corncob Boy
lived in
a large house with his two wives, daughters of the cacique. All kinds
of
corn were in his house and in the center was an inexhaustible bowl of
water.
All of the summer birds lived with him in his house during the time
there
was no rain. Heluta told him, "When the people are dying of hunger and
thirst and come to you for food, give it to them; do not be stingy."
For four years the crops failed and the people were starving. They came
to
Corncob Boy and said, "We are sorry for what we have done. Send
messengers
to your father Heluta and ask him to forgive us." Corncob Boy sent
Coyote to
take word to Heluta to ask him to forgive them: "Come back and bring
them
good fortune." Heluta was sorry for the people and he gave them the
ceremony
of the Giant Society. He brought it to Cochiti. When it was over,
Heluta
said to the people, "Wait till I get back to Shipap and you will have
rain."
When he had reached there, the clouds came up with thunder and
lightning. It
began to rain and wet the fields, and the people had water to drink.
Tales of the Cochiti Indians by Ruth Benedict, Bureau of American
Ethnology
Bulletin No. 98 [1932]
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
From: "ghwelker"
Subject: ~LEONARD PELTIER’s Magnificent ‘Political Platform’
Have You Thought
1410 Blalock Road, #420
Houston, TX 77055
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)-
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
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