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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.
"We are very honored to be working with the Peabody Essex Museum to
showcase the culture, heritage, and talent of Inuit," says Louis
Tarpardjuk, Nunavut's Culture, Language, Elders and Youth Minister.
"Inuit culture, belief system, and the natural arctic world provide
Inuit with seemingly unlimited subject matter for artistic
expression. I believe Our Land clearly demonstrates this diversity."
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.
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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
Whale House Series
Series At A Glance
See also
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 by e-mail to look out for
the stolen artifacts, said Alice Kaufman, the
organization's executive director.
The historical society is offering a $500 reward to anyone who can
provide information leading to the arrest and conviction
of those responsible for the theft.
"What we're hoping is that if we raise enough fuss, it will at least
raise their tail feathers some," said Lloyd, 47, who
has lived in the desert town of about 400 people all her life.
The museum, some six miles east of Barstow and about 125 miles east of
downtown Los Angeles, plans to increase security to
protect what remains of its collection and is only offering tours by
appointment.
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. Comanches and Utes Camp - Comanche
Once there was a bunch of Comanches out looking for trouble. They came
upon
a bunch of Utes and started a fight. There was a captive Ute woman with
the
Comanches whose son was a Comanche Warrior. Because she got scared for
her
son's safety, she rode out between the fighters, holding up her hands
and
calling for them to stop. I am on both sides," she cried. "I am a Ute.
My
son is a Comanche. I don't want my kinspeople to be killing each
other."
One of the Ute chiefs rode up to her. The woman held out her hand, but
the
Ute chief would not accept it. He said, "No, not until I know if your
chiefs
have sent you," Then her son, who was a war chief, rode up. He was
willing
that they should stop fighting. And so a truce was made. The two bands
went
into camp, the Utes on one side of a hill, the Comanches on the other.
Some Comanche hunters returning to their camp did not know about the
truce.
They came upon a Ute, whom they killed and scalped. Then they went
right on
into the Ute camp by mistake, singing the Victory Song and carrying his
scalp. The chief of the Utes calmed his people. "This is a mistake," he
told
them. "It is all right, We are at peace, We shall not get mad about
this
thing."
So the Comanche hunters went back and found their own camp. When he
heard
the news, a Comanche chief went over to see the Utes. "This was a
mistake,"
he told them. "However, it is not necessary to do anything about it.
One of
our men was killed in that battle we were having. Things are now even.
The
Utes agreed.
The next day a council of ten Ute chiefs came to the Commence camp to
visit
the Ute woman, and they found that she was a sister to one of them.
They
took her and her family back to the Ute camp to visit her parents, who
were
still living. There they gave her a special tipi with an antelope skin
tied
to a pole as a special sign.
At the end of four days, the Utes said, "Four days are now up. Now we
shall
separate." The Utes wanted the Ute woman's son to stay with them. At
first
he refused, staying alone when the camps moved, to decide what to do.
Finally, he took the Ute trail. He came to the Ute camp and asked for
their
chief. The chief invited him to dismount, and told his wife to serve
him a
supper. The Commence captive, his mother was sent for to interpret. He
told
the chief of his desire to become a Ute. This chief replied, "All
right, you
can be my son, but these utes are bad. They might kill you sometime."
The Ute chief made him his son, and he named him Wasp. After a Little
while
the chief gave him a packhorse and sent him back to the Comanches. Our
people re-named him Ten Bears.
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]
with links to these resources and art sites:
INUKSUK
Video interview with Peter Irniq: Constructing an Inuksuk at the
Peabody Essex Museum, 2004
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON NUNAVUT LAND, GOVERNMENT, CULTURE AND ART
Government of Nunavut website
Nunavut travel planner
Building Nunavut: A Story of Inuit Self-Government
Nunavut Planning Commission website
Inuit Sculpture
INUIT TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE | INUIT QAUJIMAJATUQANGIT
What is Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit?
Interviewing Inuit Elders: Nunavut Arctic College Oral Traditions
Project
INUKTITUT LANGUAGE AND SYLLABARY
A guide to the Inuktitut Syllabery writing system
Writing in Inuktitut: An Historical Perspective
Inuktitut remains strong and alive
Writing in Inuktitut: Try It Yourself
Arctic Life, Arctic Language
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROTECT AND PROMOTE INUIT CULTURE AND ART
Inuit Heritage Center in Baker Lake
Kitikmeot Inuit Association
Qikiqtani Inuit Association
Kivalliq Inuit Association
Index of Arctic Cooperatives Limited (many in Nunavut)
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Canadian organization representing Inuit in
Nunavut)
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts and Crafts
Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association
The Avataq Cultural Institute
CELEBRATING INUIT ART
Canandian Museum of Civilization, Iqqaipaa: Celebrating Inuit Art
Nunavut Art Exhibition
The World Around Me: Inuit art collection at University of Lethbridge
Cape Dorset Artists
The Faye and Bert Settler Collection of Inuit Art at the Winnipeg Art
Gallery
SONG
Interview With Throat Singing featuring Tanya Tagaq Gillis and Celina
Kalluk, January 9, 2003
Inuit Throat-Singing
Inuit Throat Singing of the Arctic Circle
First Indigenous Music Festival of the Americas
Lucie Idlout: Songs of the First People (interview)
Lucie Idlout website
Susan Aglukark website
Qimuk Music Incorporated
Inuit Music article written by Malaspina College student
Tanya Tagaq Gillis
Musical Memories: Drum Dance of the Copper Inuit
ART FROM NUNAVUT | IN THE NEWS
Government of Canada Helps Nunavut Artists Work Together to Bring
Inuit and Aboriginal Art to New Audiences
Art employs 4,000 in Nunavut
Inuit Art: The New Reality
Sharing Their Thoughts: Pequot Museum exhibit shows art work by Inuit
women
MEDIA
Inuktitut online TV
Isuma: Independent Inuit Video-making
Nunatsiaq News
Northern News Services online
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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.
CHILKAT INDIAN VILLAGE, IRA v. JOHNSON Decision
Summary
In an action brought by the Chilkat Indian Village, IRA against an
individual and a corporation and individuals comprising the "Whale
House Group" for the conversion of tribal trust property and
violation of a tribal ordinance which prohibits the removal of such
property from the village without prior notification of and approval
by the Chilkat Village Council seeking declaratory and injunctive
relief and monetary damages, the Chilkat Indian Village Tribal Court
orders the return of artifacts and the payment of expenses for the
artifacts' return as well as costs and fees of litigation.
Full Text
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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Indigenous Peoples Literature
Wisdom of the Old People
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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
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Native Educators' Association
Alaska State Department of Education and Early Development
For more information contact:
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Phone: 907/646-9000 * Fax: 907/646-9001
Please send checks (payable to "KHHF") to:
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