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Native
American author to teach at Wayne State
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
...
She also holds a master of arts in liberal ... A previous
adjunct professor of American studies and English at ...
she served as an advisor to Native American Students ...
Indiana
ancestors
Indianapolis Star -
Indianapolis,IN,USA
... The IHS and the National Center
for Great Lakes Native American Culture are hosting the
"Great Lakes Native American Arts and Crafts
Workshop" from 8 am to 2 ...
Business
Calendar
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
...
affordable housing and community development leaders to strengthen Native
American communities through ... Boulder County Arts
Alliance, 6:30 pm, Boulder Museum of ...
Slowing
the Crawl? Art community members speak out about closing ...
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
...
But how supportive is the Gallup community of fine arts outside
of the Native American arts and crafts market? "There
aren't art collectors here," said Butler. ...
Focused
on youth
Skagit Valley Herald
- Mount Vernon,WA,USA
... and Edwards are producing as
part of a cinematography program for Native American teens
called Native Lens. The program is run by the 911 Media Arts
Center, a ...
Powwows
attract a growing audience
Contra
Costa Times (subscription) - Contra Costa County,CA,USA
...
as they provided the music for the Native American dancers
circling ... dancing, the powwow featured booths selling American
Indian jewelry, arts and crafts ...
People
of the loneliest state
Sun-Sentinel.com
- Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... Tlingits in Haines to make
this totem for the new Native American Center being ...
Anchorage: As we approached the 2,000-seat Performing Arts Center,
an attractive ...
Check
out festivals in the Southeast
Times
Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... 18-20: This 32nd annual
event is a great weekend retreat to learn about Native American
culture through ... ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival, Jupiter,
Fla., Feb. ...
He's
Fought for His Views, Now His Job
Los
Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
...
"This is not a Native person ... Churchill attacked
the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts legislation, saying ...
The American Indian Movement, based in Minnesota, has called ...
US
gems from sea to shining sea
Financial
Times - UK
... open in London this week before moving
on to New York, Moscowand Paris - andTotems toTurquoise, subtitled 'Native
North American Jewellery Arts of the North ...
Capital
Roundup
Artnet - New York,NY,USA
...
European medallions made from melted American metal, range ...
After hundreds of Native Americans marched in a ... 14th
Street are Hemphill Fine Arts from Georgetown ...
Indian
jewelry faces test
Arizona Republic
- Phoenix,AZ,USA
... a fake made in the Philippines and
described as "Native American inspired." It ...
Members of the Council for Indigenous Arts and Cultures will share
information ...
Artsw
Calendar
Barre Montpelier Times
Argus - Barre,VT,USA
... 6, "An Infinite Exhibition,"
Burlington City Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington, 865 ...
through May 15, the impact of Ledger drawing on Native American
art; Critical ...
See all stories on this topic
Get
Out Guide
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
...
indoor exhibit areas that include "By Hand Through Memory,"
a permanent exhibit of Native American artistry by Doris
Swayze Bounds; visual-arts displays; and ...
2nd
college yanks Churchill invitation
Rocky
Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... is a 1,500-student
liberal-arts college in southeast Massachusetts. At Eastern Washington,
Churchill is scheduled to take part in Native American Awareness
Week ...
Dance
masters
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
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the events features exhibits, music, folk dances and arts and crafts.
... Parker Branch Waterfall and Canyon, Pebble Bluff Native
American shelters and Kinlock ...
Not
Your Father's Churchill
City
Journal - USA
... a panel devoted to "prisons and Native
American rights" at ... support his right as an American
citizen to ... are] characteristic of a liberal arts education
and ...
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.
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 Coyote, Wild-Cat, And The Old Woman - Caddo
An old, blind woman lived all alone. Her home was far away, and no one
ever
came to see her and few people even passed by. Though she was blind and
old
she somehow always had plenty to eat and seemed to get along as well as
any
one else. She always had her pot full of meat, and those who passed
could
smell it cooking, and they wondered who brought the meat to her.
Whenever
she sat down to eat she would always say, "All ready for dinner," just
as
though she were calling some one to come and eat with her; then she
would
say, "Orphan, I was only talking to myself."
One day Wild-Cat happened to come to her house while he was out looking
for
something to eat. He smelled the cooking meat, and so decided to stop a
while. When he went in he saw that the old woman was blind. He slipped
quietly to a corner and sat with one eye on the boiling pot and the
other on
the old woman while he tried to make a plan to steal the meat. After a
while
the old woman took the pot off of the fire and sat down to eat, but
first
she called, "All ready for dinner. Orphan, I was only talking to
myself."
Wild-Cat sprang up ready to run, for he thought that she saw him and
was
talking to him. When she did not say anything more, but began to eat,
he
forgot his fright and slipped over and began to eat, too. He ate very
quietly, being careful not to crack any bones or to make any noise in
chewing or swallowing. He ate until there was only a little left in the
pot;
then he slipped quietly out. After that he came there every day and ate
so
much that he grew slick and fat.
One day Coyote met Wild-Cat and said: "You always seem to have plenty
to
eat, and yet I never see you kill any game. Where do you get so much to
eat?" Wild-Cat told Coyote how he went to the old woman's home and ate
from
her pot every day. Coyote wanted to go along, and so Wild-Cat agreed to
take
him, but first he made him promise to keep very quiet and to do only
what he
was told. Coyote promised, and so they started to the old woman's
place.
When they came near Coyote smelled the cooking meat and started to run
on
ahead, but Wild-Cat pulled him back. They slipped inside and sat near
the
door while the meat was cooking. When the old woman took the pot off of
the
fire and called, "All ready for dinner," Coyote jumped up, and it was
all
Wild-Cat could do to hold him back. When the old woman began to eat,
Wild-Cat and Coyote slipped up and quietly stole meat out of the pot.
Coyote
put a big piece in his mouth and began to chew so hard that he forgot
all
about keeping quiet. His jaw came down on a bone and it cracked so loud
that
the old woman jumped up. Wild-Cat saw his jaw coming down on the bone
and
was out of the house by the time the old woman jumped up. She ran to
the
door and closed it, and then took a long spear that stood in the corner
and
began to poke around in the room. Coyote slipped about for some time,
but
finally the spear pierced him and he cried out with pain. Then the old
woman
knew for sure that some one was in the house, and so she kept on poking
until she killed him. Wild-Cat came back next day and found Coyote
dead. He
was sorry, not because he cared for Coyote, but because he was afraid
to go
in the old woman's house again to eat, for fear she would kill him.
Traditions of the Caddo, By George A. Dorsey, collected 1903-1905,
under the
auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
Submitted by Wolf Walker
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
http://groups.msn.com/KeeperofStories Coyote, The Deer, And The Wind - Caddo
One time when Coyote was out hunting something to eat he met Deer. Deer
asked Coyote where he was going, and Coyote told him that he was going
out
hunting. Deer asked Coyote how he killed his game, for he noticed that
he
carried no bow and arrows. "I can kill anything I can get my hands on,"
said
Coyote. "But how do you get close enough to get your hands on your
game?"
Deer asked. "Sometimes I run the game down, sometimes I catch them
asleep."
Deer said: "I am considered good food; even the human beings are very
fond
of my flesh. If you can catch me I will let you kill me and eat me."
Deer
started to run, and Coyote started after him, but soon lost sight of
him and
gave out. He went on home, but he could not help thinking of Deer's
offer,
and wondering how he could catch him. He wandered about trying to find
him
asleep, but never did. One time, after Coyote had been out searching to
find
Deer asleep, he grew very tired and lay down in the tall grass to take
a
nap. When he awoke he heard some one singing near by. He was badly
frightened and sat up straight and rubbed his eyes and peeped about. He
saw
no one, but as he sat still and listened again he heard his name
mentioned
in the song. He jumped up and ran as fast as he could; yet he always
heard
the voice singing in his ears, just as near as when he woke up. He ran
as
fast and far as he could; then he dropped down to die. While he was
panting,
he heard the voice again, and it was so near that he heard these words:
"If
Coyote ever kills a Deer he shall be as fleet as he, and I who am
singing am
going to give him power to catch a Deer. I am the Wind." Coyote's fear
vanished, and he arose and barked at the Wind in a loud voice, to give
thanks. His weariness left him and he started out to find Deer. He
traveled
all day, but could not find him. At night he came to a camp, where he
stole
a buffalo robe. He put the robe over him and then went on to look for
Deer.
Down by the river he thought he saw him. He went another way and
slipped
round a bend in the river until he came close to Deer. He reached out
his
hands to grab him and said, as he caught hold of him: "I have you; I
thought
you said I could not get you." To his surprise he found that he did not
have
Deer, but the man whose robe he had stolen. The man took Coyote home
with
him and made him work for him and his sister, and treated him very
cruelly,
because he had stolen his robe. One time while the man was out hunting,
Coyote went into the lodge and said to the sister in a loud, angry
voice:
"Pack up your clothes; I am going to take you to my home as prisoner,
and
you will have to work there as I have worked here. Your brother is
killed
and now you must come with me." The girl was frightened and obeyed.
They
started toward Coyote's home. Coyote went behind the girl with a long
stick
in his hand, and whenever she stopped or fell he hit her with the
stick. The
girl went on, though she was so tired and frightened that she could
hardly
move, and as she went she prayed that her brother was not dead, but
would
come and help her.
In the meantime the man returned home and found his sister and Coyote
gone.
He knew at once what had happened and started after them and soon
caught up
with them; for he had the power to travel as fast as the fleetest
arrow,
though Coyote did not know it. When he was almost up with them he shot
an
arrow in front of his sister. She saw it and knew that her brother was
coming to help her; then she began to cry the more from joy. Coyote
whipped
her for crying and made her travel faster. The man saw Coyote strike
his
sister and heard the cruel words that he spoke to her. He went on a
hill and
then shot another arrow. Coyote looked up and saw him and became
frightened
even more than the girl had been. He dropped his stick and ran to the
girl
and begged her to let him carry her bundle of clothing, and begged her
not
to cry. The man came down from the hill and asked Coyote where he was
going
with his sister. Coyote said that the people had treated them so badly
he
had decided to take the girl to another village, where the people would
be
kind to her. He said that he was helping her along the way and had been
kind
to her. The brother of the girl did not believe Coyote, for he had seen
his
treatment of her. He told Coyote to take the bundle of clothes and put
it on
his back; then he told his sister to sit on the bundle. He put his
bow-string through Coyote's mouth and gave the ends to the girl. She
sawed
the strings back and forth and the man ran along by the side of Coyote,
whipping him, and thus they returned to their home. This man was the
Wind,
who had become angry at Coyote for stealing his robe and trying to
catch
Deer with it, instead of waiting for him to give him power.
Traditions of the Caddo, By George A. Dorsey, collected 1903-1905,
under the
auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
Submitted by Wolf Walker
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
http://groups.msn.com/KeeperofStories
http://festival.sundance.org/2005/?=native&107
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