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Chattahoochee
Pow-Wow set for weekend
Gadsden
County Times - Quincy,FL,USA
... The first Native
American Arts & Crafts Pow Wow will be held from 9 am
to 10 pm Friday and Saturday and from 9 am to 4 pm Sunday. ...
Upper
Skagit Bald Eagle Festival
KIROtv.com
- Seattle,WA,USA
... with educational conservation displays,
live entertainment, expert speakers, arts and crafts ...
He will present "A River of Stars", Native American
legends of How ...
CUPERTINO/
SUNNYVALE/ SANTA CLARA
San Jose
Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
... New
exhibits, ``The Jazz Icons'' by BRUNI; ``The Native American,''
paintings by Mark Gray ... and Spirit,'' examples of both
her paintings and graphic arts may be ...
Native
art show an intimate look at culture
AZ
Central.com - AZ,USA
... Unlike other Native American
art shows - including the Santa Fe Indian Market, which ... piece"
said Don Owens, president of the Arizona Indian Arts Alliance,
a non ...
What's
Going On Calendar
San Francisco
Bay View - San Francisco,CA,USA
... New Afrikan, Xicano/Latino
and Native American youth in ... Raparations Records
(formerly Mandela Arts Center) as we ... in a Laney College
African American Studies 48 ...
Arlington
High School guidance news
Arlington
Advocate - Lexington,MA,USA
... to substitute honors
classes for required introductory liberal arts courses. ...
African American, Asian American, Hispanic American
and Native American backgrounds ...
Leisure
Time Suggestions
Monterey County
Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... Impressive exhibits include
Native American artifacts, the Monarch ... reptiles,
geology and a native plant garden. ... Arts and crafts,
puppet theater and special ...
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Stage
Capsule Reviews
Pitch Weekly
- Kansas City,MO,USA
... 18-20 at the Lawrence Arts
Center, 940 New Hampshire, 785-843-2787. ... Clark, especially
in the explorers' dicey interactions with the Native American
tribes they ...
Community
calendar
Cambridge Chronicle
- Somerville,MA,USA
... Lessons from an Ancient Native
American Spiritual Teacher ... NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN:
PUBLICATION CELEBRATION - 5-7 pm ... 8 pm, Cambridge Multicultural
Arts Center, 41 ...
Hamilton
cancels activist's forum
Syracuse
Post Standard - Syracuse,NY,USA
... Churchill, a Native
American activist and professor at the ... American
studies and modern American history, said ... exclusive
- and expensive - liberal arts schools. ...
See all stories on this topic
Reel
To Real: Tara Reid As Archeologist -- Can You Dig It?
MTV.com - USA
... that are related to an
extinct Native American tribe, a ... year-old Wyckoff,
New Jersey, native has been ... fields of performing and
visual arts, competitive sports ...
UCR
Ethnic Studies Professor Discusses Black Journalist ...
UC Riverside (press release) - Riverside,CA,USA
...
history, pan-African history, Native American slavery history
... English, discussing "Friendly Fire: American Images
of ... serving the humanities, arts and social ...
The
Journalistic Conundrum
Poynter.org
- St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... 4,400-member student body
is Native American. The school is also ranked as the second
most diverse campus in the country for public, liberal arts and
sciences ...
A
PARK CITY DOZEN
OregonLive.com
- Portland,OR,USA
... same sort of fealty paid to other
great American popular arts, but this ... Smoke Signals")
is a gorgeous, earnest portrait of contemporary Native American
life as ...
Historic
piano takes Tucson's stages
Northwest
Explorer - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Then, there's the spirituality
of the Native American flute.". ... The Ironwood
Ridge concert, sponsored by the Greater Oro Valley Arts Council,
will include three ...
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's Adventures in Idaho - Salish
Near Spokane one day, Coyote and Fox were travelling together on their
way
north. When they reached a river, Coyote said to Fox, "I believe I'll
get
married. I'd like to take one of those Pend d'Oreille women for my
wife."
So they decided to go in search of the Chief of the Pend d'Oreilles.
They
soon located him with his tribe, and Coyote approached him with a gift
of
salmon.
"Chief, I would very much like to have one of your tribal women for my
wife.
Can we talk about which one you would choose for me?"
"Now Coyote, you know we do not approve that our women intermarry with
other
tribal members. So you cannot have one of our Pend d'Oreille women for
your
wife."
Coyote and Fox left the Chief. Coyote became so disappointed with the
Chief's decision, he began to rage to his partner, Fox. "Soon the Chief
will
be sorry for his refusal. I'll make a big waterfall here in his big
river.
Forevermore, salmon will not be able to get over the falls to feed the
Pend
d'Oreilles."
Since Coyote had the power for his wishes to be granted, the great
falls
immediately formed as he had proclaimed. That is how the Spokane Falls
began.
From there, Coyote walked north to Ravalli. Soon he met an Old Indian
Woman
camped close by. Old Woman said to Coyote, "Where are you going?"
"I am on my way to travel all over the world." "Well, you had better go
back
and not stay here," Old Woman said to Coyote. "Why should I turn back
and
not stay here for a while? I am looking for a wife."
"Because there is a Giant here who kills everyone passing through this
valley," replied Old Woman. "But I am strong, I will fight him and kill
him
instead." So Coyote did not heed Old Woman's warning and started
walking on
the trail again. He noticed a large tamarack tree nearby on a hillside.
"I'll put an end to the Giant with a hard blow from this tree. That's
the
way I'll kill him," Coyote said to himself. So he pulled the tamarack
tree
from the ground and swung it onto his shoulder and continued his search
for
the Giant. Soon Coyote saw a woman who seemed nearly dead. He asked,
"What
is the matter, are you sick?"
"No, I am not sick," she replied. "I am going to kill the Giant with
this
tamarack tree," said Coyote. "You might as well throw the tree away.
Don't
you know the Giant already sees you and you are already a tasty bite in
the
Giant's belly?" said the woman.
Coyote took her advice and threw the tamarack tree up on a hillside
where it
is still growing near Arlee, a little station on the Northern Pacific
Railroad. All of what was Jocko Valley now fills the Giant's belly. As
Coyote traveled on from there, he observed many people lying here and
there.
Some were already dead, others seemed about to die, or were nearly
dead.
"Tell me what is the trouble with all of you people," asked Coyote of
an Old
Woman with her eyes open.
"We are all starving to death," she answered. "How can that be, when I
can
see plenty to eat here, lots of meat and fat?" said Coyote. Then Coyote
attacked the Giant and cut away large chunks of grease and fat from the
sides of the Giant and fed all of the people. Soon all became well
again.
"All of you people prepare to run for your lives. I am going to cut out
the
Giant's heart. When I start cutting, you must all run to O'Keef's
Canyon or
to Ravalli," called out Coyote.
With his stone knife, Coyote cut out the Giant's heart. The Giant
called
out, "Please, Coyote, let me alone. Go away from here. Get Out!" "No I
won't
go away. I'm going to stay right here until I kill you, said Coyote.
Then he cut out the Giant's heart. As he was dying, the Giant's jaws
began
to close tightly. Woodtick was the last one to escape from the Giant's
belly
when Giant's jaws closed. But Coyote caught hold of him and with all
his
strength pulled Woodtick out of the Giant's mouth. "We can't help it
but you
will always be flat headed from your experience," said Coyote as he
left and
started again on his world trip.
From there the traveler continued on to what is today Missoula,
Montana.
Coyote walked along between Lolo and Fort Missoula when he thought he
heard
someone call his name. But he could not see anyone. He trotted forward
again, and heard his name called again. He stopped and when he looked
into
the woods, he saw two women sitting down beside a river.
Coyote swam across the river, and went up the embankment to the women.
They
were very good-looking women, thought Coyote, maybe he could marry one
of
them. He sat down between them, but they stood up and danced down to
the
river.
"Wait for me," called Coyote. "I'll go swimming with you." He took off
his
jacket beaded with shells, denoting that he was a great Chief.
"We don't want to wait, we are having a good time dancing," replied the
two
women as they danced on into the river. When Coyote joined them, they
pushed
him down into the water and tried to drown him. Later, Coyote's
partner,
Fox, appeared from around a bend in the river, looking for something to
eat.
When he looked into the river and saw something lying on the bottom, he
said, "This must be my partner, Coyote!"
Fox pulled out the object, and when he was sure it was Coyote, he made
a
magical jump over him and brought Coyote back to life. Coyote said,
"Oh, I
must have had a long sleep."
"You were not asleep, you were dead," replied Fox. "Why did you go near
those women, you had no right to be near them, they are from the Shell
tribe."
Coyote climbed partway up the hill and set the grass on fire. Later it
was
discovered that the women could not escape, and died in the fire. Today
some
shells have a black side, because they had been burned at the same
time
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
http://groups.msn.com/KeeperofStories
http://festival.sundance.org/2005/?=native&107
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