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Putting
the Sha in Shaman
Town Hall -
Washington,DC,USA
... of Colorado to become a lecturer
in Native American studies. Churchill is part of a great
tapestry of American Indian-related fraud. Non-Indian arts
and crafts ...
Dana
speaks on social and environmental justice
Tufts Daily - Medford,MA,USA
... funded
by the Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Diversity Fund. Ammons said
that the University has a "lot of work to do" in terms of Native
American studies. ...
Stuart
News events calendar: March 15
Sebastian
Sun - Sebastian,FL,USA
... Ga., concert, 3:30 and 7:30
pm, McAlpin Fine Arts Center, main ... Eagle Pipe Dancers:
Native American Dance, meeting, 7-9 pm, Stuart Recreation
Center, (772) 288 ...
WEEK
TO EXPLORE SANTA FE DESIGN
Albuquerque
Journal (subscription) - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... Gaw Meem,
blended with Native American architecture, patterning ...
with interior designers, American Institute of ... at the
Lensic Performing Arts Center presented by ...
Charette
advocate for many
Billings Gazette
- Billings,MT,USA
... Labre Indian School in Ashland
and earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from UM, where
she also ... She epitomizes class from a Native American
perspective.". ...
Decision
today on Hawaiian artifacts
Honolulu
Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
... The Native American
Grave Protection and Repatriation Act is the federal law that gives Native
Hawaiian organizations ... Academy of Traditional Arts,
recapped the ...
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Craig
County teen is among 8 heroes of Women's Foundation
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
...
in the establishment of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond
... While researching her family's genealogy, she discovered
she was a Monacan Native American. ...
Probe
of tenure decision awaiting on back burner
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
...
away by a California school that also was trying to build a Native
American studies program. The documents and interviews show former
dean of arts and sciences ...
Indian
Center
WIBW - Topeka,KS,USA
...
such as bingo nights, Indian arts and crafts ... Newman
plans to meet with American Indians to ... maintain the
original requirements because Native Americans have had ...
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This once a day Google Alert is brought to you by Google.
"John Adams, NRDC BioGems"
The Bush administration is proposing to open over 90 percent of
Wyoming's
spectacular Great Divide wildlands to large-scale oil and gas drilling.
Please go to
http://www.savebiogems.org/yellowstone/takeaction.asp
right now and send a message telling the Bureau of Land Management that
you
oppose its destructive plan to industrialize some of America's greatest
natural
and cultural treasures.
The Great Divide boasts spectacular desert wildlands, sculpted badlands
and one
of the largest active sand dune fields in North America. It is home to
one of
the world's last viable wild populations of the endangered black-footed
ferret,
large herds of pronghorn, wild horses and rare birdlife like the
ferruginous
hawk and the burrowing owl.
These wide open spaces have a colorful past, being the ancestral
homelands of
the Shoshone and Ute peoples, the site of the Overland and Cherokee
trails
traveled by the pioneers and the favorite hiding places of outlaws
Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
But the Bush administration's proposed plan would give only token
protection to
the sensitive big game winter ranges, migration corridors and important
habitats for rare wildlife. And it would allow destructive
industrialization of
the most fragile areas.
Just as bad, the plan would not protect almost 3,000 sites cherished by
Native
Americans, archeologists and trails enthusiasts. Hundreds of those
sites are
eligible for designation on the National Register of Historic Places.
I urge you to go to
http://www.savebiogems.org/yellowstone/takeaction.asp
right now and make your voice heard in defense of the Great Divide's
irreplaceable natural and cultural treasures!
Sincerely,
John H. Adams
President
Natural Resources Defense Council
. . .
BioGems: Saving Endangered Wild Places
A project of the Natural Resources Defense Council
http://www.savebiogems.org
From: George Lessard -media@web.net
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:23:17 -0700 (MST)
From: Government of Nunavut Press Release
IQALUIT, Nunavut (March 1, 2005) ñ Honourable Louis Tapardjuk,
Minister of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth is pleased to release
Taimanit: Short stories written about life on the land. The book
features the two winning entries from the 2004 Nunavut Literary
Prize. The publication was a joint effort between the Department and
the Nunavut Literacy Council.
"Taimanit is an important step towards creating new and exciting
literature in Inuktitut," said Minister Tapardjuk. "The Nunavut
Literary Prize is a great initiative, and I am very hopeful that this
publication will lead to the growth of Inuit literature."
The Department launched the Nunavut Literary Prize to encourage the
writing and publishing of new Inuit literature. A $6,000 first prize
and a $4,000 second prize are awarded each year for the best stories.
Morty Alooloo was the first prize winner in the 2004 Nunavut Literary
Prize. She wrote about the changing way of Inuit life and the
importance of traditional advice to strengthen the culture. Paul
Issakiark received the second prize for his story about a father
going out on the land with his son and teaching him traditional
hunting knowledge. The book features a forward by the Commissioner of
Nunavut, Peter Irniq and illustrations by Andrea Noveya Duffy of
Rankin Inlet.
"There is very little published reading material that is written by
Inuit for adult readers of Inuktitut. Stories in print are necessary
for the development of strong reading and writing skills. They play
an important role in the preservation of language and culture," said
Kim Crockatt, Executive Director of the Nunavut Literacy Council.
"The publishing of Taimanit is a great addition to writing by Inuit.
Continuous efforts need to be made to support the writing and
publication of literature, stories and poetry by Inuit authors in
Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun."
Judging of the 2005 Nunavut Literary Prize is currently underway.
Over the coming months, Nunavummiut will be asked to pick the winners
from three finalists. The top three stories will appear in the
northern newspapers and readers will be asked to decide the $6,000
first prize and $4,000 second prize recipients.
For more information, contact:
Penny Rumbolt
Kim Crockatt
From: George Lessard
From: NAJA-Email Alerts
Nominations sought for American Indian Journalism Institute, June 5-24,
2005
Nominations and applications are being accepted for the fifth annual
American Indian Journalism Institute, June 5-24, 2005, a concentrated
three-week academic program at The University of South Dakota. The
nomination deadline is March 31.
An informative 11-minute video and other information are available
online at
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=17963
To nominate a student, write an e-mail or letter explaining why the
person should be accepted into the institute and how the student can
be contacted. Please include the nominee's mailing address and e-mail
address. Self-nominations also are welcome.
Send nominations to Jack Marsh, executive director, Al Neuharth Media
Center, 555 Dakota St., Vermillion, SD 57069 or via e-mail to
jmarsh@freedomforum.org. Telephone 605/677-6315.
AIJI is a college course sanctioned by the university and funded by
the Freedom Forum's Al Neuharth Media Center. It trains about 25
Native students each year in the fundamentals of print journalism and
is the largest program of its kind in the country. AIJI students
attend classes and lectures and receive hands-on experience in
reporting, writing and photojournalism. The Al Neuharth Media Center,
a newly refurbished state-of-the-art facility where AIJI is held,
also is home to the Native American Journalists Association.
Tuition, fees, room, board, books and supplies are free. Those who
successfully complete the program earn four hours of college credit
that can be transferred to another college. They also receive a $500
stipend/scholarship when they re-enroll as full-time college students
in the fall.
About a dozen participants will go directly from AIJI to paid summer
internships at daily newspapers. AIJI graduates also are eligible to
apply to work for www.Reznetnews.org, the country's foremost online
newspaper produced by and for Native students.
AIJI is open exclusively to Native students interested in journalism
who have completed at least one year of college and who intend to
return to school in the fall.
Preference will be given to those applicants interested in journalism
careers and who show the greatest potential to become journalists.
Previous journalism coursework is not required. The program forbids
the use of alcohol, other intoxicants and illegal drugs at any time
from June 5 through June 24, 2005. Violators will be dismissed from
the institute.
From: "ghwelker"
Greetings fellow readers,
I invite you to experience the world as seen from the
eyes of a traditional Navajo boy on the largest Native American
Reservation in the United States. Although I am a member of the
Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma, I was raised from the age of eight years
old in Window Rock, Arizona and consequently married into the Navajo
Nation to a beautiful woman from the Pinon, Arizona area. We have
three children and continue to live near her family as is the way of
the matrilineal people of the Navajo Nation.
As my soul took me through the pathway of life, I went
to school and received my Bachelor's of Science and became a
Registered Nurse; however, my heart belonged to the written word.
The Fourth World is my first fiction novel and I believe you and other
readers will greatly enjoy the special insights that I share about the
Navajo people. I write under the pen-name W. Tussinger. I have
included a print of the front and back covers. The book is published
by Publish America under ISBN # 1-4137-4547-4.
This is, obviously, a promo letter. My interest in
writing is really to enquire how I might work with your fine
organization to our mutual benefit. I'd be open to working closely
with you to let your readers/viewers know of my work. Rather this
entails personal appearances and/or writing articles per your
guidelines.
As a legitimate media representative you are invited
to request a complimentary copy of Fourth World from
support@publishamerica.com.
Thank you very much.
Bill Elliott,
From: "ghwelker"
Dear Friendsr,
I am looking for any historic information concerning an eighteenth
century beaded sash of the Choctaw/Muskogean tribe. The sash is
thought to be a possession of the Chief, Priest, or Medicine-man of
the tribe. The sash is worn about the neck and shoulders, is about
three to five feet in length, and is adorned with an articulated
beaded symbol akin to the formal shape of a violin instrument sound
hole. The formality of the symbol em-beaded on the sash is viewed as
expressing connective "branches" with reciprocating volutes or
scrolling articulated at opposite ends of the symbol - similar to the
violin hole articulation. The "branches" of the sash symbol, however,
are defined in a linear (straight) fashion, as in the straightness of
a ruler's edge.
The violin articulation appears in the fourteenth century Europe, and
is traceable to earlier eastern periods. The pre-American Mayan/Aztec
cultures exhibit similar traits of articulation, and could have easily
been conveyed through ancient migration.
I would be most interested in knowing if the Choctaw sash symbolism
is a pre-American cultural origination, or expressing of a later
European influence.
Can you reflect or direct me with regards to the sash example, or
symbolism articulated thereon?
Sincerely,
Edward Pascoe; AAS
109 Union Ave SE - Renton, WA 98059
From: "ghwelker"
Dear Members of the Native American Community:
Please be advised that House Bill 179 relating to artifacts recovered
from Native American burial sites, has been assigned to the House
Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. Write or fax your letter
of support and request the scheduling for public hearings to the
following House Representative;
House Representative Harvey Hilderbran
Chairman, House Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768
PHONE: (512) 463-0536
FAX: (512) 463-1449
Thank you for your coiuntinued support and help in this matter. You can
also contact the governors office at the following
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/contact/contact_email.htm
TOLL FREE: 1 (800) 252-9600
FAX: (512) 463-1849
This is open to all; ask everyone you know, including your friends,
community leaders, community organizations, school, newspaper, radio,
political groups, church, or any other Native American groups. Again,
the Native American community awaits for the best of our intentions.
Peace,
Daniel Castro Romero, Jr., M.A., M. S. W.
General Council Chairman
Lipan Apache Band of Texas, Inc.
H.B. No. 179
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to artifacts recovered from
Native
American burial sites. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 191, Natural Resources Code, is
amended by adding Section 191.099 to read as follows: Sec. 191.099.
CATALOGUE OF ARTIFACTS FROM BURIAL SITES; RULES. (a) The committee
shall
catalogue any artifacts and related cultural items recovered from
prehistoric and historical American Indian or aboriginal burial sites
in
this state. (b) The committee may adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2006, the Texas Historical
Commission
shall develop a system necessary to catalogue artifacts and related
cultural items under Section 191.099, Natural Resources Code, as added
by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it
receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act
does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act
takes
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.
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" 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
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in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. Coyote and swa´won - Thompson
Coyote was traveling over the country, and came near to old man
swa´won's
house. His clothes were so torn that he was almost naked, and he had no
ornaments. Knowing that ´swa'won had a very fine robe of feathers, he
thought he would try and gain possession of it. Plucking some alkali
grass
(pese´nulten), he cut the stems in small pieces and transformed them
into
dentalia. Gathering a lot of rose berries, he changed them to beads,
and
then going to a moqmo´qaselp bush, he plucked the leaves there from,
and,
placing them in water with mud and stones, he stirred them up, and they
became shells (sLaq). Now he threaded all on a long string, and went to
swa´won's house, wearing them on his body. The old man admired Coyote's
ornaments very much, and declared he had never seen such beautiful
necklaces. Coyote said to him, "If you give me your feather robe. I
will
give you all my ornaments." swa´won agreed, and they exchanged, Coyote
keeping only a very few real dentalia, which he had in his hair. Before
Coyote had gone very far, he wished to see the feathers of his robe
fly, in
order to admire them. As it was very calm, he asked the Wind to blow,
and it
blew gently. This did not satisfy him, so he asked for more wind, and a
breeze came. Now Coyote admired himself very much, but still he was not
satisfied, and said, "I want more wind." Then a whirlwind came and
seized
him turning him round and round, and over and over. It carried him up
to the
top of a mountain, where it threw him repeatedly on the ground, and
rolled
him ever nearer to the edge of a high cliff. Now Coyote cried for help,
and,
seeing no one near, he addressed the Horse-Tail! I will pay you
dentalia."
The Horse-Tail stopped the wind, and Coyote paid him the dentalia which
he
had in his hair. The Horse-Tail stuck them on his body at regular
distances,
and this is why it is white at every joint now. The whirl-wind took
away the
feather robe, and Coyote saw it no more. Meanwhile swa'won went to bed
highly pleased with the bargain he had made. On the next morning when
he
woke up, the dentalia had changed back to alcali-grass, the shells to
moqmo'qaselp leaves, and the beads to rose berries.
Taken from: Myths and Tales from Nicola Valley and Fraser River
collected by
James Alexander Teit, 1911
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
http://groups.msn.com/KeeperofStories Coyote and the Another One - Ojibwa
As told by Charles Phillip White
Two Coyotes were crossing a farmers field. Both Coyotes were strangers
to
each other for they had never met. Just as they were about to introduce
themselves they heard the farmer yell, "There's a Coyote in the field!"
The
first Coyote turned to the other and told him to run! They both started
to
run for the trees when they heard the farmer yell, "And there goes
another
one!". Finally both Coyotes made it to the cover of the trees and they
started to introduce themselves. "I never saw you before, I am
Wanderer, I
am a Coyote like you." The other Coyote looked at him oddly and said,
"I am
Sleek, but I am not a Coyote like you."
"Yes you are," said Wanderer.
"Oh no I am not," replied Sleek.
"Look my friend, you are confused. You have ears like mine, you have a
tail
like mine, our fur is the same, our snouts are the same, everything is
the
same, you are just like me and we are both Coyotes," Wanderer tried to
explain. "Listen let's run across the field again and you will see,"
challenged Sleek. So off they ran. First went Wanderer and again the
Farmer
yelled, "There goes that darn Coyote." Then Sleek took afoot and the
Farmer
yelled, "And there goes another one... again!"
When the two Coyotes reached the other side of the field they ducked
into
the woods. Wanderer turned to sleek and said, "There! Didn't you hear
the
Farmer? He called us both Coyotes." Sleek look disappointed with his
new
confused friend and said, "Yes I heard the Farmer. He called you a
Coyote,
but I am an `Another One'."
Our problem is, we are listening to the Farmers tell us who we are.
Something to talk about.
From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
http://groups.msn.com/KeeperofStories
From:imkoogie@yahoo.com
Help save Wyoming's Great Divide!
Subject: 2004 Nunavut Literary Prize winning stories published
Communications Manager
Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth
E-mail: prumbolt@gov.nu.ca
Phone: (867) 975.5531
Nunavut Literacy Council
E-mail: kimcr@polarnet.ca
Phone: 867-983-2678
Subject: "Fourth World" (new novel)
PO Box 797
Pinon AZ 86510
(928) 725-3109
bwe4@yahoo.com (personal contact)
beverleepettit.org/wendat_wtussinger.html
Subject: Information about the Choctaw/Muskogean tribe
(425) 226-3184
edpascoe@msn.com
Subject: House Bill 179 relating to artifacts recovered from Native
American burial sites
http://festival.sundance.org/2005/?=native&107
Early tribal artifacts put in spotlight
Little-known items focus of exhibit in Chicago
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