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From: dorindamoreno- dorindamoreno@comcast.net Subject: Re: 6th Native American Symposium
6th Native American Symposium: Native Women in the Arts, Education, and Leadership
Sixth Native American Symposium: Native Women in the Arts, Education,
and Leadership
Dates: November 10-12, 2005
Call for Papers Deadline: June 15
Location: Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, Oklahoma
http://www.sosu.edu/nas/
Abstracts are invited for the Sixth Native American Symposium to be held November 10-12, 2005 at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma. Our featured speakers this year will be Buffy Sainte-Marie and Winona LaDuke.
The symposium theme is Native Women in the Arts, Education, and Leadership, but papers and presentations welcomed on all Native American topics and issues, including history, literature, autobiography, mythology, film, cultural studies, education, politics, the social sciences, and the fine arts.
Send one-page abstracts by June 15, 2005 in either hard-copy or electronic form to Dr. Mark B. Spencer, Department of English, Humanities, and Languages, Box 4121, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK 74701-0609, mspencer@sosu.edu.
From: Valeria Lynn Mathis
Subject: Real Top 100 Needed!
I got this from my Native Truth e-group and decided to share with those who may not be aware of the following:
"Have you seen the list of the Top 100 Greatest Americans? The Discovery Channel is hosting a seven hour series with the first show premiering last Sunday at 8pm. More than half a million online nominations were tallied, and the list is supposed to represent "the pulse of the nation," revealing "the qualities we most admire." At the end of the premiere episode, Matt Lauer announced the top 25 Greatest American nominees (based on nominations held earlier in the year) and how viewers can cast their votes via a toll-free number.
The project is supposed to "highlight Americans of importance and the incredible contributions they made to our society" and perhaps as many as 89 million households might tune in.
Here's what they'll see.....
The Top 100 Nominees
(For more info visit http://www.discovery.com.)
Abraham Lincoln
Albert Einstein
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Hamilton
Amelia Earhart
Andrew Carnegie
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Audie Murphy
Babe Ruth
Barack Obama
Barbara Bush
Benjamin Franklin
Bill Clinton
Bill Cosby (William Henry Cosby, Jr.)
Bill Gates
Billy Graham
Bob Hope
Brett Favre
Carl Sagan
Cesar Chavez
Charles Lindbergh
Christopher Reeve
Chuck Yeager
Clint Eastwood
Colin Powell
Condoleezza Rice
Donald Trump
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt)
Ellen DeGeneres
Elvis Presley
Frank Sinatra
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frederick Douglass
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Lucas
George Patton
George Washington
George Washington Carver
Harriet Ross Tubman
Harry Truman
Helen Keller
Henry Ford
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Howard Hughes
Hugh Hefner
Jackie Robinson (Jack Roosevelt Robinson)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jesse Owens
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Stewart
John Edwards
John Glenn
John F. Kennedy
John Wayne
Johnny Carson (John William Carson)
Jonas Edward Salk
Joseph Smith Jr.
Katharine Hepburn
Lance Armstrong
Laura Bush
Lucille Ball
Lyndon B. Johnson
Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone)
Malcolm X (Malcolm Little)
Marilyn Monroe
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
Martha Stewart
Martin Luther King Jr.
Maya Angelou
Mel Gibson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jordan
Michael Moore
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.)
Neil Alden Armstrong
Nikola Tesla
Oprah Winfrey
Pat Tillman
Dr. Phil McGraw
Ray Charles
Richard Nixon
Robert Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Rosa Parks
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Rush Limbaugh
Sam Walton
Steve Jobs
Steven Spielberg
Susan B. Anthony
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Edison
Thomas Jefferson
Tiger Woods
Tom Cruise
Tom Hanks
Walt Disney
Wrights Brothers (Orville & Wilbur Wright)
I must admit, this list definitely surprised me. First of all, a few people are just celebrities. Actors who are great at their craft, but have they really made any great contributions to this country, the world, society or the human race. For America to note them as the best of the best makes us all look ridiculous.
Dr. Phil? Martha Stewart? Barbara and Laura Bush? Tom Cruise? Mel Gibson? Marilyn Monroe? Brett Favre? Rush Limbaugh? Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Please!
This list is nothing but a high school popularity contest. It reflects a near total lack of appreciation and knowledge of United State history. There are glaring omissions and only a handful are what I would call "great" - and for the most part, their contributions continue to impact society today.
And of course, the biggest problem of all is the absence of a even one Native person. (I mean come on... to mention Michael Jordan and not Jim Thorpe is baffeling. You would think Thorpe would get a nod.)
So folks, this is what I want to do: I think The Native Truth should put together the Top 100 Greatest Native Americans - and I need your help.
Send in your nominations and brief biographical info explaining why you think the person deserves to be on this list. I am looking for cultural, national, and international contributions. People who made a difference within their communities, or for the entire world, in a all fields (education, science, politics, science, arts, athletics, music, architecture, civil rights, literature, film, business, community leadership, etc etc etc.)
I'll post the list to The Native Truth, to my website, and to anyone else I can think of and hopefully we can all raise awareness of these great people and their contributions/accomplishments that must be celebrated.
Please pass this around to everyone you know. Submissions can be emailed to:
terrijean@bright.net
Please have them in by July 4th.
I look forward to reading your nominations.
Cheers!
Terri Jean
Cherokee and PROUD! http://profiles.yahoo.com/Svnoyi_Atsilvsgi "Cherokee blood, if not destroyed, will win its course in beings of fair complexions, who will read that their ancestors became civilized under the frowns of misfortunes, and the causes of their enemies." --John Ridge, Cherokee
Coyote Rides a Star - Klamath
Coyote Rides a Star - Klamath
The animal people celebrated the return of the salmon with a feast more splendid than any they had ever had before. Though often they thought Coyote a great nuisance, they had to admit that he knew how to use his wits. At the feast-after much arguing-they even gave him the place of honor next to Eagle, their chief.
Coyote was full of himself. "Who in the World is more clever than Coyote?" he thought as he made his way home from the feast by starlight. "Who else could have snatched the Sun? Or sniffed out the stolen salmon? With my brains, I should be chief, not Eagle. I should have the best seat at the feast, and be served first. I, Ki-yoo the Coyote, should be honored above all others!"
Coyote gave a proud toss of his head, and as he did so, he spied the stars glittering in the dark sky above. A shooting star streaked overhead.
"Hai! How beautiful!" Coyote exclaimed. And suddenly he knew what he wanted most in the world to do.
"I want to ride on a star," said he. "Even Mouse and Measuring Worm, the least of the animal people, can walk around on the earth. I, Coyote, should have a better way of going. And I shall! I shall take a journey on a star."
So Coyote climbed to the top of the nearest hill, lifted his nose to the sky, and howled up at the Evening Star. "Hai, Bright Star!" he called. "Come down here to me. I am going to take a ride on your back."
But the Evening Star did not obey. It barely blinked as it moved along its sky path.
"Ho! Are you hard of hearing, old Star?" cried Coyote. "I am Coyote-the Great Coyote, Sun-Snatcher and Fish-Finder. I have saved my people from darkness and cold and hunger, and now I wish to see all the World. Come down here so that I may jump onto your back."
The Evening Star smiled, but kept on its way without a word. In a little while it was gone.
But Coyote was not one to give up so easily.
At sundown the next day Coyote climbed to the same hilltop and called as he had called before.
"Hai, Bright Star! Come down here to me so that I may jump onto your back."
This time the Evening Star, seeing that Coyote was in earnest, answered in a thin silvery voice. "Be content with your four feet, Ki-yoo the Coyote," it called. "Your place is on the earth. You may be a Great One among the animal folk, but you could not stand the speed of the stars."
But Coyote would not be put off. Each day at nightfall he returned and howled and yowled. whined and whispered and blustered and begged until at last Evening Star grew tired of listening.
"Enough, enough!" it said one night in a voice more sharp than silvery. "Jump on before I change my mind."
Evening Star slid down the sky, barely slowing as it skimmed past the hilltop, and then soared upward once more. Coyote gave a great jump, catching hold with his front paws, and almost slid off. "Hai, yi, yi!" he cried, but the sound whirled away in the star-wind. Evening Star flew so fast that poor Coyote could not haul himself up to crouch upon its back. It took all of his strength just to hold on.
Evening Star flew up and up and up, and then north over lands of ice and snow. The sharp star-wind grew bitter cold. Coyote's paws grew cold,' then stiff, then numb, until he could hold on no longer. Letting go, he fell, head over feet over tail, back to earth.
He was a long time falling. Ten snows passed, some say. And when he came at last to earth, his landing was so hard that he was-say some-flattened out as thin as an acorn cake. Certainly, from that day to this he has been thin. And every day to this day, he climbs at nightfall to the top of the nearest hill and scolds the Evening Star.
Back in the Beforetime: Tales of the California Indians [the Klamath River region in the north to the inland desert mountains and the southern coastlands] Retold by Jane Louise Curry, 1987
From the archives of Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
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ROYAL OAK, Mich., June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Come and celebrate the Detroit Zoo's Native American Festival on October 8-9. This cultural event is part of the Summer Festivals at the Detroit Zoo ... Like Nowhere Else presented by Pizza Hut.
The Summer Festivals continue on select days through October 9, 2005 and each one celebrates different ethnic groups on weekends. One ethnic group per month will be featured with a weekend of fun cultural activities. Each weekend will include entertainment, authentic style food, arts and crafts and a cultural community resource area.
ARKANSAS-Seventh annual Native American Festival and Pow Wow, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, Eureka Springs, June 17-19. Join in a fun weekend of intertribal dance contests, drumming, storytelling, and singing. Live wildlife exhibits, artists, crafters, concessions and more. No alcohol or firearms permitted. Admission: $10 advance three-day pass; $5 daily at gate. (479) 253-3781. www.tigers.tc
Cullman County Indian Festival, Cullman, June 10-12: The annual festival features a pow wow with the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, Native American arts and crafts, demonstrations and live music. (256) 734-7337
http://echotadeerclan.homestead.com/PowWow.html
Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy announced
ADA - Students across the Chickasaw Nation are signing up for two weeks of exploration into the arts. Participants will benefit from instruction by professional composers, dancers, artists, performers and writers during the first Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy. The academy, conducted from June 13-24, will be on the campus of East Central University.
Operated by the Chickasaw Nation Division of Arts and Humanities, the academy offers classes in visual arts, drama, dance, literary arts and music. Component sessions will enable students, 10-19 years of age, to explore the myriad of different opportunities in the fields of art.
The music component features a young composer class instructed by Jerod Impichaachaaha Tate, Chickasaw citizen. Tate is dedicated to the development of American Indian classical compositions and is currently Composer-In-Residence for the Grand Canyon Music Festival's Native American Composer Apprentice Program. Due to the individualized instruction for the young composer class, students for this component will be selected based on application and interview.
"The academy creates a greater awareness of our unique culture through the promotion of artistic expression and achievement," Bill Anoatubby, governor of the Chickasaw Nation, said. "Students will have the unique opportunity to learn from professionals in each respective discipline as they gain valuable experience."
Interested students should contact the Chickasaw Nation Division of Arts and Humanities, 815 N. Mississippi, in Ada.
For information, phone (580) 332-1092.
High Desert Museum (Bend): 59800 S. Highway 97 (541-382-4754). The museum features detailed indoor exhibit areas that include "By Hand Through Memory," a permanent exhibit of Native American artistry by Doris Swayze Bounds; visual-arts displays; and walk-through dioramas on the history of the American West. Outdoor areas feature a walk-through pioneer homestead and a historic working sawmill. The viewing area for a river otter features both inside and outside vistas. Meet a porcupine or learn more about the region's birds and their feeding habits. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except major holidays; $7-$12 (good for two days); www.highdesertmuseum.org.
Oregon Historical Society: 1200 S.W. Park Ave. (222-1741). "Festive Gatherings," color photographs of salmon fishing and other Native American rites in the years before the construction of Bonneville Dam. Ends 6/30.
Mini-workshops at Museum of Waxhaws in June and July, Charlotte, NC,
June 24: Arrowhead jewelry; make your own fimo clay beads and wire-wrap an arrowhead to make into a necklace.
July 8: Native American games; learn games Native American children played and make your own thunder sticks game to take home.
Space is limited to 20 children each class; registration is required, (704) 843-1832
June 25: National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture, Jay County Fairgrounds, Portland; Native American drumming, singing and dancing demonstrations, vendors; all day; 765-572-2574.
Continuing exhibits at the Old Independence Regional Museum showcase Native American and early settlement life in the area. Old Independence Regional Museum serves a 12-county area: Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Marion, Poinsett, Sharp, Stone, White and Woodruff. Parts of all these present-day counties comprised the original Independence County in 1820s Arkansas territory.
Turtle Island A new puppet
show based on Native American legends. Presented every Saturday in May at PuppetART, Detroit. Tickets: $5/children, $7/adults. 313-961-7777. www.puppetart.org.
Artrain USA kicks off Michigan tour
ANN ARBOR Ð Artrain USA has announced a nine-city Michigan State Tour that kicked off May 14 in Petoskey. The Michigan Tour will take the exhibition "Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture" throughout Artrain USA's founding state.
Michigan Tour dates are Petoskey, June 11 & 12; Harrisville, Oct. 1 to 4; Standish, Oct. 7 to 10; West Branch, Oct. 13 to 16; Owosso, Oct. 20 to 23; and Grand Haven, Oct. 29 to Nov. 1.
"We are thrilled to be sharing our 'Native Views' exhibition in our home state. Touring in Michigan is always a highlight along our national tour route. It is a chance to return to our roots and strengthen our legacy. This tour is a salute the arts in Michigan and the 'Native Views' exhibition is a celebration of the outstanding contributions Native American artists make in our society," said Debra Polich, president and CEO of Artrain USA.
Native Views is a contemporary Native American art exhibition comprised of 71 artworks by 54 Native American artists. It explores the influence of popular culture and the many commonalties shared by all Americans.
Artrain USA is "America's Hometown Art Museum." A nonprofit organization, Artrain is an art museum housed in vintage rail cars that travels via the nation's railroads. More than 3 million people have visited Artrain USA during 780 community visits across 45 states. Founded in Michigan in 1971 by the Michigan Council for the Arts, Artrain USA's national headquarters is in Ann Arbor.
For more information please call 800-ART-1971 or www.ArtrainUSA.org.
Artrain receives gift
Artrain USA has announced that the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has awarded the art museum on wheels a $10,000 award to support the national tour of its current "Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture" art exhibit.
"Our nation is proud to support Artrain USA and its work to present contemporary art and living cultures of Indian people to the public," said Prairie Band Potawatomi Chairman Zach Pahmahmie at the ceremony in Mayetta, Kan. "This project will be on tour for two more years and will help educate the country about contemporary native peoples." In accepting the award, Debra Polich, Artrain USA president, added, "The support of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Artrain USA is both a significant gesture of generosity and a testimony of the significance of Artrain USA's four year national tour of 'Native Views' to contemporary Native art and tribal communities." As Artrain reminds us, the exhibit - which was displayed locally before its current run - features 71 contemporary artworks by 54 living Native American artists from 45 Native American Nations exploring the influence of popular culture on contemporary Native American art and artists. The display will tour coast to coast through December 2007. To see images from "Native Views," visit Artrain USA's Web site at www.ArtrainUSA.org; for information, call (1-800) ART-1971
Wichita Art Museum, an exhibit, "Prints by Woody Crumbo"
At the Wichita Art Museum, an exhibit, "Prints by Woody Crumbo," celebrates his legacy with 18 color serigraphs depicting Native American ceremonies. Crumbo died in 1989.
The prints will be on view in the foyer above the museum's River Room interactive gallery through July 31.
Admission to the Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd., is $5, discounts available. On Saturdays, admission is free. For more information, call 268-4921.
The Native American Basketball Invitational
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Tuesday, June 21: NABI TEAMS ARRIVE IN PHOENIX
• 2:00 – 4:00 pm “Team Check-In” Hyatt Regency downtown Phoenix
• 7:00 – 8:00 pm “NABI Staff & Coaches Meeting: Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort.
• 8:00 – 10:00 pm “NABI Welcome Teams Pool Party” Point Hilton Squaw Peak Resort Water Park.
All Private Events/Not open to the public
Wednesday, June 22 – Friday June 24:
• 8:00 am - 9:00 pm “NABI Games”: Double elimination tournament begins at local high school and reservation recreation gyms for the purpose of completing the first brackets of play.
• Open to the public. Admission fee $5 per person for a 3-day NABI Wristband, children 6 & under free. Proceeds to benefit gyms.
• Official NABI product will be sold at Ft. McDowell and Maricopa High School gyms.
Friday, June 24:
• 7:00 –11:00 pm “Team Reception & Dance”: For all NABI teams and sponsors.
Hyatt Regency downtown Phoenix.
Private Event/Not open to the public.
Saturday, June 25:
8:00am-5:00 pm “Semi-finals and Championship Games”: America West Arena.
MC: Chance Rush. Proceeds to benefit the NABI Foundation.
• Open to the public. Admission fee $10, children 6 & under free. Turn in your 3-day NABI wristbands and receive $2 off your AWA ticket.
• Games also televised on AZTV /Cable Channel 27 1-5pm
• Official NABI Product will be sold at the Suns Team shop at AWA
• Digital Reflection will have a booth on the main concourse of the AWA to provide action shots and team photos. There is a cost for this service.
7:00 – 10:00 pm “Phoenix Mercury” game at America West Arena.
Turn in your AWA ticket and receive a discount on your Mercury Ticket. NABI Championship Teams to be honored at Mercury Half-time.
TOURNAMENT CONCLUDES
Schedule subject to change without notice. Updated 04/30/05
POD Productions first event debuted on July 11- 13, 2003 at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona with Nike and Phoenix Suns as presenting sponsors. The vision of NABI tournament was to provide a spark that ignited Native American youth to set their sights higher, make the most of their potential and reach their dreams through sports and educational opportunities. The tournament featured 24 teams from across the U.S. and Canada.
Many of Indian Country's most influential people spoke and inspired the young people participating in the tournament. "The coaches at Haskell (Indian College) and the people who I met through basketball saved my life" said Ernie Stevens, chairman National Indian Gaming Association. Tex Hall, President, National Congress of American Indians: Shared, "I came from an era where we jumped in a beat-up car and played on worthless Courts. This tournament should show you there are people willing to invest in you" (Jessie Stomski, Native Voice)
Sam McCracken became the Manager of Native American Business at Nike in the year 2000, a position he created with the support of the "powers that be" at the sports apparel giant. As McCracken explains, "My position here at Nike is to be a face of the community. It needs a real person that can make real connections. One of my goals is to heighten the awareness of Native Americans in sports, to support Native athletes." (Lise Balk King and Jessie Stomski, Native Voice)
NABI's goal of receiving national attention from colleges that can provide scholarship opportunities to the Native Americans youth who participated was reached in our inaugural year. The tournament also positioned it self as being a quality national recognized Native American tournament in which youth and tribes have a desire to be part of in years to come. With the goal of being NCAA sanctioned by 2005. http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1385520
In addition, the desire of the team at POD Productions is to inspire and meet the needs of Native American youth by not only being a part of an exciting event that gives youth an opportunity to showcase their skills and provide educational opportunities but, by being part of their future and to build an on going relationship that encourages and supports their dreams.Because of this desire, the NABI Foundation was founded. The Foundation will help with the needs of Native American athletes by establishing a college mentoring program to encourage Native American youth to further their education. POD Productions goal is to grow The NABI Foundation, governed by Native leaders, into a national Foundation within our first five years.
NABI will be the catalyst to catapult Native athletes into the college level of play and with the NABI Foundation, work with colleges to create mentor programs to help the students deal with the stresses of leaving the reservations with the hopes of creating life time career opportunities and Native Americans athletes having a consistent presence in the NBA and other pro sports.
From: ghwelker3@comcast.net
Subject: 7th Annual Intertribal Powwow
Civic Center Park
San Dimas, California
Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2, 2005
Hosted by the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce
Head Staf TBA
Children's Activities, Craft and Food Vendors
Coordinators: Michael Reifel, Bill Neal (Elk Whistle)
Parade Saturday to include Indigenous Peoples for first time
For information please contact:
San Dimas Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 175
San Dimas, CA 91773
Phone: (909) 592-3818, Fax (909) 592-8178
Email: annette@sandimaschamber.com
Coyote Quarrels With Mole - Okanogan
Coyote and his wife, Mole, and their children were living by themselves, away from the winter encampment of the people. The other people did not want Coyote around, he was so lazy and tricky. Coyote and his family were poor that winter. They had only a little food, and that was supplied by the faithful Mole. Each day she would go out and gather herbs and moss and dried and shriveled sko-qeeu (rose-hips). She did that to keep the five children from starving. And she carried all the wood and water, while Coyote loafed and practised his war songs.
One sun, as Mole was chopping a rotten stump for firewood, a little fawn jumped out of the stump. The deer family had put it there. The deer felt sorry for Mole. They wanted her to have the fawn for food.
Mole dropped her axe and caught the little deer. She told her oldest boy to run and tell his father to come with a knife and cut the fawn's throat.
"Tell your father to hurry," said Mole, "because I cannot hold this fawn long. My strength will give out."
The boy ran fast to the tepee. He told Coyote what Mole had said.
"Go back to your mother and tell her to hold the fawn while I get my bow and arrows ready," Coyote ordered, and the boy ran back to his mother with the message.
Coyote ran out of the lodge and got a piece of dogwood, from which he made a bow. Then he ran to a service berry bush, where he cut two arrows. Then he ran back to his lodge to finish making his weapons. Taking feathers from his war bonnet, he feathered the arrows and, as he had no sinew for a bowstring, he tore the strings off his moccasins and made a string. Then he was ready to shoot the fawn.
All the while Mole was having a hard time holding the fawn. It struggled and kicked and fought to get away, and Mole's strength was leaving her. Her arms ached. She called to Coyote to hurry. He ran out of the lodge and tramped down the snow so he could kneel and shoot. He told Mole to let loose of the fawn so he could shoot it. Mole let go and Coyote shot his arrow, but the little deer fell just then and the arrow missed it. With his second and last arrow Coyote shot again as the fawn leaped up, and again Coyote missed. The fawn escaped into the woods.
Mole was disgusted and angry. She went back to the tepee. There she discovered that Coyote had eaten all the rose-hips, all the food that was left, while he was making his weapons. When Coyote came in, Mole spoke to him about that. They quarreled, and Coyote stabbed her with his flint knife. Mole ran out. Coyote followed. He meant to kill her. Mole changed herself into a real Mole as Coyote stabbed again. He stabbed the earth, and Mole quickly untied her little pouch of tul-meen (red facial paint) and put some of the paint on the point of the knife. Drawing the knife out of the ground, Coyote saw the red paint and thought it was blood. He was satisfied that his wife must be dead from that last blow.
Coyote soon found that he could not take care of his children without Mole's help. They could not live as they had before, so Coyote told the four oldest children to visit their "uncle," Kingfisher-Z-reece', who was a good hunter and had plenty of food in his lodge. The four boys started for Kingfisher's home, and Coyote took his youngest and favorite son and went traveling. The youngest boy's name was Top'-kan.
They traveled many suns without getting much to eat. They were hungry when they came to a large prairie, where a woman dressed in red-painted buckskin was digging spit-lum (bitter-root). Seeing her digging reminded Coyote of his wife, and he wished that Mole were alive to dig roots for him to eat. He took Top'-kan off his back, where the little boy rode much of the time to keep from tiring, and told him to wait. Then Coyote went toward the strange woman.
"Tell me a story, tell me news, good woman," said Coyote upon getting near to the digger. But the woman did not take any notice of him. She kept on digging roots and cleaning them as she put them in her basket, which was strapped to her side.
Not so easily discouraged, Coyote walked closer, saying: "Tell me news. I am a traveler from a distant country."
"I will tell you a story," said the woman, and she turned angrily to Coyote. "Coyote deserted his children and killed his wife!"
Then Coyote recognized the woman as his own wife, Mole. She had followed him to watch over little Top'-kan, but Coyote had not known that. Grabbing his knife, Coyote ran at his wife. He meant to kill her, but she changed into a real mole and went underground and got away.
Coyote returned to Top'-kan. He picked the boy up, put him on his back, and resumed his journey. He sought new lands where his tricks and mischief-making were not known.
Taken from Coyote Tales by Humishuma, Colville-Okanogan for Mourning Dove [Christine Quintasket], 1933 By Morning Dove
From the archives of Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
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Navajo artist Teddy Draper Workshops
Chinle, Arizona (Canyon DeChelly)-
Seminars and workshops have limited capacity and usually require enrollment months in advance.
Workshop information for 2005
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.
Contact Teddy Draper atdechelly2000@yahoo.com
Web Sites:
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Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand
Early tribal artifacts put in spotlight
"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.
National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation
Inuit film to tell story of last great shaman
Petition in Support of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe
My Two Beads Worth: Indigenous News Online
Northern California Indian Development Council
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Literacy in Indigenous Communities by L. David van Broekhuizen, Ph.D. (2000)
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Literacy in first languages in indigenous communities is a complex
topic that generates lively discussion. This research synthesis
explores the notions of national, mother-tongue, multiple, and
biliteracies. It presents important information pertaining to
threatened languages, language shift, and language loss. Examples of
culturally relevant uses of literacy in indigenous communities and
issues related to first-language literacy instruction are also
provided.
Essay on the Zuni World View
Excerpt(Complete article is available in PDF)
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].
Prayer at sunrise
Now this day, (Lukka yattone)
My sun father, (Hom yatoka tatcu)
Now that you have come out standing to your sacred place, (yam telashina kwi to' ye lhana kwai ikapa)
That from which we draw the water of life, (yam kia kwi ya na te'ona)
Life sacred meal, (hala wo tinane)
Here I give to you. (lilha tom ho te'a upa)
Your long life, (yam onaya naka)
Your old age, (yam lha shiaka)
Your waters, (yam kashima)
Your seeds, (yam towashonane)
Your riches, (yam u/tenane)
Your power, (yam sawanikia)
Your strong spirit, (yam tsemakwin tsume)
All these to me may you grant, (temlha hom to anikchiana).
To be chanted with an offering of cornmeal
Zuñi
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