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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
An outdoor art exhibit and sale, including live entertainment, will be co-sponsored by the South Shore Artists group and the Conference House Association from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 11, with a rain date on June 12. Admission is free.
The 39th annual art exhibit will take place on the Great Lawn of the Conference House. Browsers and buyers can view fine works of art in watercolor, oil, acrylic and photographic mediums.
The Red Storm Drum & Dance Troupe, a native American group, will perform at 2 p.m., thanks to the Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island, and a Performing Arts Award.
Edwardsville, ILSIUE's Music Department is making its own mix this summer.
The Summer Arts Concert Series "A Season to Remember" is supported by the College of Arts and Sciences and features different types of music concerts.
The series is composed of five concerts the first beginning on June 3 in Dunham Hall at 7:30 p.m.
"It's just great music ... from Brazilian percussion to Native American music," Department of Music Chair Dr. John Korak said.
This series is an opportunity to bring new artists to the area and for the faculty of the music department to showcase their talent.
"I looked for something distinctively different from each concert. It'll be all different music ... we have a variety of performers." Korak said.
Artists slated to perform are Kangho and Minyoung Lee, SIUE jazz faculty members, Chamber Winds Alive, Rhythms of the Night, and John Two-Hawks.
All of the concerts are free and open to the public. "A Season to Remember" ends June 10.
For more information, call the Music Department at 650-3900 or visit their Web site at siue.edu/MUSIC/.
8th Native American Dance Theatre, Nashville - June 6. The historic Ryman auditorium hosts this event, which celebrates the art of American Indian dance and spiritual tribal songs. CMA artist Marcus Hummon will make his fourth appearance, singing some of his top hits, as well as songs from the musical "Warrior." (615) 889-9636 and
www.nativeamericandance.net.
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, May 11 to 15; Mt. Pleasant, May 18 to 22; Ludington, May 29 to June 1; Lowell, June 5 & 7 and 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
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.
Coyote of the Lower Country - Nez Perce
Coyote made up his mind one morning that he would go to the Buffalo country too. So he started. He was ready for war, and had on his war-bonnet. After a while he came to where there had been a big camp. He went all around the camp-site, and found that one tent remained, and in it he heard some one groaning. So Coyote went into this tent. He saw there a young girl whom the people had left behind. She was really the Mountain-Sheep girl. She had run a buffalo-horn into her foot, and it had swelled so badly that her relatives had been forced to abandon her. When Coyote first entered the tent, the girl recognized him as a medicine-man. So she said to him, "The people have all gone off and left me. I wish you would cure me. If I get well, I will pay you for it."
Coyote said, "What if your parents refuse to pay me? If I cure you, I want you to marry me in payment." The girl agreed to this, so he began to treat her. He sang a song: - Eke neke tatése. - - - - - - - - - - - - Eke neke tatése. I will bite and pull it out, - - - - - - I will bite and pull it out.
The horn was projecting just enough to offer a hold for his teeth. So Coyote took hold of it in this way, and easily pulled it out. Coyote gathered some roots and leaves, and pounded them up and put them on the wound. In a few days the girl was well. Then she married Coyote, and they followed up the camps till they came upon the rest of the people.
In that camp there was another Coyote, who made a speech to the people, relating how the girl that had been left behind was in camp again after having been cured by a strange Coyote. In reality, this affair was not to the liking of the Coyote who made the speech. While the strange Coyote and his wife were staying at the camp, preparations were under way to send out a war-party, and singing was taking place. So this Coyote told his wife that he too was going to war, but for her to continue with him until camp was broken. That night, however, she did not come back to him: she had eloped with another.
Coyote felt very badly over this, and said, "Well, I feel pretty badly. Still the thing cannot be helped. Others will feel as badly as I when they go to the Buffalo country and their wives run away from them." Sadly he went back to his former home, and since that time wives have often run away from their husbands in the Buffalo country.
Nez Perce Tales, By Herbert J. Spinden, 1907
From the archives of Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
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Coyote Moon
Coyotes have three styles of hunting in packs, partners and as individuals. These animals rely heavily on their senses of sight and smell. As runners they can range up to 25 to 30 miles an hour, with burst of speed ranging up to 35 to 40 miles an hour. When a coyote pack hunts for larger game, they use a relay system along with their wit, ingenuity and craftiness to tire the prey, while the others are tracking, switching off. This alternating method secures the kill of larger prey, allowing members of the pack to rest while another steps in to continue the chase. This method exhausts the prey, giving them the signal of when to move in for the kill.
Coyotes are not particular about what they eat or how they get their food. They are predatory by nature and transient to the extent of following any food supply. Sometimes a coyote will take on the role of "playing dead" in order to lure an unsuspecting scavenger into becoming his next meal. Their vast diet consists of carrion, (rotting flesh of a dead animal) gophers, mice, rats, ground squirrels, rabbits, birds, poultry, grasshoppers, insects, tadpoles, crayfish, frogs, fish, lizards, bird eggs, ducks, mesquite beans, juniper and manzanita berries, cherries, watermelon, apples, wild rose hips, some vegetation and garbage dumps. A coyote is capable of flushing out a beehive and stealing the honey. Another common practice is to follow a road crew, feasting on their trash or eating whatever their bulldozers expose.
In a cooperating hunt, coyotes have a relationship with Badger, Raven, Magpie and Crow. A badger will dig into a burrow and chase the rodents out, while coyote will wait at the rear exit and catch them. In return they will share a meal.
Raven and Magpie will hunt with coyote. In the summer months, they will sit in the trees and sound an alarm if danger is approaching. For this cooperation, the coyote will share his food. In winter when food becomes hard to find, Coyote watches the skies for the gathering of the birds. He knows the ravens and crows will flock to a dead carcass, and once again he is allowed to share in another meal. Coyotes also hunt in pairs, but their hunting range is kept in close proximity to their dens, as they travel and hunt much like a wolf. They will utilize team effort to augment food.
Being clever, the coyote discovered another food source when they entered the world of domesticated animals. It seems a man in California was constantly feeding his dog and became extremely worried over its continuous lost of weight. He soon found his culprits. One Coyote would distract the dog while the other would steal the food.
Another frustrated man tells the story of how he built a trap to catch the coyote. Each day he would stop by the trap to find the food gone and the trap release broken. Exasperated with coyotes uncanny ability to prevent conventional trapping, he placed a ticking alarm clock in the trap. Here again we find coyote's curiosity towards this clock allowed himself to be trapped. Even then, coyote managed to escape, with lesser body parts, but free. It has been reported that coyotes have been witnessed hunting game or running with the pack minus a foot or two, with not even a hint of hindrance in skills, still capable of maintaining efficiency as well as a non-injured coyote. For some uncanny reason, the coyote possesses an anatomy that can withstand shock, pain and overcome any severe physical disability to the point of complete recovery.
Once again, the knack of coyote has aided the him to survive under most all circumstances. Did you know that a male coyote will never attack a female? Nevertheless, when young coyotes reach the age of two years old, they begin their search to find a partner. Since they are monogamous throughout life, they take their time in selecting a mate. Once their companion is found, the affectionate couple will spend time sitting together, nipping and singing. If there is a mate selection problem, the higher ranking female will determine the final decision. Or if two pursue the same female, she then is allowed to make her own choice. Once the relationship is sanctioned, the couple will find a den usually located near river banks, side slopes of canyons, a hollow log, a cave, gulches or abandoned holes which they will enlarge if it has been occupied by smaller animals. Once the den is dug to a comfortable size, they will build an entrance approximately two feet wide ending in a 30 foot tunnel, 1-2 feet in diameter. This tunnel is called a nesting chamber for the pending new pups. When finished they will lay a false trail to keep away all intruders from their new home. Although if surroundings dictate a change, I have seen them build their nesting chambers on the ground surface.
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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Indigenous Peoples Literature
Native Voice
Wisdom of the Old People
Native American Summer Camp Info
By David Whitney
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
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Essay on the Zuni World View
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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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