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Wednesday, Aug. 24
Proposal workshop for San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grants to support the development, sustainability and growth of SF arts organizations deeply rooted in and able to express the experiences of historically underserved communities: Native American, African American, Asian American, Disabled, Latino, LGBT, Pacific Islander and Women. Workshop on preparing proposal due Sept. 16, 5pm. Workshop at 5:30pm, Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Ave., Suite 70, lower level, SF. 415-252-2553.
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From: George Lessard media@web.net
Subject: Redwire hiring please forward
From: Tania Willard
Subject: [aboriginaljournalists] Redwire hiring please forward
Please forward, a great opportunity!!
REDWIRE is Hiring ! !
The staff got too old and now we need fresh red blood.
Redwire Native Youth Media Society is a media and arts organization
dedicated to Native youth expression. We strive to provide Native
youth with an uncensored forum for discussion. We are by, for and
about Native youth; all content, editorial decisions and associated
media projects are initiated and led by youth, inspiring creativity,
motivation and action.
We are looking for young brown, brilliant people to fill the
following positions
We can offer some training if needed.
we want peers with a passion for painting, poetry, pictures,
productivity, paper pile packages, post offices, prayer,
participation, partnerships, peak performance, peace, people,
persistence,
personality, political perversion, pigs?Åc. no not pigs, pretty
pine-trees, poppycock (look it up in the dictionary), pornography? No
not pornography either.. porn isn't proper, positive places, powwows,
practical jokes, pride, and PLAY, PLAY PLAY
Old white parliament parasites from the patriarchy need not apply.
Editor ~ (25 hrs/ week)
What we are looking forÅc
· Experience with journalism in a volunteer, educational or
professional capacity
· Degree or proven ability in English language grammar,
spelling, writing methods etc.
· Ability to meet deadlines and enforce deadlines with contributors
· Working knowledge of or interest in learning desktop
publishing programs
· Skilled organizer
· Knowledge of media legal issues an asset
· Excellent communication skills
· Someone who genuinely enjoys written media
Arts Director
~(15hrs/ week, with the opportunity to create more hours through new
projects)
What we are looking forÅc.
· Fine Art training at a post secondary level or professional
experience
· Experience graphic design or desktop publishing software
· Familiarity with the Arts community an asset
· Able to meet deadlines, flexibility, adaptability.
· Must have excellent communication skills
· Able to network and develop partnerships in the community
· Practicing artist or designer, a passion for creation
Layout and Design Coordinator ~(15hrs/ week)
What are we looking forÅc
· Knowledge of In-Design, Photoshop, and the Adobe Creative Suite
· Knowledge of typography, and basic elements on design
· Accredited courses in graphic design or desktop publishing software
· Understand Mac OS and cross platform situations
· Practicing artist or designer, a passion for creation
Youth Project Coordinator ~ (30 hrs/ week)
What we are looking forÅc.
- Organization skills and project management experience
- Basic computer skills ( Mac environment) Word, Excel and
internet and email proficiency
- Facilitation skills
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- Must be able to work independently and be self motivated as
well as a team player
- Previous activist or community organizing experience an asset
- Research skills or interest
- Life experience, activism and volunteering will be
considered, academic achievement or certification is great too.
- Previous work in the Aboriginal community
- Able to meet deadlines, flexibility, adaptability.
- Must have excellent communication skills
- A working knowledge of international indigenous youth issues
organizations, groups and activism would be an asset
- Should have a knowledge of aboriginal community and services
in Greater Vancouver especially those specifically for Aboriginal
Youth
To apply to any of these positions please send resume and cover letter
clearly stating which positions you are applying for to:
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Dead line for applications Monday July 18, 2005
Marika Swan, Manager
Indian Market is Santa Fe's biggest single event and the largest show and sale of Native American art and craft in the world. There is no other gathering of Native American artists that offers the breadth of variety and depth of quality than this weekend in Santa Fe. This year marks the 84th annual Indian Market and will feature the work of 1,200 artists from all over North America. In addition to the actual market there are auctions, art shows, special gallery exhibits and artist receptions, musical events and festivities all over town leading up to the weekend show. For seasoned collectors and first-timers alike, Indian Market is a remarkable look at new and old art forms and one of Santa Fe's most memorable events, held this year on the Santa Fe Plaza, Aug. 20-21. Free admission. For information: (505) 983-7647; www.swaia.org.
Native American & Pioneer Camp. Daily activities and crafts teach Native American culture and daily life, in addition to the early farming and transportation in Georgia. Ages 6-10. July 11-14. Gwinnett History Museum, 455 S. Perry St. S.W., Lawrenceville. 770-237-5178.
Midland County, Texas Historical Museum:Permanent exhibits: Native American artifacts, 301 W. Missouri. Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 2-5 p.m. Call 682-2931 or 688-8947. Free.
Danbury, CT-The WestConn School of Arts and Sciences will be presenting a talk about Native American storytelling as part of a continuing "Summer Nights" series on Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. in Warner Hall of WestConn's Midtown campus, 181 White St.
NATIVE AMERICAN PLANT USES, how plants were used for medicine, food, potions, poultices or charms by Native Americans, 2-3:30 p.m. July 16, For-Mar Nature Preserve & Arboretum, 2142 N. Genesee Road, Burton, MI.
Summer art classes for children at FIA
FLINT Ð The Art School has summer classes available for children at the Flint Institute of Arts, 1120 E. Kearsley Street, Flint.
Artwork is a weekly summer program that gives children ages 5-12 the chance to be inspired by great works of art and to make art of their own. Students will see amazing works of art and create their own using exciting materials. Each week is different so children may register for one or more sessions.
Native American culture will be the inspiration for the week of July 25-29 as students will learn about American Indian art and participate in hands-on art activities that will include making petroglyphs, masks, clay vessels and more.
July 29 - 31, 2005 56th Annual Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture,
Flagstaff, AZ. Salina Bookshelf will join more than 50 Navajo artists
during this event at the Museum of Northern Arizona
Plains Art Museum: "Between Two Cultures: The Art of Star Wallowing Bull," opens Sept. 24; "Contemporary Native American Artists - Reflections After Lewis and Clark," opens July 21; "Suzanne Moser: Folk Paintings" through July 17; "A Different Side of the Collection: Abstract Paintings from the Plains Art Museum," opens July 21. (701) 232-3821.
Alice Walton, heiress and daughter of Sam Walton, un-veiled plans of her dream for the 100,000-square-foot glass and wood Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which, she said, would be created in the rustic location of Bentonville, Arkansas. The Crystal Bridges, costing $50m and slated to open in May 2009, will concentrate on Native American art and American artists from the colonial era to the 20th century.
Ohio University Gallery, Athens -- Kennedy Museum of Art, Lin Hall at the Ridges: "Weaving Is Life," Navajo textiles from the Edwin L. and Ruth E. Kennedy Southwest Native American collection; 740-593-1304.
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, CA. Impressive exhibits include Native American artifacts. 648-5716.
Kickapoo Pow-wow Days
July 15 - 17, 2005
Contact Information
Khowutzun Warmland Inter-Tribal Pow wow
July 15 - 17, 2005
Contact Information
Art entries needed for New Mexico State Fair
Native American art will be accepted at the Native American Art Gallery on Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 17-19, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dealers may pre-register between Tuesday and Friday, Aug. 9-12. Exhibits must have been produced by Native American Indians of federally regulated tribes.
For more information, go online at www.exponm.com, call Vigil-Eastwood at (505) 265-1791, extension 454 or e-mail her at ramonave@swcp.com.
National Museum of the American Indian
Artists re-imagine native styles
"Fusing Traditions: Transformations in Glass by Native American Artists," on display at the Rockwell Museum of Western Art in Corning, exhibition introduces the first generation of Native American studio glass artists to re-imagine their cultural art forms: beadwork, pottery, masks, spindlewhorls, dance wands and hats.
Eighteen artists fused cultural heritage and individual creativity into dazzling new glass forms for this traveling exhibition featuring 37 artworks. The show was organized by the Museum of Craft & Folk Art in San Francisco.
The museum is on the corner of Denison Parkway and Cedar Street in Corning. Summer hours: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. Details: www.rockwellmuseum.org.
"HOME: Native People in the Southwest" at the Heard Museum: The Heard ends a yearlong celebration of its 75th anniversary by opening a huge new gallery that houses a larger and improved exhibition of Southwestern Native American art. The new exhibition organizes 2,000 objects by tribe instead of type, includes maps of each tribe's ancestral and modern lands, information about their history, and excerpts of interviews with living members of the tribe. The result is that "HOME" feels less like a showcase of treasures amassed on the cheap by rich white people and more like an explanation of the still-living cultures that produced them. Through 2020. Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, 602-252-8848.
Artrain USA kicks off Michigan tour
Michigan Tour dates are 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.
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.
Creation of the First Indians - Chelan
This story is told by the Chelan Indians, who live beside a long lake
in the
central part of the state of Washington. The lake is called Lake Chelan
(pronounced sha- lan), meaning "Beautiful Water".
Long, long ago, the Creator, the Great Chief Above, made the world.
Then he
made the animals and the birds and gave them their names--Coyote,
Grizzly
Bear, Deer, Fox, Eagle, the four Wolf Brothers, Magpie, Bluejay,
Hummingbird, and all the others.
When he had finished his work, the Creator called the animal people to
him.
"I am going to leave you," he said. "But I will come back. When I come
again, I will make human beings. They will be in charge of you."
The Great Chief returned to his home in the sky, and the animal people
scattered to all parts of the world.
After twelve moons, the animal people gathered to meet the Creator as
he had
directed. Some of them had complaints. Bluejay, Meadowlark, and Coyote
did
not like their names. Each of them asked to be some other creature.
"No," said the Creator. "I have given you your names. There is no
change. My
word is law.
"Because you have tried to change my law, I will not make the human
being
this time. Because you have disobeyed me, you have soiled what I
brought
with me. I planned to change it into a human being. Instead, I will put
it
in water to be washed for many moons and many snows, until it is clean
again."
Then he took something from his right side and put it in the river. It
swam,
and the Creator named it Beaver.
"Now I will give you another law," said the Great Chief Above. "The one
of
you who keeps strong and good will take Beaver from the water some day
and
make it into a human being. I will tell you now what to do. Divide
Beaver
into twelve parts. Take each part to a different place and breathe into
it
your own breath. Wake it up. It will be a human being with your breath.
Give
it half of your power and tell it what to do. Today I am giving my
power to
one of you. He will have it as long as he is good."
When the Creator had finished speaking, all the creatures started for
their
homes--all except Coyote. The Great Chief had a special word for
Coyote.
"You are to be head of all the creatures, Coyote. You are a power just
like
me now, and I will help you do your work. Soon the creatures and all
the
other things I have made will become bad. They will fight and will eat
each
other. It is your duty to keep them as peaceful as you can.
"When you have finished your work, we will meet again, in this land
toward
the east. If you have been good, if you tell the truth and obey me, you
can
make the human being from Beaver. If you have done wrong, someone else
will
make him."
Then the Creator went away.
It happened as the Creator had foretold. Everywhere the things he had
created did wrong. The mountains swallowed the creatures. The winds
blew
them away. Coyote stopped the mountains, stopped the winds, and rescued
the
creatures. One winter, after North Wind had killed many people, Coyote
made
a law for him: "Hereafter you can kill only those who make fun of you."
Everywhere Coyote went, he made the world better for the animal people
and
better for the human beings yet to be created. When he had finished his
work, he knew that it was time to meet the Creator again. Coyote
thought
that he had been good, that he would be the one to make the first human
being.
But he was mistaken. He thought that he had as much power as the
Creator. So
he tried, a second time, to change the laws of the Great Chief Above.
"Some other creature will make the human being," the Creator told
Coyote. "I
shall take you out into the ocean and give you a place to stay for all
time."
So Coyote walked far out across the water to an island. There the
Creator
stood waiting for him, beside the house he had made. Inside the house
on the
west side stood a black suit of clothes. On the other side hung a
white
suit.
"Coyote, you are to wear this black suit for six months," said the
Creator.
"Then the weather will be cold and dreary. Take off the black suit and
wear
the white suit. Then there will be summer, and everything will grow.
"I will give you my power not to grow old. You will live here forever
and
forever."
Coyote stayed there, out in the ocean, and the four Wolf brothers took
his
place as the head of all the animal people. Youngest Wolf Brother was
strong
and good and clever. Oldest Wolf Brother was worthless. So the Creator
gave
Youngest Brother the power to take Beaver from the water.
One morning Oldest Wolf Brother said to Youngest Brother, "I want you
to
kill Beaver. I want his tooth for a knife."
"Oh, no!" exclaimed Second and Third Brothers. "Beaver is too strong
for
Youngest Brother."
But Youngest Wolf said to his brothers, "Make four spears. For Oldest
Brother, make a spear with four forks. For me, make a spear with one
fork.
Make a two-forked spear and a three-forked spear for yourselves. I will
try
my best to get Beaver, so that we can kill him."
All the animal persons had seen Beaver and his home. They knew where he
lived. They knew what a big creature he was. His family of young
beavers
lived with him.
The animal persons were afraid that Youngest Wolf Brother would fail to
capture Beaver and would fail to make the human being. Second and Third
Wolf
Brothers also were afraid. "I fear we will lose Youngest Brother," they
said
to each other.
But they made the four spears he had asked for.
At dusk, the Wolf brothers tore down the dam at the beavers' home, and
all
the little beavers ran out. About midnight, the larger beavers ran out.
They
were so many, and they made so much noise, that they sounded like
thunder.
Then Big Beaver ran out, the one the Creator had put into the water to
become clean.
"Let's quit!" said Oldest Wolf Brother, for he was afraid. "Let's not
try to
kill him."
"No!" said Youngest Brother. "I will not stop."
Oldest Wolf Brother fell down. Third Brother fell down. Second Brother
fell
down. Lightning flashed. The beavers still sounded like thunder.
Youngest
Brother took the four-forked spear and tried to strike Big Beaver with
it.
It broke. He used the three- forked spear. It broke. He used the
two-forked
spear. It broke. Then he took his own one--forked spear. It did not
break.
It pierced the skin of Big Beaver and stayed there. Out of the lake,
down
the creek, and down Big River, Beaver swam, dragging Youngest Brother
after
it.
Youngest Wolf called to his brothers, "You stay here. If I do not
return
with Beaver in three days, you will know that I am dead."
Three days later, all the animal persons gathered on a level place at
the
foot of the mountain. Soon they saw Youngest Brother coming. He had
killed
Beaver and was carrying it. "You remember that the Creator told us to
cut it
into twelve pieces," said Youngest Brother to the animal people.
But he could divide it into only eleven pieces.
Then he gave directions. "Fox, you are a good runner. Hummingbird and
Horsefly, you can fly fast. Take this piece of Beaver flesh over to
that
place and wake it up. Give it your breath."
Youngest Brother gave other pieces to other animal people and told them
where to go. They took the liver to Clearwater River, and it became the
Nez
Perce Indians. They took the heart across the mountains, and it became
the
Methow Indians. Other parts became the Spokane people, the Lake people,
the
Flathead people. Each of the eleven pieces became a different tribe.
"There have to be twelve tribes," said Youngest Brother. "Maybe the
Creator
thinks that we should use the blood for the last one. Take the blood
across
the Shining Mountains and wake it up over there. It will become the
Blackfoot. They will always look for blood."
When an animal person woke the piece of Beaver flesh and breathed into
it,
he told the new human being what to do and what to eat.
"Here are roots," and the animal people pointed to camas and kouse and
to
bitterroot, "You will dig them, cook them, and save them to eat in the
winter.
"Here are the berries that will ripen in the summer. You will eat them
and
you will dry them for use in winter."
The animal people pointed to choke cherry trees, to serviceberry
bushes, and
to huckleberry bushes.
"There are salmon in all the rivers. You will cook them and eat them
when
they come up the streams. And you will dry them to eat in the winter."
When all the tribes had been created, the animal people said to them
"Some
of you new people should go up Lake Chelan. Go up to the middle of the
lake
and look at the cliff beside the water. There you will see pictures on
the
rock. From the pictures you will learn how to make the things you will
need."
The Creator had painted the pictures there, with red paint. From the
beginning until long after the white people came, the Indians went to
Lake
Chelan and looked at the paintings. They saw pictures of bows and
arrows and
of salmon traps. From the paintings of the Creator they knew how to
make the
things they needed for getting their food.
Note: The paintings (or pictographs) on the lower rocks have been
covered by
water since a dam was built at the foot of the lake. Surprisingly high
on
the rocks that are almost perpendicular walls at the north end of the
lake,
the paintings remained for a long, long time. Then white people with
guns
and little respect for the past ruined them--for fun.
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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].
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