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Exposed Indian Carvings
Ironton man documenting lost art in Ohio River
Low water in the Ohio River this summer has exposed rarely seen petroglyphs, American Indian carvings etched into the stone. One site in a horseshoe bend in the river between Huntington and Point Pleasant, West Virginia, includes a geometric design, animal drawings and a carving of a foot. The low rainfall is letting people get a good look at the petroglyphs for the first time in more than three years.
Ironton, Ohio resident and author Steve Shaffer has spent the past five years researching and writing in preparation for his first documentary film on the petroglyphs. He has found video documentation of Indian's Head Rock, a landmark for steamboaters that had not been seen since 1920 when the Ohio River was dammed. The rock is now 14 feet below the river's surface.
From: ghwelker3@comcast.net Subject: Footprints of 'first Americans' found in Mexico
Footprints of 'first Americans'
By Paul Rincon
BBC News science reporter
BBC News science reporter Human settlers made it to the Americas 30,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence.
A team of scientists came to this controversial conclusion by dating human footprints preserved by volcanic ash in an abandoned quarry in Mexico.
They say the first Americans may have arrived by sea, rather than by foot. The traditional view is that the continent's early settlers arrived around 11,000 years ago, by crossing a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska.
Details of the latest findings were unveiled at the UK Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition. Ancient lake Dr Silvia Gonzalez of Liverpool's John Moores University and her colleagues found the footprints in the quarry, some 130km (80 miles) south-east of Mexico City, in 2003. But they have only finished dating them this year.
It's going to be an archaeological bomb and we're up for a fight Dr Silvia Gonzalez The footprints were preserved as trace fossils in volcanic ash along what was the shoreline of an ancient volcanic lake. They were soon covered in more ash and lake sediments and, when water levels rose, became as solid as concrete.
Dr Gonzalez was under no illusions that the finding would be controversial: "It's going to be an archaeological bomb," she told the BBC News website, "and we're up for a fight." The team used several methods to date a variety of material from the site near Puebla, Mexico, in order to be sure they were right about the age.
It would be significant if it were demonstrated, but usually those (early) sites don't hold up well Dr Michael Faught "We have materials that have been dated below the footprint layer, the footprint layer itself and on top of the footprint layer. Everything is making sense," said Dr Gonzalez.
The researchers used radiocarbon dating on shells and animal bones in the sequences and dated mammoth teeth by a technique called electron spin resonance. The sediments themselves were dated by optically stimulated luminescence.
"Some lake sediments were incorporated into the ash and were baked. They look like small fragments of brick and these were the ones we dated in the footprint layer. They gave us a result of 38,000 years," Dr Gonzalez.
Land crossing Under the traditional view, humans trekked from Siberia to Alaska across a land bridge that linked these land masses at the end of the last ice age (between about 10,000 and 12,500 years ago).
Central to the theory, called the Clovis First model, are Clovis points - the tools these settlers used to hunt large beasts, or megafauna, such as mammoths and mastodons. "The existence of 40,000-year-old human footprints in Mexico means that the Clovis First model of human occupation can no longer be accepted as the first evidence of human presence in the Americas," said co-investigator David Huddart, of Liverpool John Moores.
Dr Michael Faught, an expert in early American archaeology, was reserving judgment until evidence was published: "It would be significant if it were demonstrated, but usually those (early) sites don't hold up well," he told the BBC News website. But, he added: "There's more and more evidence that Alaska was not the only place people came into the continent."
Dr Gonzalez is a proponent of the Coastal Migration Theory. This proposes that people arrived on the west coast in boats, hugging the coastline from North to South. But where these settlers came from is still a mystery, she says. Some have proposed that the earliest humans to reach the continent could have come from south-east Asia or even Australia. Genetic studies of present-day Native American populations support a recent arrival from north-east Asia, which agrees well with an entry through the Beringian land bridge at the end of the last Ice Age.
Dr Gonzalez suggests that the earliest settlers may have become extinct, leaving no genetic legacy today. She thinks these hunters may have been highly mobile, living in small groups, perhaps explaining why they left scant trace of their presence.
Dr Gonzalez and ancient DNA expert Alan Cooper, of the University of Adelaide in Australia, have managed to extract genetic material from three molars belonging to Peñon Woman III, a 13,000-year-old partial skeleton from Mexico. The analysis is still underway.
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.
Audio files discussing the controversy created by Nancy Yaw Davis' book and the speculation of Japanese contacts with the Zuni and perhaps other Native American tribes in prehistoric times. Guests include Nancy Yaw Davis, Hayes Lewis (past superintendant of the Zuni school system), Zuni councilman Arden Kucate, and Malcolm Bowekety, member of the Zuni Nation.
This is a topic worthy of comment. Listen to the file and post your comments here.
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.
From: "ghwelker"
Subject: Native American story teller needed (for National Geographic
article)
Dear Mr. Welker,
I am a writer with National Geographic Magazine. I'm currently researching an article about ancient marine reptiles and the legends/stories their fossils have inspired world-wide. Adrienne Meyer kindly gave me your email address. She suggested I contact you about finding a Native American story teller who would be willing to discuss and share with me some of their water monster stories. In particular, I'm looking for someone from the Lakota/Sioux peoples, since they were long familiar with the fossils of the Badlands.
Many thanks for any suggestions and for your kind help.
Best wishes,
Virginia Morell
Contributing Writer
National Geographic Magazine
Glenn Welker
Indigenous Peoples Literature
SEATTLE-Burke Museum Subhankar Banerjee's magnificent photos of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are the result of a two-year expedition among caribou and tundra. Savor these images, before ExxonMobil and BP bring their "low-impact" drilling apparatus to ANWR. Also on display: traditional and contemporary Native American art depicting arctic animals. UW campus, Northeast 45th Street and 17th Avenue Northeast, 206-543-5590. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily (until 8 p.m. Thurs.).
Gallup, NM Hosts Balloon Festival Over Ancient Red Rock Canyons
The 25th annual Red Rock Balloon Rally takes place the first week of December in Gallup, New Mexico. Come to view the magnificent 200 balloons from across the Southwest, and around the world, fly the ancient canyon walls of Red Rock State Park. Often described as a balloonist’s paradise, this honorable invitation presents pilots with the opportunity to compete for fine Native American Arts and Crafts. Unique to this rally, spectators are welcomed to become active participants by joining balloon chase crews.
For more information contact Maxine Armstrong Touchine at 505-863-1277 or email: mtouchin@ci.gallup.nm.us Please visit their website: http://gallupnm.org
Kickapoo Pow-wow Days
July 15 - 17, 2005
Horton , KS
Contact Information
Michelle Thomas
877-864-2746
michelle.thomas@ktik.org
INVITED DRUMS:
MILWAUKEE BUCKS-Host Northern
YOUNGBIRD-Host Southern
Head Judge: Victor Thomas
Miss Kickapoo 2004-05: Nadas Green
Color Guard: Kickapoo American Legion Post
& Kickapoo Womens Auxillary
SPECIALS
JR GIRLS ALL-AROUND
1st - $300 + Jacket
2nd - $200
3rd - $100
Sponsored by Miss Kickapoo 2004-05,
Nadas Green & Family
MENS TRADITIONAL SPECIAL
Operation Iraqi Freedom
In Honor of Leroy Pelkey, Jr.
JINGLE DRESS SPECIAL
Sponsored by Yvette Ewalk
MEN'S FANCY DANCE SPECIAL
Sponsored by Gabe Bullock
DRUM CONTEST
1st: $3,500
2nd: $2,500
3rd: $1,500
$2,500 split
Minimum of 5 singers
No Drum Hopping
DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP CATEGORIES
GOLDEN AGE 50 & UP
Men Combined
Women Combined
1st-$800 2nd-$500
3rd-$300 4th-$200
ADULTS 18-49
Mens Traditional Womens Northern Traditional
Mens Straight Womens Southern Cloth/Buckskin
Mens Grass Womens Jingle
Mens Fancy Womens Fancy Shawl
1st-$800 2nd-$500
3rd-$300 4th-$200
TEENS 13-17 YRS
Boys Traditional Girls Traditional
Boys Grass Girls Jingle
Boys Fancy Girls Fancy Shawl
1st-$325 2nd-$225
3rd-$150 4th-$100
JUNIORS 6-12-YRS
Boys Traditional Girls Traditional
Boys Grass Girls Jingle
Boys Fancy Girls Fancy Shawl
1st-$200 2nd-$150
3rd-$100 4th-$50
TINY TOTS PAID DAILY
Registration opens Friday at 5:00 pm & Closes Saturday at 1:00 pm. Point system will be used.
Grand Entries:
July 15th-7 p.m.
July 16th-1 p.m. & 7 p.m.
July 17th-1 p.m.
ADMISSION: Weekend Pass: $5
Daily Pass: $3
Seniors 50 & up, Children under 6-FREE
Khowutzun Warmland Inter-Tribal Pow wow
July 15 - 17, 2005
Duncan , BC
Contact Information
Lester Joe OR Fred Roland Jr.
250-709-2248
Additional Information
The vendors tables are as follows: arts and crafts $75.00 a day or $200.00 for the weekend and for two tables only, any more than two there will be an additional charge of $50.00 for each table. Food vendors are as follows: $125.00 a day or $300.00 for weekend. First come first serve bases.
We are expecting around 5000 more or less people this year as we are having our event on the same weekend as the "Duncan Summer Festival Days" which draws about 30,000 more or less people each year. This is where all the town closes the streets off down town and the bussinesses bring their goods on the sreet to sell. So we are expecting a lot of non-natives coming this year.
We reserve the right to change our venue for the vendors.
All proceeds go towards pow-wow. "Sorry no cheques" cash only, paid in full.
vendors are responsible for their merchandice, if they want to purchace insurance they can.
No bussiness licence required.
We will have a security on duty all days and nights thru out the weekend.
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
National Powwow
Actual Location MCI Center, 601 F Street NW, Washington D.C. 20004
Event Dates August 12, 13, 14, 2005
*Vendor applications will be ready for distribution within the next
couple of weeks. We will allow ample time, approx. 2 months for vendors
to apply. Justin Giles will be the point of contact for vendors and he
is currently taking names and info and will send application forms when
ready.
*General Contact*
Number 877-830-3224 or 301-238-3023
nmainationalpowwow@si.edu
www.americanindian.si.edu
(webpage in development-email announcement to staff when complete)
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
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 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 animal people - Okanogan
The earth was once a human being: Old One made her out of a woman. "You will the mother of all people," he said. Earth is alive yet, but she has been changed. The soil is her flesh, the rocks are her bones, the wind is her breath, trees and grass are her hair. She lives spread out, and we live on her. When she moves, we have an earthquake.
After taking the woman and changing her to earth, Old One gathered some of her flesh and rolled it into balls, as people do with mud or clay. He made the first group of these balls into the ancients, the beings of the early world. The ancients were people, yet also animals. In form some looked human while some walked on all fours like animals. Some could fly like birds; others could swim like fishes.
All had the gift of speech, as well as greater powers and cunning than either animals or people. But deer were never among the ancients; they were always animals, even as they are today. Besides the ancients, real people and real animals lived on the earth at that time. Old One made the people out of the last balls of mud he took from the earth. He rolled them over and over, shaped them like Indians, and blew on them to bring them alive. They were so ignorant that they were the most helpless of all the creatures Old One had made. Old One made people and animals into males and females so that they might breed and multiply. Thus all living things came from the earth. When we look around, we see part of our mother everywhere.
The difficulty with the early world was that most of the ancients were selfish and some were monsters, and there was much trouble among them. They were also very stupid in some ways. Though they knew they had to hunt in order to live, they did not know which creatures were deer and which were people, and sometimes they ate people by mistake. At last Old One said, "There will soon be no people if I let things go on like this." So he sent Coyote to kill all the monsters and other evil beings among the ancients and teach the Indians how to do things.
And Coyote began to travel on the earth, teaching the Indians, making life easier and better for them, and performing many wonderful deeds.
Reported by Ella Clark in the 1950s.
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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?"
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