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Institute of American Indian Arts Museum: "Blanket Stories: Ladder," sculpture and lithographs by Marie Watt; "Remix," mixed-media prints by Frank Buffalo Hyde; and "Room for Thought," mixed-media installation by Steven Deo, through Feb. 12. 108 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe. Admission and hours: (505) 983-8900.
Millicent Rogers Museum: Paul Peralta-Ramos Taos Collection, Southwest American Indian art and Hispanic textiles and devotional art, through March 12. 1504 Millicent Rogers Road, Taos. Admission and hours: (505) 758-2462.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture: "The Pottery of Santa Ana Pueblo," through Feb. 19; "Valley of the Butterflies," sculptures by Doug Hyde, through March 26. "Elements of Earth and Fire: New Directions in Native American Ceramic Art: Form," first of three four-month installations, each focusing on one element of pottery-making. "Form" runs through February; series continues through October. 708 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe. Admission and hours: (505) 476-1250.
Taos Art Museum: "The Stark Legacy," paintings by members of the Taos Society of Artists. Through July 23. 227 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos. Admission and hours: (505) 758-2690.
The Fine Art of Native American Basketry — Western National Parks Association Store, 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive, Oro Valley. American Indian basketry expert Terry DeWald will talk about the ancient world of Indian basketry. Reservations required. Noon and 2 p.m. Feb. 18. Free. 622-6014.
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American Indian Summer College Journalism Program Accepting Nominations
VERMILLION, SD-- The Freedom Forum is accepting nominations for the 6th annual
American Indian Journalism Institute, a three-week summer print journalism
program at the University of South Dakota.
The free program, which is slated for June 4-23, is open to American Indian
college students interested print journalism and have completed at least one
year of college. The Freedom Forum, which shares offices with NAJA, will also
accept applications from former AIJI participants seeking specialized
instruction.
Institute graduates earn four hours of transferable college credit. AIJI
graduates also receive a $500 stipend/scholarship from the Freedom Forum and a
one-year NAJA membership. In addition, top AIJI graduates will receive paid
internships at daily papers. More than two-dozen AIJI graduates received
internships last summer.
"We're expanding and improving the curriculum this year to help prepare more
Native Americans for journalism careers," said Jack Marsh, AIJI Director and Al
Neuharth Media Center Executive Director. "Students will be able to return to
AIJI a second or third year and take different courses."
For more information and to download an application, go to the Freedom Forum's
Web site at www.freedomforum.org/diversity. Students may nominate themselves,
however, it is recommended that at least one letter should be from a teacher,
counselor or elder. Nominations should explain why the student should be
accepted into the program and how the student can be contacted. Applications and
nomination letters can be mailed to Jack Marsh, Executive Director, Al Neuharth
Media Center, 555 Dakota St., Vermillion, SD 57069, or emailed to Janine Harris,
assistant to the executive director, at jharris@freedomforum.org. For questions,
call (605) 677-5424.
AIJI is part of the Freedom Forum's commitment to increase employment diversity
at daily newspapers. More than 120 Native American students have graduated from
AIJI so far. Some NAJA members serve as mentors or instructors during the
program.
The Freedom Forum, based in Arlington, Va., is a nonpartisan foundation
dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The
foundation focuses on three main priorities: newsroom diversity, the Newseum in
Washington, D.C., and First Amendment issues.
AIJI graduates also eligible for NAJA's Student Projects, a weeklong summer
workshop that trains Native students in print, TV, radio or the online news site
production. Graduates are also eligible to join reznetnews.org, an online
Native American college newspaper, as paid journalists when they return to
school. With only a few exceptions, reznetnews.org staff members are AIJI
graduates.
AIJI forbids the use of alcohol, other intoxicants and illegal drugs at any time
during the program. Violators will be dismissed from the institute.
Tamra NATIVE AMERICAN HOOP DANCERS AT HEARD; FASHION AND DESIGN AT HEARD NORTH
The internationally acclaimed Heard Museum and its northern branch, the Heard Museum North in Scottsdale, are presenting two unique events representing different aspects of Native American culture.
Celebrate two decades of design and innovation by Native American artists with the new exhibit Mid-century Modern: Native American Art in Scottsdale. Opening Jan. 28 at Heard Museum North, located at el Pedregal Festival Marketplace in North Scottsdale, this exhibit will feature handbags, men’s and women’s designer clothes, paintings, pottery, and jewelry created by Native artists living and working in Scottsdale in the 1950s and ‘60s, a thriving period of innovation and design. Visitors can see works by Cherokee fashion designer Lloyd Kiva New; one-of-a-kind pottery by Charles and Otellie Loloma (Hopi); paintings by Pop Chalee (Taos), Ed Lee Natay (Navajo) and Andrew Tsinajinnie (Navajo); and silver jewelry by Navajo artists Kenneth Begay and Allen Kee. The exhibit will be open through Aug. 13. Admission costs are a $3 recommended contribution for adults, and free for children 12 and under.
The world’s best hoop dancers will return to Arizona for the 16th Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest at the Heard Museum, on Feb. 4 and 5. The best Native hoop dancers from the United States and Canada are set to compete for the prestigious title of world champion during a weekend of competition. These accomplished dancers will showcase their skills in five divisions including Tiny Tot (under 5 years), Youth (5 to 12), Teen (13 to 17), Adult (18 and older) and Senior (40 and older). Each dancer presents a unique variation of the intertribal hoop dance, weaving in aspects of his or her distinct tradition and culture. Individual routines are presented using as few as four to as many as 50 hoops, which are manipulated to create a variety of designs including animals, butterflies and globes. Cost per day (including event and museum admission) is $10 for adults; $3 for children (4-12); and free for children under 4.
For more information, visit www.heard.org or call (602) 252-8848. For media information only, contact Nicole Haas at nhaas@heard.org or (602) 251-0283.
"Expeditions of Spirit," an exhibit of 20 of Lorenzo Clayton's large-scale mixed media assemblages and works on paper, will open Saturday at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, New York, N.Y.
Clayton's exhibit investigates religious and philosophic world views through complex installations and multi-layered works on paper.
Six of his "mythistoryquest" installations, which examine parallel traditions in indigenous and Christian religions, will be on view together for the first time. Also included will be works from the Come Across series, which express Clayton's rediscovery and embrace of his Navajo identity.
This is the final installation of the "New Tribe: New York" series focusing on New York-based Native American artists.
The show is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Thursdays to 8 p.m.), through April 9. Admission is free. Call (212) 514-3700 or visit ww.americanindian.si.edu for more information.
THE WOMEN/Edward S. Curtis
"THE WOMEN/Edward S. Curtis," by Christopher Cardozo; foreword by Louise Erdrich (Bulfinch Press, $35) — Cardozo, who lives in Minneapolis, is the world's foremost expert on, and collector of, photos of American Indians taken by turn-of-the-century photographer Edward S. Curtis. Cardozo went through 1,000 photos to find the 100 sepia-toned images in this book, which show the daily lives of American Indian women at a time when most were already on reservations. Minneapolis novelist and poet Erdrich discusses women's work in her foreword: " … although Edward Curtis believed that he was documenting a vanishing culture, it is in these humble arts that the strength of Native culture lives on."
Geronimo's Song - Apache
by Geronimo (Goyathlay)
"The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made
it. It has been handed down through generations and was taught to me when I
was but a little lad. It is now my own song. It belongs to me. This is a
holy song (medicine-song), and great is its power. The song tells how, as I
sing, I go through the air to a holy place where Yusun (The Supreme Being)
will give me power to do wonderful things. I am surrounded by little clouds,
and as I go through the air I change, becoming spirit only.
Geronimo's changed form is symbolized by a circle, and this is surrounded by
a mystic aureole. The holy place is symbolized by the sun, which is
decorated with a horned headdress emblematic of divine power. This is the
insignia of the Holy Man.
MEDICINE-SONG
"Geronimo is said to have had magical powers. He could see into the future,
walk without creating footprints and even hold off the dawn to protect his
own. This Apache Indian warrior and his band of 37 followers defied federal
authority for more than 25 years."
Quotes from Geronimo
"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as
other Indian babes. I was living peaceably when people began to speak badly
of me. Now I can eat well, sleep wells and be glad. I can go everywhere with
a good feeling.
The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged
but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. We took an oath not to do any
wrong to each other or to scheme against each other.
I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There
is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The
sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say.
When a child, my mother taught me to kneel and pray to Use for strength,
health, wisdom and protection. Sometimes we prayed in silence, sometimes
each one prayed aloud; sometimes an aged person prayed for all of us... and
to Use.
I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to
break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."
To the Apaches, Geronimo embodied the very essence of the Apache values,
aggressiveness, and courage in the face of difficulty. These qualities
inspired fear in the settlers of Arizona and New Mexico. The Chiricahuas
were mostly migratory following the seasons, hunting and farming. When food
was scarce, it was the custom to raid neighboring tribes. Raids and
vengeance were an honorable way of life among the tribes of this region.
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W. Tussinger has written his first novel which was released in December, 2004. The title of the book is THE FOURTH WORLD.
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Sung by Geronimo
O, ha le
O, ha le!
Awbizhaye
Shichl hadahiyago niniya
O, ha le
O, ha le
Tsago degi naleya
Ah--yu whi ye!
O, ha le
O, ha le!
O, ha le
O, ha le!
Through the air
I fly upon the air
Towards the sky, far, far, far,
O, ha le
O, ha le!
There to find the holy place,
Ah, now the change comes o'er me!
O, ha le
O, ha le!
Frawley, William, Kenneth C. Hill, and Pamela Munro, eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. 450 pp. ISBN 0520229967, $34.95.
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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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