Smithsonian museum's 2007 National Powwow, North American Indian Days, Image of the American Indians at the Huntington Library
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List of Native American Authors
Choices and Change: American Indian Artists in the Southwest, Heard North
North American Indian Days honors warrior brothers
The Image of the American Indians at the Huntington Library
Smithsonian museum's 2007 National Powwow
Native American history was recorded through leaving a legacy through the arts
American Indian flutist Rob "Little Owl" Martin entertains seniors
Chuck Raymond, the most famous artist to come from the Winnebago tribe.
American Indian ceremonies- Tobacco as a sacred ritual
American Indian art store in Oneida
University of Wyoming Northern Arapaho language class working to preserve the native language
Heard Museum Announces 2007-2008 Calendar of Exhibits and Events
Bahweting Drum and Dancers invited to Washington
The truth about the American bison
''Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest (University of New Mexico Press: 2006). Editors V.B. Price and Baker H. Morrow have assembled 15 essays on the millennium-old Puebloan landscape.
"Being Lakota", Book by Larissa Petrillo
There is a call for art entries for the 70th Annual New Mexico State Fair. Ramona Vigil-Eastwood, state fair arts director, has put out the call for entries in Native American Arts with a deadline of Aug. 20. The fair starts on Sept. 7, and runs through Sept. 23.
Zuni animal fetish carvings by Wilfred Cheama and Navajo pottery by Wesley Begay, through Aug. 5. Open daily; 812-332-6434. Prima Gallery, 109 E. Sixth St., Bloomington, IN.
Native American culture is dynamic, not static-The current, longstanding exhibit is "Choices and Change: American Indian Artists in the Southwest," which gently makes a case the main Heard Museum has been making for years: Indians live in the same century you and I live in.
July 19-21: Festival of Native Peoples showcases native dance, art and culture in this gathering of tribes from throughout the Americas; artisans display and sell their work.
Representatives of Indian Nations from across North America will gather for the second annual Festival of Native Peoples to be held at the Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds July 19-21.
The Festival of Native Peoples is an exposition of non-competitive dance, storytelling and song performances expressing the collected history, culture, tradition and wisdom of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Native American performers featured this year are the Git-Hoan (People of the Salmon) Dancers from Washington State and the Tezcatlipoca Voladores Flyers of New Mexico. Other Nations represented are the Cherokee from North Carolina, the White Mountain Apache and the Hopi of Arizona.
Along with the Festival, the first Cherokee Art Market with all Native American artists will display and sell their handmade traditional and contemporary artworks. Food booths will be open with everything from Cherokee traditional dinners, fry bread, to hamburgers and hot dogs.
Gates open at 9 a.m. daily, with performances starting at 10 a.m. and continuing until 10 p.m. Admission is $10 for age seven and up; six and under, free.
For specific performance times and more information call 800.438.1601 or visit www.cherokee-nc.com.
Redbird's 2007 Children of Many Colors Native American Intertribal Powwow will be Fri. to Sun., July 20 to 22 at Moorpark College athletic field, 7075 Campus
Road, Moorpark, CA.
The schedule is as follows:
Fri., July 20: 6 to 10 p.m., Open Native American flute circle.
Sat., July 21: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Gourd dancing, grand entry, intertribal and exhibition dancing.
Sun., July 22: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Gourd dancing, grand entry, intertribal and exhibition dancing.
The event also features Native American art, crafts, food and fine jewelry vendors, and displays by informational and nonprofit organizations.
Tepees, drums and dancers are welcome.
The host is Northern Drum Wild Horse Singers. The master of ceremonies is Michael A. Reifel, San Carlos Apache, and head gourd dancer is David Patterson, Sac
and Fox Nation.
Entry is a $2 suggested donation
2007 Smithsonian National Powwow
More than 800 Native Americans in traditional dress compete for $125,000 in prize money during the three-day dance competition at the annual event hosted by
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Indian artisans and exhibitors will have art, jewelry, sculpture and pottery for sale, as well as
traditional fare.
When, where: Aug. 10 to 12 at the Verizon Center, 601 F St. N.W., Washington, D.C.
Admission: $15, $12 for kids ages 5 to 11, 4 and younger free.
Info: (877) 830-3224, www.americanindian.si.edu.
The Bald Eagle in Native America
The Lakota use an eagle feather as a symbol of honor for a person who achieves a special task or accomplishment. Many college graduates this time of year will be given an eagle feather for their achievement.
Many pow wow dancers use the eagle claw as part of their regalia as well.
The Lakota also use an eagle bone whistle during the Sun Dance; the Creek and Cherokee perform an Eagle Dance.
The Zuni use an eagle fetish to help give personal insight and to help with hunting. The Zuni Pueblo is the first American Indian nation to own and operate an eagle sanctuary for cultural purposes. The Zuni use the mottled eagle feathers and for hundreds of years they would collect the eaglets and protect them in their homes.
The Prairie Island Dakota Community in Minnesota got involved with the protection and education of eagles with a contribution to the new National Eagle Center, which opened May 1. The Dakota hold the eagle as sacred, which was the reason Prairie Island became involved with the National Eagle Center.
For more information, visit www.nationaleaglecenter.org.
Oklahoma (RedLand): Choctaw Art and Culture
July 28 – Sept. 29, 2007
The word “ Oklahoma” is a Choctaw word meaning “ Red Land.” In recognition of Oklahoma’s centennial year, the Choctaw people and its history are featured in
this exhibition. The exhibition includes a special public program and book signing held in celebration of a new book about the history of the Choctaw tribe
written by Clara Sue Kidwell (Chippewa/Choctaw), Chair of the Native American Studies Dept. at the University of Oklahoma. The book release coincides with
our exhibition of select Choctaw artists that are also invited to discuss their works, the book, as well as their responses to the Oklahoma State Centennial.
17 Peck St. Gallery, Providence, RI
Bronze Sculpture and Clay Pottery by
Native American artist Caroline L. Carpio (Isleta Pueblo), through Aug. 6th
Pioneer Woman Museum to exhibit native art
"Voices in the Tall Grass: Native Women Artists of Oklahoma," is the newest exhibit at the Pioneer Woman Museum in Ponca City, OK. Described as a "wonderful aesthetic expression of culture and identity" by Rebecca Brave, exhibit curator, the exhibit will open at 1 p.m. on May 20, 2007 with remarks presented at 2 p.m. The artwork, on display until September 16, 2007, will represent a variety of contemporary and traditional media including pottery, beadwork, basketry, ribbonwork, sculpture, paintings and illustrations.
The exhibit features works by artists Martha Berry, Cherokee beadworker; Wendy Ponca, Osage artist; Crystal Hanna, Cherokee potter; Gwen Lester, Choctaw painter; Cindy Russell, Kaw painter; Shalah Rowlen, Sac and Fox ribbonworker; Virginia Stroud, Cherokee painter; and others
Bull Run All Nations Powwow, set Aug. 4 and 5, at Riverfront Park and Canfield Island in Loyalsock Township, intersection of the Bull Run and Seshequin trails
Edward-Dean Museum and Gardens will present “Native American Women's Creations”
Edward-Dean Museum, 9401 Oak Glen Rd. in Cherry Valley, CA, from June 3 to Aug. 25.
The Baltimore American Indian Center holds its 33rd Annual PowWow from Aug. 24 to 26 in Patterson Park at Eastern and Linwood avenues. The PowWow will include cultural presentations, Native American jewelry and clothing, art, a dance and drum competition and Native American food. Admission is $5. Call 410-675-3535
Museum of New Mexico/Museum of Indian Arts & Culture-Current and Online Exhibitions
How Glooskap became friendly to the Loons, and made them his Messengers – Algonquin
When Glooskap, was pursuing Win-pe, he one day on Uktukamkw saw from afar flying over water the Kwe-moo (M.), or Loons. And thrice did their chief make the circle of the lake, coming near to the land of men and beasts every time, as if he would fain seek somewhat. Then Glooskap asking him what he wanted, Kwe-moo replied that he would be his servant and friend. So Glooskap taught him a strange long cry like the howl of a dog, and when the loons were in need of him or would pray to him they were to utter this cry.
And it came to pass that when he was in Newfoundland he came to an Indian town, and they who dwelt therein were all Kwee-moo-uk, or Loons. And they, as men, were exceeding glad to see their lord, who had blessed them as birds, and did their best to please him. So he made them his huntsmen and messengers, and in all the tales of Glooskap the Kweemoo ever appears as faithful to him. Whence to this day, when the Indians hear the cry of the Loon, they say, "Kwemoo el-komik-too-ajul Gloocapal" (He is calling upon Glooskap).
Algonquin Legends of New England, or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribes; by Charles G. Leland; Boston and New York; Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [1884] and is now in the public domain.
Blue Panther Keeper of Stories
Spokane artist George Flett, well kown for his depictions of ledger art, announcing forthcoming book "The Ledger Art of George Flett"
Po'pay, Leader of the First American Revolution, Clear Light Publishing, 2006, new book by Herman Agoyo (Ohkay Owingeh)
Zuni fetish updates from Amerindian Arts
- Todd Westika, 6-26-2007, lapis, stichtite, rhodocrosite bears and buffaloes
- Jeff Tsalabutie, to be posted June 26th, 2007opal carvings, various other stones
- Stewart Quandelacy, 6-24-2007, Necklaces and pendants, rhodocrosite, stichtite, and lapis bears
- Gibbs Othole, to be posted May 28th, 2007opal carvings, various other stones
- Andres Quandelacy, 4-11-2007, to be posted 4-12-2007, rhodocrosite, white coral horses, horse pendants, horse necklaces
- Andres Quandelacy, 3-1-2007, baltic amber fetishes, pink opal horse pendant
- Ernie Mackel, 2-27-2007
- Lynn Quam, 2-5-2007, buffaloes, bears, and wolves
- Jayne Quam, 2-5-2007, bears, coyotes, and a mountain lion
- Claudia Peina, 2-5-2007, smiling bears
- Kateri Quandelacy Sanchez, 2-4-2007, corn maidens
- Lena Boone, 2-4-2007, bears, badgers, frogs, and a fox
- Dee Edaakie, 2-2-2007, bears
- Zuni fetish necklaces and pendants, 2-1-2007Sandra, Georgia, and Chad Quandelacy; Nancy Westika
- Andres Quandelacy, 1-15-2007, opal pendant necklaces, variscite horse fetishes
- Sandra Quandelacy, 12-22-2006, corn maidens
Profiles, Biographies of Native American Painters and Potters
Books of Interest
Classic Hopi And Zuni Kachina Figures
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK: THE FIRST 100 YEARS
Fine Indian Jewelry: The Millicent Rogers Museum Collection
AEQ Book Review of
Making Dictionaries: Preserving
Indigenous Languages of the Americas .
Frawley, William, Kenneth C. Hill, and Pamela Munro, eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. 450 pp. ISBN 0520229967, $34.95.
© 2004 American Anthropological Association Book
Review
of Making Dictionaries: Preserving Indigenous Languages of the Americas .
Reviewed for the Anthropology & Education Quarterly by Catherine S. Fowler
University of Nevada
csfowler@unr.nevada.edu
To Order "Making
Dictionaries: Preserving Indigenous Languages of the Americas"
THE FOURTH WORLD
W. Tussinger has written his first novel which was released in December, 2004.
W. Tussinger is a member of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma and has lived on several reservations including the Yuroks of Northern California and the
Yakamas of Washington State where he attended college.
To Order this book
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."
To Order this book
Literature on Native America
An Overview of Pacific Northwest Native Indian Art
Free downloadable e-book
American Indian Women's Activism in the 1960s and 1970s
by Donna Hightower Langston
Complete article
Linguists Find the Words, and Pocahontas Speaks Again
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand, The
Book
Early tribal artifacts put in spotlight at the Smithsonian National Museum of
Natural History
"Communing with Bears"
By Sara Wright
Communing with Bears is the story of a joyful encounter between one woman and a black bear.
Literacy in Indigenous Communities by L. David van Broekhuizen, Ph.D. (2000)
HTML Format (70K)
PDF Format(117K)
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.
Web Sites:
Native American Links Page
Indigenous Peoples Literature
Native Voice
Wisdom of the Old People
By David Whitney
National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation
Inuit film to tell story of last great
shaman
My Two Beads Worth: Indigenous News Online
Northern California Indian Development Council
Native Village
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