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Canku Ota |
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(Many Paths) |
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An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America |
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January 26, 2002 - Issue 54 |
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"Yá'át'ééh Bina" |
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"Good Morning! " |
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SALATCPI |
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Frozen
Ground
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Yuchi |
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"And when
your childrens' children think themselves alone... they will not be
alone...At night when the streets of your cities and villages are
silent and you think them deserted, they will throng with the returning
hosts that once filled and still love this beautiful land." |
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Salute Among her long list of athletic achievements Naomi Lang (and her partner) has been the U.S. National Champion of ice dancing for the past three years (2001, 2000, and 1999). Naomi and Peter are headed to Los Angeles in January of 2002 to defend their title yet again, but this time the title holds more opportunity, the champion is guaranteed a trip to Salt Lake City to compete for the United States in the 2002 Winter Olympics. |
The information here will
include items of interest for and about Native American schools. If
you have news to share, please let us know! I can be reached by emailing:
Vlockard@aol.com
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Artist: The insightful poetry and distinct style of John Trudell (Santee Sioux) filled the Roxy as John and his incredible band Red Dog, played cuts from their recently released CD, Bone Days to an anticipating audience filled with fans and friends. The record release party was held this past November at the famous Hollywood nightclub, the Roxy, which is located in the heart of the Sunset Strip. |
Finding the Words "Yuga', yuga'," says Georgia McKinley, as a line of four-year-olds snakes through the door of her classroom. "Nuuwaigeavaro," she adds rhythmically, gently shaking each child's hand. Come in. Come in. Let's talk Ute. Five times a day, five days a week, McKinley uses this greeting to welcome a group of Southern Ute Academy students into her classroom. |
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Annuraaq: Clothing of Arctic North America In early 2002, the Department of Ethnography, The British Museum, is organising two events which arise out of a long association and collaboration with the community of Igloolik in Nunavut, Canada: From February 15-May 27, a new BP Ethnography Showcase Annuraaq: Arctic Clothing from Igloolik will be featured in the Central Saloon (36), focusing on contemporary work of women from Igloolik. The exhibition is organised in consultation with the Inullariit Elders' Society, Igloolik, the Igloolik Research Centre of the Nunavut Research Institute, and the Department of Culture, Language, Elders, and Youth of the Government of Nunavut. This exhibition will be accompanied by a COMPASS online tour. |
Recognizing the Native Lad Who Chose the Dipper's Stars An effort to adopt a second verse for the
state song that celebrates Alaska Natives is underway in Juneau. Young voices opening this year's legislative session sung a second verse that recognizes Benson. Thursday, a bill to officially adopt the verse, breezed through its first House committee. |
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Dog to Put Her Nose to Job on Reservation SAN MANUEL RESERVATION - Megi put on the dog Tuesday for members of the San Manuel Indian band. The
2-year-old Czechoslovakian-born German shepherd turned some heads as
she sniffed out gunpowder, plastic explosives, even a gun, hidden as
a test in Tribal Unity Park on this Indian reservation north of Highland.
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Children Learn Winter Survival Skills at Nature Center Naturalist Carol Lloyd grabbed the attention of more than 30 local kids gathered for an afternoon lesson in winter survival Saturday at the Eagle River Nature Center. "Has anybody ever watched Survivor'?" A bunch of mitten-covered hands went up. "Have you watched them rub two sticks together to make a fire? It usually takes them a couple days to get their fire started," Lloyd said. "You need to start with tinder." |
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Beading
Brings Peace, Relaxation Bill Grass held the turquoise and blue keychain close to his face Saturday morning, making sure the bead he was securing settled in exactly the right place. "Success - I think," he said. The keychain is Grass' first beadwork project in a class taught by Sandra Pallie at the Cherokee Heritage Center. He plans to keep his day job as a plumber, but hopes beadworking will become a hobby he can enjoy in his spare time. |
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Ritual Helps Youths TUCSON - Using a Native American tradition, a Tucson group has embarked on a campaign to help Native Americans in the community by giving them a forum in which to voice their concerns. Every other Wednesday, a group of youths ages 8 to 18 gathers in south Tucson to take part in a talking circle, where they ask hard questions, listen to each other and, above all, celebrate their roots. On Fridays, a women's group meets, but the themes that surface there are often more serious, including domestic violence and partner abuse. |
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Japanese Woman Shares Culture with Navajos TOADLENA - Chihiro Mochizuki, 23, of Fujida, Japan, squeezed her face tight and reached her hand out as if to grasp the air while she tried to find the right words in English to answer the questions: What brought her to the Navajo reservation, and what differences has she seen between the Japanese and the Navajo cultures? Her travels have brought her halfway around the world to this tiny, picturesque community on the east face of the snow-capped Chuska Mountains on the Navajo reservation. |
Tribal Elder a Living Link She stands barely 5 feet tall, but Kumeyaay elder Jane Dumas towers like a giant in San Diego's American Indian community. Don't be fooled by the red hair and blue eyes of her father's mixed bloodline: This 77-year-old matron is Kumeyaay to the core. She grew up in a dirt-floored hut, hauling water by the bucket. She spoke Kumeyaay and Spanish before English. A member of East County's Jamul Indian band, Dumas is often called to schools, parks or other forums to explain Kumeyaay history, language and traditions. |
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ABC Gives Green Light to Native American Miniseries HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - The myths and legends of Native American culture will come to life via "Dreamkeeper,'' a $30 million-plus miniseries just greenlit by ABC. The tentatively titled four-hour epic will use special effects to dramatize seven or eight Native American legends, such as the story of a rain god who falls in love with a mortal woman; another is about an outcast child who attempts to tame a water beast, thus saving his town. |
Listening to Indian Country In the beginning, there was light, but that was about the size of it. OK, so there was electricity. Plumbing and heating, too. Also in that shared, second-story office space was a metal desk, a chair, a phone "and a phone book, I think," recalled Gary Fife, original host of "National Native News." No computers, no fax, no recording equipment that didn't have to be borrowed. All this and a budget that, in those days, would cover maybe three seconds of Super Bowl commercial time, pennies which, in the frugal world of public radio, had to stretch three months. |
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Cultural Traditions Revived in Poetry PALA INDIAN RESERVATION ---- In the poetry of Vivian Banks Charter School students, similar themes resonate ---- a respect for nature and childhood memories infused with cultural traditions. For three years, all the students in the Bonsall Union Elementary School District have been receiving writing lessons from Ross Talarico, an award-winning author specializing in oral histories. The lessons give Vivian Banks students an avenue to share their experiences about growing up on the reservation and allow them to describe what it means to be American Indian or Mexican-American. Of the 130 students who attend Vivian Banks, about 43 percent are American Indian and 56 percent are Latino. |
Scientists at CMU Join Forces to Create a Program to Preserve Vanishing Languages Petu afi ti purum means "The dance is ending" in the language of Chile's Mapuche Indians. Not many people still speak the Mapudungun language, however, and so the dance may indeed be ending -- for Mapudungun. Chile has the largest Mapuche population in the world, but its official language, the language taught in schools, is Spanish. Mapudungun has been reduced to a "kitchen language" that few people speak and fewer young people learn. |
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Charter School Lets Pala Children Enjoy Class Close to Home PALA INDIAN RESERVATION -- A one-way bus ride from Thomas San Miguel's home on the Pala Indian Reservation to his first-grade class at Bonsall Elementary School took 45 minutes. Now that Thomas, a fourth-grader, has transferred to Vivian Banks Charter School on reservation property, he doesn't need to ride the bus. His parents drop him off at the campus on Pala Mission Road, two blocks from home. "He wanted to come back here," said Thomas' dad, Roy San Miguel. |
Importance Of Special Education For Tuba City District Special Education students and their varied needs are not put on the back burner in Tuba City #15, the largest native school district in Northern Arizona. The physical and educational needs of these students are important enough to warrant continued administrative and staff in-service like the one recently held in Flagstaff with TC school attorney, and weekend presenter, Patrice Horstman of Hufford, Horstman, Mongini, Parnell & McCarthy, pc, of Flagstaff. |
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Indian Gifting To recognize the end of our second year of publishing Canku Ota, I decided to write an article about the generosity of Indian Country. It seems that so often we only hear, and write about, the negatives. So, now, let us celebrate the unsung heroes. Most of us have heard stories of the great Indian leaders. Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph, Geronimo, and on and on. But, do we know what it really takes to become a leader? A true leader, in Indian Country, gives. He gives of his time, his advice, and his "worldly goods." Traditional leaders often live in poverty because of their giving. Sharing with others is the responsibility of every tribal member. If someone is in need, help is found, and given. |
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About This Issue's Greeting - "Yá'át'ééh Bina" |
Navajo is an American Indian language spoken by between one hundred twenty and one hundred forty thousand people in the Southwestern United States. Navajo is a member of the Athabaskan family of the Na-Dené group of languages. It is considered to be closely related to Apache |
This Date In History |
Recipe: Venison |
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Story: Why Dogs Fight |
What is this: Working Dogs |
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Project: Tanning - Part Two |
This Issue's Web sites |
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Opportunities |
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"OPPORTUNITIES" is gathered from sources distributed nationally and includes scholarships, grants, internships, fellowships, and career opportunities as well as announcements for conferences, workshops and symposia. |
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