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An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America |
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August 24 , 2002 - Issue 68 |
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We receive these announcements from various sources including Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP). |
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Heyday Books and News from Native California are pleased to announce the publication of The Dirt Is Red Here: Art and Poetry From Native California edited by Margaret Dubin. |
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"To read The Dirt is Red Here: Art and Poetry From Native California is to experience the thriving and dynamic life of a continuing land and people." ‹Simon J. Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo), author of Out There Somewhere, After and Before the Lightning, and Men on the Moon Heyday Books and News from Native California are pleased to announce the publication of The Dirt Is Red Here: Art and Poetry From Native California edited by Margaret Dubin. We hope you will join us at one of the upcoming book publication celebrations: Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 5 p.m. Friday, September 27, 2002 at 7 p.m. Friday, October 11, 2002 Other events (Sacramento and San Francisco) TBA. Watch for flyers in your mailbox or check the Heyday Books website at www.heydaybooks.com. The Dirt Is Red Here: Art and Poetry From Native California Published by Heyday Books |
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The Native American History and Genealogy Conference |
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The Native American History and Genealogy Conference, sponsored by the Friends of the Oklahoma Historical Society Archives and the Tulsa Library's genealogy department, will be Sept. 27-28 at Ramada Inn, 8181 E Skelly Drive, Tulsa. Events for Sept. 27 will include Kathy Huber's lecture "Discovering Your Native American Ancestors at the Schusterman-Benson Library." Featured speaker for Sept. 28 will be Cherokee Chief Chad Smith. His topic will be "History as the Foundation for Strategy." Other conference speakers include Kent Carter, Jack Baker, Sharron Standifer Ashton, Daniel Littlefield, Sammie Dennison- Harmon, Joyce Bear and William Welge. Lecture topics include: "The Dawes Rolls," "Cherokee Indian Genealogical Sources," "Solving Family Traditions of Indian Ancestry," "Documenting Contemporary Tribal Communities," "White Hair Learning Resource Center and Osage Genealogy," "Choctaw- Chickasaw Genealogical Sources," "Who are the Creek? A Brief History and Genealogy Reference to the Muscogee People," "American Indian Records: Archives Oklahoma Historical Society" and "Continuing the Legacy." For more information, contact the Oklahoma Historical Society Archives, 2100 Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, or call 521-2491." |
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CALL TO CONFERENCE: |
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http://www.ncai.org/main/pages/national_calendar/NCAI/2002Annual.asp The NCAI 59th Annual Session will be held in San Diego, California, November 10-15, 2002. All meetings and general assemblies will be held at the Town & Country Resort, call 800.854.2608 for reservations and ask for the NCAI Group Rate. Register on-line today at www.ncai.org for pre-registration rates! |
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National Hiring Initiative |
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Please pass on the word that HUD has a national hiring initiative to recruit approximately 900 new employees before 9/30/02. They will be hiring everything from clerk typists to economists. Positions will be available throughout the US. Please refer anyone to WWW.HUD.GOV. |
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A conference and trade show about People, Culture, Heritage and Place |
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September 26-28, 2002 Denver, Colorado Native peoples, using ancient knowledge and traditions supported by modern skills can effectively create attractive tourism programs that are culturally, ecologically and economically sustainable. This conference will explore those issues and much more as we seek ways to work together on a local, regional, national and global basis to improve the well-being of our communities, our natural resources and our shared cultural heritage through tourism. Call for information: (303) 620-9292 email: conference@nativetourismalliance.org click:Online Registration |
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| Canku Ota is a free Newsletter celebrating Native America, its traditions and accomplishments . We do not provide subscriber or visitor names to anyone. Some articles presented in Canku Ota may contain copyright material. We have received appropriate permissions for republishing any articles. Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monetary gain to those who have expressed an interest. This is in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. | ||
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Canku Ota is a copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002 of Vicki Lockard and Paul Barry. |
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The "Canku Ota - A Newsletter Celebrating Native America" web site and its design is the |
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