Canku Ota

(Many Paths)

An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America

March 22, 2003 - Issue 83

Opportunities - Page Three

Here you will find listings of:

• Positions Available - including Fellowships and Internships;
• Scholarship, Award and Grant Information; and
• Event Announcements.

We receive these announcements from various sources including Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP) and NativeShare

To view additional listing from previous issues, click here

03/22/03

Learn Native Art and Dance at the Alaska Native Heritage Center

(Anchorage, AK) - The Alaska Native Heritage Center will offer Native Art and Dance workshops on March 22, 2003 from 12pm to 5pm. This program will consist of hands on workshops where the public can come and learn various Native art forms. Learn Native Art and Dance Day is one of the continuing series of Celebrating Culture Saturdays sponsored by BP.

Hands-on dance workshops include:

Inupiaq Dance Workshop - Edward and Jerry Tiulana
Edward Tiulana was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. He keeps his Inupiaq culture alive as a member of the King Island Dancers. Tiulana started dancing with the group at the age of 12 and has kept the beat strong since then. The King Island dancers have traveled all over the world: Seoul, South Korea, Paraguay, England and throughout the United States. He will be teaching Inupiaq style dance with the assistance of his brother, Jerry.

Tlingit Dance Workshop - William Jackson
William Jackson is Tlingit of the Raven Moiety and Coho clan. His Tlingit name is Staqwan. Jackson was born in Juneau, Alaska, raised in Seattle and now resides in Anchorage. He currently sings and drums with a local Southeast Group, Naa Luudisk Gwaii Yaxti. He is also a traditional and contemporary storyteller.

Yup'ik Dance Lesson - Phillip Blanchett
Phillip Blanchett was born in Bethel, Alaska to Marie Meade and David Blanchett. Blanchett is the co-founder and manager for Pamyua. He began his Yup'ik dancing career learning traditional and contemporary dances with Kicaput, an Anchorage-based Yup'ik performance group. Today Phillip continues to write, direct and produce many of Pamyua's projects, including the up coming Pamyua album.

There will be free dance performances throughout the day by individuals who take the hands on dance workshops.

Hands-on arts and crafts workshops include:

Alutiiq Women's Dance Belt - Viola Inga
Learn how to make women's dance belts with master artist Viola Inga. Inga was born in Old Harbor, Alaska. She is of Inupiaq Eskimo and Alutiiq descent. Her native name is Naqhooc and she has been weaving and making Native art since she was a little girl. She quotes "I would rather weave baskets and make beaded headdresses instead of cooking".
Class is $15 - admission to the Center is free

Yup'ik/Cup'ik Fabric Drums - Jerry Lieb, Jr.
Learn how to make Yup'ik/Cup'ik fabric drums with master artist Jerry Lieb. Lieb, Yup'ik/Inupiaq, was born in Bethel, Alaska. His Inupiaq name is Sivaluaq. He learned the art of drum making from an elder in Kodiak. The stories that go along with the paintings on the drums are from Yup'ik or Inupiaq traditions, his life and/or stories told by elders.
Class is $25 - admission to the Center is free

Inupiaq Miniature Mukluks - Willie Topkok
Learn how to make Inupiaq miniature mukluks with master artist Willie Topkok. These leather mukluks can be used as Christmas ornaments, hung in your car or in a window. Topkok, Inupiaq and St. Lawrence Island Yup'ik, learned traditional art from his parents and grandparents. "I love to show, demonstrate and teach my Alaska Native Inupiaq traditions. When I tell the tourists that my ancient Eskimo drill has been passed on for generations, they get inspired".
Class is $15 - admission to the Center is free

Northwest Coast Tsimshian Design - Frank Perez
Learn the art of Northwest Tsimshian Design with master artist Frank Perez. Perez, Tsimshian, was born in Metlakatla, Alaska and began carving in 1978. By preference he is a very traditional Tsimshian artist who follows protocol established in his culture and art form. In 1997, Perez was invited to the Smithsonian to show his work. His traditional art includes drums, masks, bowls and other Tsimshian pieces.
Class is free - admission to the Center is $9 adults, $6 for youth

Athabascan Moose Tufting - master artist still to be determined
Class is $25 - admission to the Center is free

All the arts and crafts workshops above are for high school age and above. The workshops are limited to 10 people and are on a first come, first serve basis. To register for the workshops, call 330-8002, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.

In addition to the daylong workshops, there will be arts and crafts sessions for K through 12 with the normal admission price of $9 adults and $6 youth. Instructions will include how to make Yup'ik/Cup'ik Eskimo Yoyos, Inupiaq /Saint Lawrence Island Yup'ik Hunting Slings, Aleut/Alutiiq Eveuate, Southeast Haida Dugout Canoes and Athabascan Necklaces.

There will be demonstrations of Native healing games and culture games with the opportunity for everyone to participate. Several videos will be shown such as Arctic Harvest, Old Minto Camp, From Hand to Hand, The Box of Daylight, The Raven and Stories Given, Stories Shared.

Visitors can experience the five recreated village sites that illustrate the traditional structures in a typical village before or shortly after contact with non-Native cultures. Knowledgeable tour guides will share the history, culture and traditions at each site.

The Alaska Native Heritage Center is an independent, nonprofit that is open year-round as a gathering place to celebrate, perpetuate, and share Alaska Native cultures; it is a place for all people. It is located at 8800 Heritage Center Drive in northeast Anchorage, just off Muldoon Road North near Bartlett High School. For more information about other events and programs, visit www.alaskanative.net

Kay E. Ashton
Public Relations
Alaska Native Heritage Center
www.alaskanative.net
Fax: 907 330-8030
Phone: 800 315-6608
907 330-8055
kashton@alaskanative.net

03/22/03

Native Language Symposium

Friends of Words:

The Native American Studies Program at The University of Oklahoma would like to announce its upcoming Symposium on American Indians and invite all interested people to attend and enjoy beautiful Oklahoma during the month of April (new life for us on the plains).  This year's symposium will focus on "building and sharing our Native languages" and how we must partnership with our elders, tribal governments, tribal citizens, states, private entities, and federal agencies to preserve and perpetuate the languages.  The date for the symposium is April 2, 2003 at the FORUM BUILDING of the Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education at The University of Oklahoma.

Keynote speaker for our symposium is Dr. Ofelia Zepeda from the University of Arizona.  Harlan McKosato, host of Native America Calling (American Indian Radio), will do a live broadcast from the campus of OU.  There are a host of tribal, non-profit, students, community members, and academicians invited.  Sessions will focus on funding, concerns, issues, tribal programs, curriculum, and many other ideas and concepts relevant to tribal language. Please pass these words on to your many, many readers to let them know that we are doing the things we all must do in order to keep our people alive and healthy, especially in regard to our spirit and identity.  We invite them to come and listen, learn, and share their wisdom and knowledge, and support our tribal languages.

Registration information is available through e-mail at gevans@ou.edu or the telephone at 405-325-2312.  Call and register.

Thank you for your time, attention, and support.
Cordially,  Jerry C. Bread, Outreach, OU Native American Studies

03/22/03

ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE CENTER EXPLORES THE INFLUENCE OF CHURCH AND SPIRITUALITY ON ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE

(Anchorage, AK) - The Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) is exploring the influence the church and spirituality had on the Alaska Native people. The program will be held on March 29, 2003 from 12pm to 5pm. Church and Spirituality Day is one of the continuing series of Celebrating Culture Saturdays sponsored by BP.
Spirituality has always been an integral part of Alaska Native people's lives. Their beliefs and ceremonies were often centered on their relationship with the earth, sky, sea and animals. Songs, drums, dance and masks as well as other cultural objects and traditional healing ways all played a part in their spiritual beliefs. Native ways of healing were also part of people's spirituality.

When the Alaska Native peoples came in contact with the Christian missionaries, some of the valued traditions and ceremonies were forbidden and eventually lost. Many Native people became Christians and were educated by the missionaries. The missionaries' ways of healing in many cases replaced the Native healing ways. The relationship of missionaries and Natives was complex and often involves mixed emotions.

The Alaska Native Heritage Center will be hosting a mini-symposium with representatives of Christian churches that have worked with Native peoples for a long time. This program will provide a sharing of the beliefs and spirituality of Native peoples, Christians and Christian Alaska Natives both ancient and current.   There will be a discussion and question and answer period.

Panel members include: Pastor Nicholson from the Moravian Church, Mary Koch, Reverend Koch's wife from the First Congregational Church, Pastor Wilson from the First Native Baptist Church and Reverend Elliott the Rector Emeritus from the All Saints Episcopal Church. Pastor William Nicholson has served in Dillingham, Bethel and now at the Moravian Church in Anchorage. He is the only Moravian pastor who is Alaska Native and graduated from the Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1977. Pastor Jonathan Wilson has been a minister for the First Native Baptist Church for the last 10 years. He has spent time in many rural locations such as Mekoryuk, Kobuk, Dillingham, Tetlin and Tanacross. Reverend Norman Elliot came to Alaska in 1951 and became a ordained priest in 1952. He has traveled extensively doing missionary work from Point Hope all the way to Southeast Alaska. Choirs that will be performing will be the Moravian Fellowship Choir and the Anchorage Native Assembly Church.

Naa Luudisk Gwaii Yaxtii and the Tlingit and Haida Dancers of Anchorage will be performing. Naa Luudisk Gwaii Yaxtii is comprised from the languages of several Northwest coast cultures, translated it means "children of the islands who learn".

The Tlingit and Haida Dancers of Anchorage have been dancing since 1986 and were formed to pass along the Traditional dances of Southeastern Alaska. Their colorful regalia reflect their traditional moieties and clans.
Arts and Crafts sessions will be available throughout the day for all ages. Instructions include how to make Yup'ik/Cup'ik Dance Fans, Inupiaq /Saint Lawrence Island Yup'ik Mini-Drums, Aleut/Alutiiq Visors, Southeast Stone Necklaces and Athabascan Healing Quilt Squares. Several videos will be shown such as Agayuliyararput: Our Ways of Making Prayer, We of the River, Heaven on earth, The Odyssey of Captain Healy, Russian Mission: Yukon, Cross on the Yukon and Stories Given, Stories Shared.

Visitors can experience the five recreated village sites that illustrate the traditional structures in a typical village before or shortly after contact with non-Native cultures. Knowledgeable tour guides will share the history, culture and traditions at each site.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kay E. Ashton (907) 330-8055 kashton@alaskanative.net

The Alaska Native Heritage Center is an independent, nonprofit that is open year-round as a gathering place to celebrate, perpetuate and share Alaska Native cultures; it is a place for all people. It is located at 8800 Heritage Center Drive in northeast Anchorage, just off Muldoon Road North near Bartlett High School. For more information about other events and programs, visit www.alaskanative.net

Kay E. Ashton
Public Relations
Alaska Native Heritage Center
www.alaskanative.net
Fax: 907 330-8030
Phone: 800 315-6608
          907 330-8055

03/22/03

ANDPVA & BANAC Presents "Bawpinew Kumigud"
Performing Arts Gala Showcase & Art Exhibit
April 4 & 5, 2003, Barrie, ON

***Performing Artist Showcase***

Featuring:

• Pappy Johns Band, winner of 4 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards 2002
• Ronnie Douglas, award winning blues musician
• Red Spirit Drummers, youth drum group
• Santee Smith, choreographer/singer/dancer
• Raven Kanatakta, musician/songwriter
• ShoShona Kish, singer/songwriter

April 5, 2003, 7 pm - 9 pm
Gryphon Theatre, Georgian College, 1 Georgian Drive

Tickets: $ 20

***Fine Art Exhibit***

Featuring:

• Mark Bedard,
• Mike Couchie,
• Merlin Homer,
• Mark Jacobson,
• Ron Monture,
• Tannis Nielson,
• Josh Peltier,
• Joseph Sagaj

April 4 & 5, 2003, 10 am - 4 pm
McLaren Art Centre - Molson Room, 37 Mulcaster Street

Tickets Available at the door

For more information on the Fine Art Exhibit & Performance Showcase and other locations that tickets can be purchased, please contact:

Association for Native Development in the Performing & Visual Arts
(416) 972-0871
E-mail: info@andpva.com or
visit our website at: www.andpva.com

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