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2008 May/June Happening (Events)
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relatively new event in Santa Fe, Native Treasures, quickly establishes
itself as a significant annual arts market. Plus details on other
special events of Native interest across North America. By Daniel
Gibson.
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2008 May/June On the Wind (News)
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A
group of American Indians travels to southern Africa to meet with their
counterparts, and artist Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) is selected as
the signature artist for the 2008 Santa Fe Indian Market. Also, other
important news in the arts, education, the environment, business,
politics, sports, health and other realms of life in Indian Country. By
Daniel Gibson.
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2008 January/February Viewpoint
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Uncooking the Books: The Fed’s Trust Fund Mess
The federal government owes tribes and Indian individuals billions of
dollars in lost trust fund monies derived from Indian land resource
extraction and lease fees. By Elouise Cobell (Blackfeet).
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2008 March April Feature
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Return of the Buffalo Nation Ride
the range with us as we review the efforts of Plains tribes and several
organizations to restore buffalo herds on their lands. Plus, history
and natural history regarding this magnificent beast, and where to view
them.
(Photo courtesy US fish and wildlife service)
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Scottsdale: Native Arts Mecca
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Everyone
who lives in or visits the dynamic city of Scottsdale, Arizona, owes a
debt of gratitude to the legendary Indian artists who played key roles
in its growth and reputation as a vibrant center of arts and culture.
Scottsdale is considered a leader in this highly competitive market...
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2008 May/June Table of Contents
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ON THE COVER
David Moses Bridges (Passamaquoddy), in the rear of the canoe, and Cody
Brooks (Maliseet), in the bow, paddle Bridge’s handmade birchbark canoe
on a tributary of the Wolastaq (The Beautiful River)—today known as
the St. John of Maine. Bridges, who learned his craft from his
grandfather and great grandfather, is one of the few people living who
can create such magnificent vessels. Photo by Darel Gabriel Bridges
(Passamaquoddy).
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Hensci: One African American Finds His Native Roots
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Like
so many African Americans, I have been curious to learn more about the
infusion of Native American blood into my family tree. What set of
circumstances, I often wondered, led my African American grand fathers,
like so many other black men during that period, to choose Native
American women as their wives?
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Indianische Krippenszenen
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Interkulturelles Weihnachten
Von Gussie Fauntleroy
Leitartikel in Native Peoples, November/Dezember 2007
übersetzt von Dr. Sonja Schierle, Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Seit Jahrhunderten haben Künstler die Heilige Familie in Krippenszenen
oder auf Spanisch „nacimientos“ genannt, in Materialien und mit Figuren
dargestellt, entsprechend ihrer eigenen Kultur und der jeweiligen Zeit.
In den späten 1950er Jahren und frühen 1960er Jahren begannen
indianische Künstler aus New Mexico komplette Krippenszenen zu
gestalten mit der Heiligen Familie, Tieren und den Weisen Männern, die
Geschenke in Form von Mais, frittiertem Brot und Pueblo Gefäßen bei
sich tragen. Dies stellten Doris und Guy Monthan fest, die als
Schriftsteller und Fotographen in „Nacimientos: Nativity Scenes by
Southwest Indian Artisans“ die Bahn brechende Geschichte dieses Genre
vorstellten. Als sich Sammler, darunter der bekannte Folk Art Sammler
Alexander Girard, diese im Pueblo- und Navajo-Stil gestalteten Figuren
in Ton und Holz – spter auch Stein und andere Materialien ...
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2008 March/April Happening (Events)
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Motor
north to the Great Falls Native American Art Show in Montana for its
26th annual gathering, which promises to be the best ever, Plus details
on other special events of Native interest across North America.
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2008 March/April On the Wind (News)
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The life story of ballet dancer Jock Soto, as seen in the film Water Flowing Together;
the Pueblo of Pojoaque’s massive new Hilton-affiliated Buffalo Thunder
Resort; Hawaii’s Celebration of Life; and a review of the most recent
Santa Fe Film Festival. Also, other important news in the arts,
education, the environment, business, politics, sports, health and
other realms of life in Indian Country. By Daniel Gibson.
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