Valley arts festivals Oct 21, 2008
This annual gathering for art lovers will feature paintings, Native American crafts, photographs, metal works, clothing and jewelry. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Summer Festivals Oct 3, 2008
Native American Dances ... The fun: Performances by young Native American dancers in traditional attire ... Fort McDowell Yavapai Native American Arts Show. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Art Walk joins Party on the Pavement Oct 3, 2008
His performance is a mix of music and humor, featuring guitar, mandolin and Native American flute. For more about Mayer, go to. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
One-of-a-kind jewelry on display in Blackville Sep 25, 2008
Jolley is of Beaver Creek Native American heritage and originally from Orangeburg County, "where an inclination for native art was apparent from an early age," she said. For 11 years, Jolley has designed and crafted each of her one-of-a-kind creations with unique gems, rocks and minerals. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Famous American images coming to classrooms Sep 25, 2008
It is an idealized image of the Native American proof, too, that a tattooed, bare-chested human can muster as much dignity as one clad in tails. The images so impressed Michael Bresnahan that he stopped his 10-year-old wiggling. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Peachtown Festival back at Wells College Sep 22, 2008
Jill Connor / The Citizen The men from the Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers make music during the women's dance which is a dance, performed by the women at the Peachtown Native American Festival at Wells College on Sunday. On Sunday, on the front lawn of Wells College, the formerly annual Peachtown Native American Festival made its return to Aurora ... Wells College President Lisa Marsh Ryerson, said the festival began in 1998 and ran consistently for several years, before Wells teamed up with... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Great classes start next week at Community Education Sep 19, 2008
Discover new places to hike and hear tales about Native American settlers and esteemed writers such as Alcott and Emerson. We usually walk four to five miles, rain or shine. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Trentonian Community Calendar Sep 18, 2008
Camp Olden Civil War and Native American Museum, 2202 Kuser Road (behind Abbott House), Hamilton. Soldiers uniforms, weapons, medical equipment; African-Americans' role; Native American artifacts. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Scenic drive: Flagstaff to Cameron on U.S. 180. Sep 11, 2008
It's not quite as obvious, but the road also takes you past Native American sites - some old, some new. Things to note along the way. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Main attractions Sep 10, 2008
About 90 percent of the jewelry is Native American made, the clerk told us. Next door, American Bay Outfitters (83 Brown St., 401-294-0000, ), specializing in sports gifts, carries an wide array of Red Sox T-shirts and paraphernalia including iPod and cellphone holders. (Boston Globe)
Life on an Alaskan Fishing Boat Sep 6, 2008
They move frustratingly slow, fingering faux wolf pelts dangling outside gift shops and oohing and ahhing over the cheap reproductions of Native American wood carvings and other Alaskan kitsch. The street's crowded with trinket shops, bars, and jewelry storesI counted three in one blockintended for moneyed cruisers in a romantic state of mind. (Slate)
Thanksgiving Craft - Indian Corn Je... Sep 1, 2008
All it takes is some bright Indian corn, a needle and thread and you have a shiny Native American necklace ... The pilgrims returned the blessing when they shared a bountiful meal with the Native Americans ... You can use this craft to go along with, not only a Thanksgiving study, but a study of Native American Indians. (Suite101.com)
Arts and entertainment Aug 30, 2008
The last two artists for the summer are, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5, Sarah Petite, a painter, and Edward Ned A. Bear, who specializes in mask carving and Native American flutemaking. 151. (Daily Gleaner)
Picking up a Heritage Days hobby Aug 9, 2008
Blowing and shaping glass, for her, tends to take shapes she likes, such as a heart or the bear, like in a Native American bear totem, that she was working on last Saturday morning. She's been working with glass two years and has lived in Pontiac nine years. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
Former Rose Festival princess accused of shoplifting Aug 1, 2008
Nichole Maher, executive director of a Native American youth and family center where Whitecalf volunteered, called her an outstanding role model who has always been honest. worriedone wrote on Jul 31, 2008 9:01 AM:" This is a prime example of how even a child who is raised in a wonderful, loving home---doesn't nessisarily mean they won't fall to the wayside. We have to remember we all are not perfect. (well, least I'm not)I do hope Ms. Whitecalf has learned a valuable lesson from this. Being a... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Art and Cloth opens in Harvard Jul 30, 2008
Chandler said the owl has a prominent place in African-American and Native American culture, two ethnicities she and her daughter share. The 2,000 square foot facility, which opened June 20, offers a variety of programs, including collage, art 2D, art 3D, cloth 3D (surface design and sculpture), assemblage, the art of adornment and suburban renewal. (Bolton Common, MA)
August's Birthstone, the Peridot Jul 18, 2008
Copious amounts are mined in Arizona probably at least 80%-- or more, but its quality and color, which is more of a yellowish to a golden brown tends to be inferior and its price is considerably lower, but has remained popular in Native American jewelry. Like rubies, the best peridot comes from the Myanmar region in Burma or from Egypt. (Suite101.com)
Jeweler relives ordeal Jul 17, 2008
On cross examination, Bannock County Public Defender David Martinez asked Sorensen if he was certain the man wasn't Hispanic or Native American. This document was originally published online on Thursday, July 17, 2008. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Pollock Road Jul 13, 2008
Native American tradition inspires art ... James and Greta Cannons' art is based on this Native American -- specifically Zuni -- tradition ... "They're based on Native American fetishes of the Southwest. We used to call them contemporary fetishes," James Cannon said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Fair results - Open class antiques (A-19) Jul 13, 2008
Updated Jul 10, 2008 - 12:56:54 CDT. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Riverside Drive hugs Holly Hill's tree-dappled 'beach' Jul 13, 2008
A grassy mound in Ormond Beach provides a reminder of Native Americans who lived in the area and buried their dead in the oyster shell-dotted earth near the Halifax River ... 800-900 AD -- Native American people in the area build the oldest local "structure" still standing in Ormond Beach, a green burial mound. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
50th anniversary of Monument Valley Jul 4, 2008
Its color scheme, symbols and imagery reflect Native American life ... The post sells rugs, jewelry and other certified authentic Native American art. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Race Alliance block party to bridge neighborhood gap Jul 2, 2008
A Tuff Soul urban sustainable fashion show featuring local neighborhood youth modeling as well as local poetry, Native American hand-crafted jewelry by Southwest Collections, and barbeque with vegetarian fare offers more attention than Chappelle himself. This is the second annual summertime block party hosted by the Race Liberation Alliance, an Ithaca based organization dedicated to undoing racism and oppression, exposing and discussing the racism as a social reality and "race" as a social... (Ithaca Times, NY)
Trains offer a leisurely view of U.S. Jun 20, 2008
You'll be looking at America's backyards," a friend said dismissively. Exactly off the superhighways and out of the stress-filled airports to experience the country from a different, more leisurely perspective. My husband and I stopped first in Boston, and then it was on to Albany, N.Y., on Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited. In Albany, we had to be bused around a freight train derailment and into Buffalo to catch another Lake Shore Limited headed for Chicago. We would arrive too late for dinner on the... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Gifts of 'Mother Earth' celebrated Jun 14, 2008
This weekend, she is one of the 37 vendors at the 18th annual "A Gift from Mother Earth Celebration," where Western and Native American artists exhibit their work ... What: 18th annual "A Gift from Mother Earth" Native American and Western Art Show. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Fruitlands opens for the season May 26, 2008
The Museums there are four are flanked by miles of hiking trails over which the feet of Native Americans once treaded ... The museums the Shaker, the Native American and Louisa May Alcott s home when she was a pre-teen, as well as a gallery dedicated to other settlers are all on site ... And don t forget the jewelry inspired by and created by Native Americans. (Bolton Common, MA)
Keokuk's small businesses featured during Small Business Appreciation luncheon May 22, 2008
Little Pony Trading moved in recently, selling Native American jewelry, crafts and antiques. DockGuard America, 801 Main St.. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Where hands meet wood May 12, 2008
My wife at the time was part Native American and I was always drawn to that type of music. The craftsman said the sound each flute makes also contains the ability to heal and relax a person. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Native American festival held Sunday in Aragon May 8, 2008
Native American dancers parade into the ring to lead off Sunday's events at the Old Mill Pond Festival in Aragon ... In addition to native dress, drums and dances, the gathering includes several vendors selling flutes, jewelry and other goods made by Native Americans. (Cedartown Standard, GA)
More of this story Apr 21, 2008
Though the gates to Saracen Landing opened at 9 a.m., many were on Indian Time, with festivities beginning after 10:30 a.m and running until about 5 p.m., Sue Trulock, director of the Jefferson County Historical Museum and one of the sponsors for the Native American Heritage Day Pow Wow, said Saturday ... The purpose of powwow in Pine Bluff is to keep Native American cultures and customs alive, while remembering that Jefferson County was once inhabited and settled by Indians, added Trulock ...... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Lifting weights, bearing burdens Apr 20, 2008
Although not a Native American, she became a part of the Lakota community, made clay beads, shell jewelry and dream-catchers. And she learned to love sweat lodges, sleeping in a teepee and making drums. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
The way it was Apr 16, 2008
Water has been the most valuable amenity in Bellows Falls, first making the area a prized Native American fishing spot (ancient Abenaki petroglyphs are carved in rocks by the riverbed), and later spurring the construction of mills, a bridge, and a canal system that turned the town into a hub of transportation and manufacturing. But Bellows Falls had a familiar post-industrial trajectory: By the mid-1900s most local industry had collapsed and the town fell on hard times. (Boston Globe)
Spring Antiques Show and Sale slated April 1-3 (4) Apr 10, 2008
Dealers from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma will have treasures of elegant and depression glass, estate jewelry, cut glass, furniture, linens, fine china, sterling silver, clocks, coins, prints, quilts, crocks, buttons, sewing notions, pattern glass, pottery, Native American items, and many choice collectibles. A new dealer will bring choice pieces of furniture of several styles Victorian, mission, early American, Oak, and others. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
SPIKE LEE UNLEASHED: 'I AM FOUR GENERATIONS REMOVED FROM SLAVERY'... Apr 9, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog: Mo' Better Spike. The Hollywood Reporter - Top stories. (The Drudge Report)
Save the Art and Music’ fundraiser at Kilauea Elementary Apr 4, 2008
Students learned Native American music in September, African music in October, and Japanese and Chinese New Year songs in December and January. Coming up in May is Hispanic and Caribbean music in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Museums in Portland, Oregon Mar 17, 2008
Portland s museums can take visitors on a tour of world art, immerse them in technological innovation, and offer a window into Native American culture, regional history, forest ecology and contemporary crafts ... Collections include classical and contemporary European, American, Asian and Native American art, plus pre-Columbian and African art ... The Native American display includes more than 5,000 prehistoric and historic pieces, plus works by modern Native American masters. (Suite101.com)
Artifacts attract hundreds Mar 8, 2008
As an addition to the other attractions at Trees of Mystery, Marylee Thompson permitted the public to share her collection of Native American artifacts in the newly constructed museum. Her 20-year collection began as a hobby that came from her respect for the traditions of Native cultures of all the Western tribes. (Daily Triplicate)
March is Archaeology Month, with fun activities for all ages Feb 29, 2008
Nearly three dozen Native American, archaeological and historical organizations, as well as several state and federal agencies, will have booths and displays at the Archaeology Expo, sponsored by the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks and the Governor's Archaeology Advisory Commission ... Programs at the two-day expo will demonstrate the techniques prehistoric Native Americans used to thrive in the harsh environment of the desert Southwest ... Between demonstrations,... (AZCentral -- Travel)
Scenic drive:Salt River Canyon Feb 29, 2008
You Got the Silver, the Rolling Stones: Keith Richards at his best will get you ready to buy some Native American jewelry at the bottom of the canyon. When the Sun Goes Down, Kenny Chesney: Chesney and his pal Uncle Kracker were singing about the Caribbean, but sunset over Seneca Lake will do just fine. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Native American jewelry will be presented Feb 19, 2008
Guest speaker Gretchen Shackelford will give a presentation on Native American jewelry. Hostesses for the meeting will be Barbara Neville and Herron. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
On display (49) Feb 15, 2008
Through March 30: James Lavadour: The Properties of Paint, featuring the work of Native American painter and printmaker James Lavadour ... Waldport Heritage Museum, 320 N.E. Grant St. Exhibits of Native American history, the logging business, period clothing and household items, photographs and genealogical library. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Do the Grammys matter? Feb 11, 2008
That eclecticism also extends to everything from blues, polka and gospel to Latin, Hawaiian and Native American music. All told, there are 110 Grammy categories, or at least 95 more than on most other music awards shows. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Shopping and dining in funky Old Town Cottonwood Feb 9, 2008
Verde Canyon Railroad: A 40-mile ride into the dazzling Verde Canyon, over old-fashioned trestles, past Native American ruins and towering crimson cliffs. In late February, you may see an eaglet or two in the nest of the canyon's resident pair of bald eagles, Black and Decker. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Clinton, Obama compete for delegates this weekend Feb 9, 2008
Maria Cantwell, one of them, introduced the New York senator to a crowd in Spokane and likened her to four-time Iditarod winner Susan Butcher and the Native American woman Sacajawea, who served as a guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition in the early 1800s. We like women pioneers here in the Northwest, Cantwell said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
2/15-17: Magic Bird festival in Peoria Feb 4, 2008
She purchases artifacts from Native American reservations and includes the names and nationalities of the artisans on the pieces. Shorty also uses the artifacts to create her own work. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
1/31-2/28: Super Bowl events Jan 31, 2008
Native singer Jana performs for a benefit for UNITY, a Native American youth leadership and advocacy organization with a mission to foster the spiritual, mental, physical, and social development of American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Scottsdale Resort rence Center, 7700 E. McCormick Parkway, Scottsdale. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Santa Fe satisfies travelers hungry for food and art Jan 28, 2008
Santa Fe's robust art scene started centuries ago with the folk art produced by local Native Americans ... Also, along the central plaza, there are Native American artisans that offer their work directly to the public. (Anchorage Daily News)
Mildred Noble, 86; writer and Native American activist Jan 27, 2008
But in her later years, she discovered a penchant for writing and called upon those experiences to portray the struggles of Native Americans ... In the 1970s, she was swept into a wave of Native American pride and celebration of culture that rolled across the country ... "My heart and spirit were crushed with pain," she wrote in a book she published on the plight of six Native American women. (Boston Globe)
Virginia Lorene Holloway held on to tribal roots Jan 27, 2008
A memorial service will be held Thursday for Virginia Lorene Holloway, who founded and directed the Osa Center for Indian Education in Fresno, which serves Native Americans across the San Joaquin Valley ... Her Cherokee and Lenape tribal heritage gave her a feeling for all Native American culture, said her son Jerry Grieco ... Jerry Grieco said Ms. Holloway took an expansive view of Native Americans' need to improve their education. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Bald eagles steal cold show Jan 22, 2008
Students also watched a video about bald eagles and this year, learned about Native Americans and saw models of long and round houses from Iliniwek Village near St. Francisville, Mo ... Native American people, arts, drumming and dancing honor the eagle as well providing education to the onlookers ... He returned to Keokuk for the third time to sell Native American-themed jewelry made by his family. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Old Fort Madison has its third best year Jan 18, 2008
In August, we are hosting a Native American Symposium in which a number of speakers will discuss different aspects of Indian life and their relationship with the United States in the Early Republic Era. Rodeo Weekend will see a Buckskinner Rendezvous at the fort and our Siege:1812 reenactment returns in September as well. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Buzz on the upcoming Super Bowl Jan 17, 2008
Among the three days of events are colorful dances, traditional and contemporary Native American music, authentic foods, storytelling of tribal legends and an arts-and-crafts market. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for youths and seniors age 55 and up. (AZCentral -- News)
Spirit and speed Jan 14, 2008
Together they share their passion for everything Native American and NASCAR from two gift shops within a downtown Elburn storefront. Desert Dreams invites shoppers to experience one-of-a-kind handmade Native American artisan pieces, while Speedtrap is a NASCAR aficionado's dream come true spread across the most eastern section of the store ... The two stores combine Katie's love for Native American crafts and her husband Brian Morris' passion for everything NASCAR. HEATHER EIDSON/STAFF... (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Drumming in a dry and sober new year Jan 1, 2008
"We've always had an AA [Alcoholics Anonymous] presence because it's for sobriety. Within the Native American community, it's a big issue," said Sande Kendrick, on-call staff member at the Sierra Tribal Consortium Inc., an organization representing five federally recognized tribes in the Valley area. "It's very important for parents to get their children involved at a young age for a sober and clean lifestyle," Kendrick said. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Prescott has much to offer this holiday season Dec 27, 2007
The Smoki Museum, 147 N. Arizona Ave., documents early Native American history of regional tribes through a variety of basketry, pottery, weavings and many other artifacts. For more information call 928-445-1230 or visit. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
Religion Today, Dec. 22 Dec 27, 2007
SEASONAL NATIVE AMERICAN WINTER SOLSTICE CEREMONY. David Granados (Eight Eagles) will lead the seasonal Native American Winter Solstice ceremony to recognize the sacred time of going inward with the coming of winter. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Emory Sekaquaptewa, 79, Hopi scholar Dec 24, 2007
Born at Hotevilla on the Hopi Nation's Third Mesa in 1928, Mr. Sekaquaptewa was believed to be the first native American to attend West Point. He was the first Hopi tribal member to earn a law degree from the University of Arizona, where he became a noted research anthropologist in its Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology and also taught courses including Hopi Language and Culture during a teaching career that spanned nearly 40 years. (Boston Globe)
Fernbank dig scours Georgia history Dec 12, 2007
The activity has gone on intermittently since summer 2005, when Blanton, Fernbanks' curator of Native American archaeology, laid out the dig area. He expected to find evidence of the 17th-century Spanish mission Santa Isabel de Utinahica, an outpost on the fringes of a fledgling empire. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Arizona jewelry pros offer advice to TV treasure hunter Dec 11, 2007
Then she takes it to Arizona Native American jewelry maker, Don Supplee, who transforms the turquoise into a unique piece of jewelry. The show's findings in the first season totaled more than $200,000 in value. (AZCentral -- News)
Archaeologists doubt oak grove at Cal stadium houses Indian remains Dec 3, 2007
But the Native Americans probably never buried anyone at the Memorial Stadium oak grove, two archaeologists said last week ... Allen's conclusion was based on newspaper articles from the early 1920s quoting UC Professors Alfred Kroeber and Robert Lowie, considered the founders of California anthropology, who identified a skeleton found at the Memorial Stadium excavation as an adult male Native American between the ages of 25 and 50 ... The documents, dating from 1907 to the mid-1950s, describe... (San Francisco Chronicle)
DNA ancestry testing leaves some in doubt Dec 3, 2007
" Last October, he matched the DNA sequences of 170 African Americans against those of 3,725 people living in Africa. He found that most African Americans had genetic similarities to numerous ethnic groups in Africa, making it impossible to match African Americans with a single ethnic group, as some companies assert they can do. Ely also published a paper in which he tried to determine whether the country of origin of native Africans could be found by using mitochondrial DNA tests. Several of... (San Francisco Chronicle)
5 art events around the state Nov 30, 2007
Find the perfect, handcrafted Native American gift at the Smoki Museum's Christmas Indian Art Market. A dozen local Native American artisans will participate, selling baskets, jewelry and other items ... There will be Native American musicians as well. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Make noise for turquoise Nov 26, 2007
"Deanna Olson, co-owner of SilverSun Gallery, with locations in Santa Fe and Alberquerque, N.M., says most of the turquoise on the market is not 100 percent genuine. Her shop carries more than 10 kinds of turquoise, from the rarest to the most common. Bisbee, she says, is the most expensive."You can buy a nice, authentic American Indian ring for about $150, but with the Bisbee, that price is going to be five to six times higher," she says.The Bisbee turquoise is so expensive because the mines... (Florida Today)
Nevada's key role in Democratic presidential nomination process Nov 26, 2007
Article:Nevada's key role in Democratic presidential nomination:/c/a/2007/11/24/MNHITFAT5. DTL Article:Nevada's key role in Democratic presidential nomination:/c/a/2007/11/24/MNHITFAT5. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Houston holiday happenings Nov 23, 2007
Traditional Native American performances, music, storytelling, and demonstrations of the dress and customs of the earliest European settlers will take place. Guests will also be able to make corncob dolls or pine cone turkeys at a craft table, and will be among the first to tour the 2007 Yuletide exhibition. (KHOU.com, TX)
