PAN-INSTITUTIONAL EVENT
Monday, Nov. 9
LIVING IN HARMONY WITH MOTHER EARTH
Keynote Address: Peterson Zah,
Navajo Nation President
Noon, Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History
LECTURES & DISCUSSION:
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Tony Hillerman: "Special Friend to the Navajo People"
RAP lecture and Book Signing (w/slides)
6PM, Baird Aud. $8 RAP members, $11 others.
Thursday, Nov. 12
INDIGENA:PERSPECTIVE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ON THE FIVE HUNDRED YEAR
Illustrated lecture by Lee Ann Martin(Mohawk)
Noon, Baird Aud. NMNH
Firday, Nov. 13
JAMES LUNA:Important Works from the Last Five Years
Illustrated performance/lecture by the artist.
Noon, first-come, first-served seating
Baird Aud., NMNH
PERFORMANCES:
Wednesday, Nov. 4
An American Song--Cultures In Motion
Traditional American Music, Dance and Poetry performed by "Red Thunder"
7:30 PM
Great Hall, National Portrait Gallery
Reservations: 202-357-2920
Friday Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7
Music of New Mexico:Native American Traditions
Performances by singer-songwriter and Native American flutist Geraldine Barney
(Navajo) and traditional singer Bernard Duran (Picuris Pueblo)
Nov.6 noon
Nov.7 noon and 3 PM
Carmichael Aud., National Museum of American History
Saturday, Nov. 14
Indian Tails;Stories of Native People from the Rez and Cities
Art Installation/Performance
James Luna (Luiseno)
7 PM, 1st-come,1st-served seating
Baird Aud, NMNH
Sunday, Nov. 15
Southern Plains Dancers (Oklahama)
Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sunday Nov. 22
Tewa Dancers (New Mexico)
Saturday, Nov 28 and Sunday Nov. 29
Iroquois Dancers (New York)
12/5 & 12/6 Northwest Coast Dance
12/12 & 12/13 Apache Crown Dance
12/19 & 12/20 Zapotec Dance
1/9 & 1/10 Contemporary Native American Dance
1/16 & 1/17 Aymara Dance
1/23 & 1/24 Northern Plains Dance
All of the above are part of the Pathways of Tradition exhibition, the first
offical exhibition of the National Museum of the American Indian(NMAI). They
will take place in the George Gustav Heye Center of the NMAI in the Alexander
Hamilton U.S. Custom House, One Bowling Green, New York City. Dances will take
place at 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM and 4:30 PM on the dates above. Admission is free.
Reservations are not required, but space is limited. 212-283-2420
Friday Nov. 20
Jones Benally Family (Navajo) Dancers (RAP Performance)
7 PM Baird Aud, NMNH RAP Members $12, others $16, students $8
Friday Nov. 27
Running on the March WInd
Lenore Keeshing-Tobias (Ojibway/Potawatomi) presents a combinatino of
children's stories, poetry, and traditional and contemporary Native stories.
TOURS & DEMONSTRATIONS:
Nov 2-6, 9-10, 16-20, 23-25, 28-29
Contemporary Coiled Basketry
Demonstration by artist in residence Annie Antone (Papago)
Nov 2...Nov 25 1:30-5:30
Nov 28-29 10 AM-Noon, 1:30-5:30
Nov 7
Acoma Potter: LouAnn Reed
Discussion/Demonstration
1-5 PM 2nd Floor, near "American Encounters" Exhibition, Am History
Nov 21-22
Contemporary Carving of the Northwest Coast
Demo by hereditary carver David Neel (Kwaigiutl)
10 AM-Noon and 1:30-4 PM
Native American Cultures Hall, NMNH
Nov 29
National Native American Cultural Arts Festival
RAP Tour, 9:30-5:30, by bus from SI to Festival Hall, Baltimore.
RAP Members $42, others $56 (lunch not provided)
FILMS:
National Portrait Gallery Series
12:30 PM, NPG Theater, (26 min. each)
11-9, The Legend of the Corn
An Ojibway legend that tells how the great Manitou sent Mandamin-corn to
prevent hunger
11-10, The Winter Wife
A legend about a young Ojibway who learns the true meaning of life.
11-16, Moowis, Where Are You Moowis?
An Algonquin legend about losing love through pride.
11-17, Glooscap
A legend about evil's effect on humans and animals
11-23, The Path of the Souls
An Ojibway story in three parts that relates how Gujek journeyed along the
path of souls to find his beloved wife and learned about life and death.
11-24, The World Between
11-30, The Path of Life
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11-7, Separate Visions
Profiles of 4 contemporary Native American artists.
Baje Whitethorne, Brenda Spencer, John Fredericks and Nora Naranjo-Morse
Noon, Lecture Hall National Museum of American Art
Surviving Columbus
PBS documentary coproduced by the Institute of Maerican Indian Arts and KNME-
TV. Intorduced by director Diane Reyne (Taos--San Juan)
1:30 PM
Reception Suite, 1st Floor, NMAH
11-14, Allan Houser & Fritz Scholder
Noon, Lecture Hall NMAA
11-20, Crow/Shoshone Sundance: A Traditional Ceremony (1991, 56 min)
Baird Aud., NMNH
11-20,21, Dances With Wolves
8 PM
Langley Theater, National Air & Space Museum
11-22, The War Against The Indians (RAP Premiere)
6:30-9:30 PM
Baird Aud., NMNH
RAP Members, $8, others $11
Director/producer Harry Rasky will introduce.
11-27 Coyote and Rabbit & Coyote and Lizard
10 min. each, in Navajo (no subtitles)
1:30 PM
Baird Aud., NMNH
11-27,28, Green Gold: From Maya to the Moon
2 and 2:35 PM on 11-27
Noon, 12:35, 1:15, 1:45, 2, and 2:35 PM on 11-28
Repeats on 12-4.
New film about corn, potatoes, and chile peppers effects on human history.
(WHEW!)
EXHIBITIONS:
Heritage Gardens
At the National Zoo--living examples of plants used as food and medicines
American Encounters
At NMAH--endurance against assimilation efforts, with videos.
The Kid's Bridge
Experimental Gallery, A&I Bldg.--kids explore race, ethnicity, identity,
and racism.
Seeds of Change
NMNH--a look at exchanges of horses, sugar, disease, potatoes, corn, etc.
between the two hemispheres.
Kiowa Culture in Transition:Photographs of Horace Poolaw
1st Floor Gallery, NMAH
The Navajo: Contemporary Photographs
After 11-15
Lower Level Floor Gallery, NMAH
Pathways of Tradition: Indian Insights into Indian Worlds
11-15/1-24
Custom House, New York City
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OK, folks. Now that my fingers are worn out, that's all the stuff I have for
November after today. I've tried to include what info was given me, and will
include two phone numbers for further information, as all programs are subject
to change. Smithsonian Information is 202/357-2700(voice) or 202/357-1729(TDD)
Mon-Sat, 9AM-4PM. Fee and ticket information on Resident Associate Program(RAP)
events is available at 202/357-3030.
I hope a lot of you can make it to some of these events, as I know that the
Heritage Month Committee has worked hard to put it all together. See you there!
--Steve (Oneida/Memominee)