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| _________________________________________________________________ NATIVE VOICES -- DEADLINE APPROACHES This is just a friendly reminder that Native Voices at the Autry's deadline for their new First Look Series is Thursday, May 15, 2008. Native Voices at the Autry's First Look Series pairs selected playwrights with professional directors and actors for an intense 8-hour workshop after which the play will be presented for a public audience in Los Angeles. A new play will be presented each month and you may submit material that has been previously developed at other venues as well as new material. I've attached our most recent Call for Scripts if you require more information. If you would like to be considered for this new and exciting series, please send your script in no later than May 15, 2008. For more information: Email - Carlenne Lacosta at nativevoices@autrynationalcenter.org Phone - Rose-Yvonne Colletta at 323.667.2000, ext. 299. Online - www.nativevoicesattheautry.org or www.myspace.com/nativevoices |
| BUILDING GREEN PENN STATE SPEAKER Townsend said his grandmother, a Cherokee Indian, instilled in him a duty to give back to the Earth, to not use more than you need, to share with others and if you use something, replace it. "Are you willing to be an agent for change?" he asked students. "Look inside yourself and see what kind of fire you have. You can make a difference, but you have to decide to do that yourself." Internationally-recognized for his initiatives undertaken as president of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Townsend tasked ASHRAE members, said to be the world's experts in building energy use, with writing a series of Advanced Energy Design Guides, including one for kindergarten through grade 12 schools. THE REST OF THE STORY IS HERE |
The Saline Courthouse Becomes Cherokees First National Park If you would like to know more about efforts to preserve the courthouse, visit the official project website at http://www.salinecourthouse.org/ for details on how you might be able to help. |
| REMINDER: Cherokee Heritage Center Trail of Tears Art Show will open in May |
Cherokee Nation Youth Choir Wins NAMMY BEST GOSPEL OR INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING “Comfort & Joy” Cherokee National Youth Choir For a complete list of the 2007 winners go to: http://nappaw.tribe.net/thread/928800fb-2eb6-457e-a78d-834cea00bdbb SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Arigon Starr “The Red Road” BEST LONG FORM VIDEO/DVD “The Trail of Tears Cherokee Legacy” Rich Heape Films |
| New York – Flaunting the new “Natural” trademark, the Bountiful Harvest Cornucopia float sponsored by Cotton Incorporated took part in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The float featured “The Fabric of Our Lives” Cotton Inc. theme music. Also accompanying the float, the Cherokee Nation Youth Choir dressed in traditional Tear cotton attire -- garments named for the act of tearing the fabric by hand instead of using scissors -- performed “Jingle Bells” in the Cherokee language. |
| LEGACY YOUTH CAMP The Legacy Cultural Learning Community, Inc., a non-profit located near Horseshoe Bend, in Cherokee County, OK, hosted a Native Youth Camp September 21-23. The organization is in the process of building a Legacy Art Center. Anyone interested in more information may contact the Legacy Cultural Learning Community (LCLC) c/o Tiger Gallery, 2110 E. Shawnee, Muskogee, OK 74403. |
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The Cherokee Nation has released the new CD, Precious Memories, by the award-winning Cherokee National Youth Choir. On the heels of their Macy's Day Parade appearance on national television, the youth choir takes a confident step forward by recording their first acappella album. There are no musical instruments - just the beautiful voices of the youths - the "instruments" given to them by the Creator. This might sound like a bold move for a choir who has built their reputation by collaborating on past recordings with very talented musicians and world-class singers such as Rita Coolidge and Dolly Parton. But, on the first listen to Precious Memories it becomes clear that the Cherokee National Youth Choir is strong enough vocally to strip everything away and reveal the rich depth and clarity of their native vocals. As they lift their sweet voices in praise, the choir moves from strength to strength, highlighting each component of the group as they showcase their beautiful Cherokee native language in song. Precious Memories demonstrates how the Cherokee National Youth Choir has won numerous NAMMY awards, raising them to international prominence and placing them on the world stage at the White House, the Kennedy Center, and the Smithsonian Institute, among others. "Precious Memories is a collection of songs intended to provide comfort in those trying times of our lives," states Chad Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. "It will provide remembrance of precious times and give us confidence to face future adversity and change." Audio production and engineering for Precious Memories was provided by Jeffrey Parker, Margarett Parker, and Dixie Weathers, and was mixed and mastered at Cimarron Sound Lab, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Precious Memories is available at CDBaby.com, Apple iTunes & DigStation.com. To learn more about the Cherokee National Youth Choir, visit them online: http://choir.cherokee.org. |
Have a look on the following NMAI website to learn about funding available to Native artists in many genres: http://www.nmai.si.edu/vaeag/ Please help spread the word on this opportunity to all Cherokee artist and those who support them! Howard Bass, Cultural Arts Manager National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution 202-633-6628; fax 202-633-6897 PO Box 37012 MRC 590 Washington, DC 20013-7012 |
| Here are a few extras worth checking out: http://www.csus.edu/news/092607AmericanIndian.stm http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=136373&ac=PHedi http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415772 |
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Tribe Calls On Residents For History (Continued From Home Page) ... The culture and tourism department is hoping to acquire information that will become part of a developing tourism program aimed at increasing tourism in the Cherokee Nation. "Basically, we are looking for stories that illustrate the life of the Cherokee people," Talisha Nichols, culture and tourism manager for CNE, said. "These stories and photographs could possibly be used in our tourism program when it begins. "Stories, whether of specific events, memories, people or places, create our culture and history. It is important to relate these personal experiences into our tourism program so that our story will be known." The mission of the program is to promote the Cherokee people's cultural identity, nurturing respect for, knowledge of, and economic stability for the Cherokee Nation. For the program, developers are looking for stories from Cherokee families about Cherokee people and the Cherokee Nation previous to 1975. Requested are stories about family members, Civil War battles, historical buildings, trade, daily life, traditional foods, art, architecture, spiritualism, community, dance and government. Stories should be no more than 500 words unless it is absolutely necessary for the integrity of the story. Also needed are historical photos showing people, buildings, building interiors, families, daily life and "anything that shows how our ancestors lived." By submitting a story or photograph, the person agrees to give CNE the right to post the person's image and story, which may not be credited. Photographs sent with submissions will only be returned if submissions are accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope or if prior arrangements have been made with Cady Shaw, Nichols said. CNE will have the right to use portions of or entire submissions, in the form of photographs or stories. These submissions may be used by CNE in public presentations, print and or Web publications. Photograph and story selection is at the discretion of CNE, and content may be edited prior to posting. E-mail addresses or telephone numbers provided by submitters will not be used for any marketing purpose. The deadline for all submissions is May 1. Entries should be submitted by mail, e-mail or fax and should include the sender's contact information. For mailed submissions, address to Cady Shaw, care of Cherokee Nation Enterprises, 777 W. Cherokee St., Catoosa, Okla., 74015; for e-mail submissions, send to cady.shaw@cnent.com; and for faxed submissions, send to (918) 439-4364. |
Exhibit of Native art debuts in Brooklyn
Indian Country Today, NY - Mar 25, 2008
Elements of world cultures appeared,
as in the sinuous blue coils of a
Chinese dragon in a painting by
Jeffrey Gibson, Choctaw/Cherokee. ...
Indian Country Today, NY - Mar 25, 2008
Elements of world cultures appeared,
as in the sinuous blue coils of a
Chinese dragon in a painting by
Jeffrey Gibson, Choctaw/Cherokee. ...
Daniel Giles/timesDaily
This male American indian
costume is from the
Tennessee Valley Art
Center's exhibit "All Dressed
Up: Southeastern American
Indian Attire and Adornment
1750-1836."
A link to a full story about this
Exhibition is on the "Home"
page, scroll down the left
hand column and click on
the heading there.
This male American indian
costume is from the
Tennessee Valley Art
Center's exhibit "All Dressed
Up: Southeastern American
Indian Attire and Adornment
1750-1836."
A link to a full story about this
Exhibition is on the "Home"
page, scroll down the left
hand column and click on
the heading there.
| Smithsonian Curator to Lecture at UA -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Reyna Green heads the American Indian Program at the National Museum of American History. By University Communications April 23, 2008 Rayna Green, an authority on American Indian culture, will lecture twice at The University of Arizona this week. Green's first lecture is on Thursday at 12: 30 p.m. in Room 428 of the Harvill building. The lecture is being held in conjunction with the American Indian Studies 450 class taught by associate professor Mary Jo Fox. Her second lecture is at noon Friday in Harvill, Room 115, and is in conjunction with the Americain Indian Studies 595a class taught by professor Nancy Parezo. Green is the curator and director of the American Indian Program at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. A Cherokee, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in American literature and a master’s in American studies from Southern Methodist University. She also has a doctorate in folklore and American studies from Indiana University. Green’s research focuses on American identity, the politics of culture in contemporary American Indian art and music, and American and American Indian material culture, women, agriculture and food. She also conducts research on and contemporary American food |
One may smile and smile and be a
villain.
- William Shakespeare
villain.
- William Shakespeare