California's Native American first to dance in the Library of Congress

A group of Mi-Wuk Indian tribal dancers, who escorted the National Christmas Tree from the Stanislaus National Forest to Washington DC, made history in Washington.

The Indian dancers were the first Native Americans to dance in the Library of Congress, according to the US Forest Service coordinator.

The dancers performed for 15-minutes in front of 700 or more people at a reception following the lighting ceremony: the dance was called a "fun dance," it is to "promote unity and happiness," according to an indian representative.

The dancers, also, performed at the National Museum of the American Indians, to dedicate a 19-ft white fir from the Stanislaus National Forest, which will stand outside of the museum for the holidays.

Every year, in September, the Tuolumne Band of Mi-Wuk Indians have an acorn festival at their Tuolumne Reservation: there's dancing, singing, crafts, and acorn food. One of the popular activities at the festival is the "Hand Game Tournament": they sing spiritual gambling song, as teams compete in guessing "bones."

Santa Ysabel General Store

Howka tribal members, I don't know if everyone heard but the SY general store has been purchased and will reopen. There was a recent Union Tribune article that said they have pictures of many natives.. I am quite sure there are many pics of our family / tribal members.. I am hoping they will allow us to see those pictures..
Here is the article..
The historic Santa Ysabel general store building has been purchased with plans to convert it to a visitor center for back country hikers and tourists.

The Save Our Heritage Organisation bought the 3,000-square-foot building for $295,000 from Bill and Betty Anne Tulloch with broker Donn Bree representing both parties.

Betty Anne is the granddaughter of George Sawday, a back-country cattleman and rancher.

"We're pretty excited," said SOHO Executive Director Bruce Coons. "There's nothing like having a permanent location like that, not just leased. It's such a great historic building. You can't fail to see it at the junction of (state Routes) 78 and 79. It's close to a lot of people's hearts."

Coons said the purchase, SOHO's first in about 40 years, was prompted by worries that the building might be radically altered. The 2,000-member organization operates several other properties for the city and county of San Diego, including the Whaley House in Old Town and Marston House in Balboa Park.

John Curlee built the Santa Ysabel store in 1884 and shortly after it was bought by pharmacist David L. Hoover. Hoover's great-great-granddaughter Zia Munshi writes on her website that she found old photos of the building and area residents in old family scrapbooks.

"There interesting thing is there are many portraits of Native Americans in this album," she says.

Coons said the building is interesting architecturally, since it is the only 19th-century, false-front adobe building in the county.

"It was a center of activity in that area for all the ranches and Native Americans," she said.

Santa Ysabel lies on the road between Ramona and Julian and was a hub of excitement when gold was discovered in the area in 1870.

At one time there was a hotel, livery stable, blacksmith's shop and butcher shop, several houses and a gas station. Its current claim to fame is Dudley's Bakery, which opened in 1963.

"Dudley's is what put modern Santa Ysabel on the map," Coons said.

Plans call for restoring and shoring up the building and opening it to the public in March when SOHO plans to start tours of its Warner's adobe ranch house, which it is leasing from the Vista Irrigation District.

"It's going to be the focal point to send people out to Warner's Ranch," he said. The ranch adobe is national historic landmark, site of a one-time Butterfield Stage stop on the immigrant trail into Southern California.

Besides SOHO, other organizations will install exhibits in the general store and there were will be a small retail operation to serve visitors.

SOHO, known mostly for its urban battles over threatened historic sites, has members interested in rural parts of the county as well, Coons said.

We work with groups in northern Baja California, too," he said. "Our purview has always been the whole county and we have quite a few different initiatives all over the county all the time."

He said SOHO built up enough reserves to buy the property, listed originally at $575,000, and will now probably create a special fund to handle future purchases.


"We've been trying to do that for last 11 years, to preserve historic resources and be in a position when there's a threat," he said. "This has been vacant a long time and it's one of the properties we targeted a long time."

Realtor Bree said the sellers were happy to sell to SOHO, even though they got substantially less than hoped. His office is located across the street and he said other area residents welcome SOHO's plans.

"The vibe around here is it's a very good thing," he said. "People are excited about it. It's kind of a historic landmark and they would like to have the integrity of the building remain unchanged."

He said other proposed uses included a biker bar.

"It's very representative of the ranching area around here," he said. "It's a great launching point. It's also located perfectly for access to a variety of recreational opportunities in the area. It's at the crossroads of 78 and 79, north and south, and if you're hungry, you can go across the street and get pie or bread and other baked goods."

Native American farmer or rancher, you may be eligible to file a claim

If you are a Native American farmer or rancher, you may be eligible to file a claim for up to $50,000 in the $760 million Keepseagle Settlement reached with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Settlement is a result of the Keepseagle v. Vilsack class action lawsuit which claimed that the USDA discriminated against Native Americans by denying them equal access to credit in the USDA Farm Loan Program.

Read more about the Keepseagle Settlement at the link below:
www.iltf.org/news/announcements/deadline-file-claim-keepseagle-approaching-fast

Native American farmer or rancher, you may be eligible to file a claim

If you are a Native American farmer or rancher, you may be eligible to file a claim for up to $50,000 in the $760 million Keepseagle Settlement reached with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Settlement is a result of the Keepseagle v. Vilsack class action lawsuit which claimed that the USDA discriminated against Native Americans by denying them equal access to credit in the USDA Farm Loan Program.

Read more about the Keepseagle Settlement at the link below:

Vice chair Brandie Taylor honored during Native American Heritage Month 2011.

Brandie Taylor is the vice chairwoman of the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, an Indian tribe in Northern San Diego County. Ms. Taylor has dedicated her life to advocating for tribal rights, preservation of tribal culture, improvement of health and safety of native peoples, and she is an avid supporter of higher education for youth. Ms. Taylor’s many accomplishments include securing funding for Iipay Nation’s Tribal Social Services, which handles child dependency cases and culturally focused assistance for family preservation.

She is also a member of many tribal, local, state and national groups that promote tribal self-determination, education, and health issues, among them the Kumeyaay Diegueno Land Conservancy, Intertribal Court of Southern California, and the Cal State San Marcos Native Advisory Council. Ms. Taylor has been recognized with the 2010 Community Leader of the Year Award and the 2004 Tribal Leader Award for Indian Child Welfare.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/nov/01/brandie-taylor/

KAPLAN COLLEGE & TANF

This past week Kaplan College San Diego met with TANF members for Native American Heritage Month's Open House. Congrats to all the potential students that toured the school. Many of the TANF people expressed interest in becoming nurses or working in the criminal justice system.

project needing Native Women from a California tribe 55+

From: Sarah

Hi There,

Pardon this random out-reach! I work with Nancy Hayes Casting in San
Francisco. We are currently working on a project needing Native
American Females from a California tribe 55+ for a print job, and
we're wondering if you may know anyone who is interested.

She should have a nice smile and a warm presence.

Please pass this information along if you or anyone you know might be
available and interested!
We would need a photo sent via email to submit to the client.
We are looking to cast this by the end of this week at the latest.

Thanks so much!

If you have questions please call 415-558-1675 or email a photo to
nancy @ hayescasting.com (take out spaces)

Here are the casting specifications

*Casting Specs: CTAP PRINT*

*California Phones of the California Telephone Access Program, Public
Utilities Commission*

*Shoots: November 21st or 22nd – ONE DAY ONLY*

*Hours on set: 4-5 hours*

*Rate: $700*

*Usage: **A public service campaign . Web, Out Of Home, Print, Press,
Collateral/Meeting materials. Includes transportation and billboards.*

Letter to Santa

Howka everyone... have some great sites to share for the children.. if a child wants to send an electronic letter to Santa .. they can go to .. http://www.northpole.com/mailroom/mailform.asp
the child will get an electronic reply

Also around christmas eve children can track santas trip and where he is at the moment at http://www.noradsanta.org The National American Aerospace Defense Command is charged with the serious business of keeping the U.S. and Canada safe from dangers originating from the sky.
But, on Christmas Eve, they track a different kind of sky-borne invader: A jolly man in red.
The agency offers its official Santa tracker starting at midnight on Christmas Eve. Follow along on the journey as Santa makes his way around the world right into our San Ramon Valley. Where will he start? When will he get here?
You can also visit Santa's village or countdown to when St. Nick will finally make his way to San Ramon.

Mesa Grande soldier's body returned home after 60 years

A Soldier’s Return After 60 Years

Eugene (Mackie) Morelli participated in sports as a teenager in 1946. Photo Courtesy of Rosemary Johnson
By Johnny McDonald - Ramona Home Journal• Tue, Nov 01, 2011


In a long-awaited tribute to a fallen soldier from the Korean War, ceremonies will be conducted for Corporal Eugene (Mackie) Morelli Nov. 5 at Bloomdale/Mesa Chiquita Cemetery.

Remaining family members, the American Indian Veterans Association and the Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians have asked the Patriot Guard Riders to assemble and welcome him home.


Jeff Ahumada, representing the American Indian Veteran Affairs, is organizing the ceremony on behalf of the family.


“We assist families who are not familiar with military burials,” he said. “We will put together a color guard and organize a highway patrol. We also have contacted all veterans organizations.

Steve McRoberts, president of the Patriot Guard, said, “After more than 60 years of being missing in action, to honor him for his faithful and loyal service to his country and for paying the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom is very important.”

McRoberts spent several days compiling information about Morelli’s war record.

Morelli was a member of Company B, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Indianheads of the U.S. Army. He was taken as a prisoner of war while fighting the enemy near Hoengsong, South Korea, Feb. 13, 1951, and died at the age of 21 of dysentery. His body was buried in a mass grave on April 30, 1951.


His remains were repatriated from North Korea in 1991 to military control, but remained unidentified at a location in Hawaii until this year when his family was contacted.

Morelli was a member of the Mesa Grande Band of Diegueño Mission Indians in Santa Ysabel.

McRoberts found that the 15th Field Artillery Battalion established two records unequaled by any other artillery unit during the war. For its actions during its three continuous years in some of the bloodiest fighting, the 15th Battalion was awarded 10 campaign streamers, including the Presidential Unit Citation.


The Indianheads of the Fighting 15th had more than paid their dues. On the day of Morelli’s capture, the U.S. Army suffered 426 casualties.


Plans call for the Patriot Guard to meet the plane transporting the body at Lindbergh Field Nov. 4 and escort it to Bonham Brothers & Stewart Mortuary.

On Saturday, Nov. 5, at 8:30 a.m., the community is invited to welcome this young veteran home by standing for the procession as it goes up Ramona’s Main Street, which will be lined with United States flags placed by the Ramona Rotary Club. Burial will follow in the historic Indian burial grounds, located 22 miles though some of San Diego’s most beautiful back country roads.

After the ceremonies, those who attend are welcome to stay for lunch at the Mesa Grande Tribal Hall, 2600 Mesa Grande Rd. For information, call 760-782-3818.

May We Never Forget

“Keeping the Promise,” “Fulfill their Trust,” and “No one left behind” are several of many mottos that refer to the efforts of the Department of Defense to recover those who became missing while serving our nation.

When American personnel remain captive, missing or otherwise unaccounted-for at the conclusion of hostilities, the Department of Defense accounting community becomes the responsible agent for determining their fate, and where possible, recovering them alive or recovering and identifying the remains of the dead.


For those killed-in-action, the community is charged with locating, recovering and identifying their remains. More than 88,000 Americans remain missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War.


The Korean War accounting effort remains a high priority for the U.S. government. Defense Prisoner of War Missing Personnel Office, DPMO, aggressively pursues opportunities to gain access to actual loss sites within North Korea and South Korea.

the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The nationwide test will occur on Wednesday, November 9 at 11am

Howka tribal members, I wanted to make everyone aware of an upcoming emergency alert test ..so as not to worry everyone.
FEMA, FCC Announce Nationwide Test Of The Emergency Alert System
Similar to local Emergency Alert System Tests, this Test is Scheduled to Take Place on November 9, 2011

Release Date: June 9, 2011
Release Number: HQ-11-099

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The nationwide test will occur on Wednesday, November 9 at 2 p.m. eastern standard time and may last up to three and a half minutes.

The EAS is a national alert and warning system established to enable the President of the United States to address the American public during emergencies. NOAA's National Weather Service, governors and state and local emergency authorities also use parts of the system to issue more localized emergency alerts.

Similar to local EAS tests that are already conducted frequently, the nationwide test will involve broadcast radio and television stations, cable television, satellite radio and television services and wireline video service providers across all states and the territories of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa.

On November 9, the public will hear a message indicating that "This is a test." The audio message will be the same for both radio and television. Under the FCC's rules, radio and television broadcasters, cable operators, satellite digital audio radio service providers, direct broadcast satellite service providers and wireline video service providers are required to receive and transmit presidential EAS messages to the public. A national test will help the federal partners and EAS participants determine the reliability of the system and its effectiveness in notifying the public of emergencies and potential dangers nationally and regionally.

"A national test of our Emergency Alert System, with the vital communications support and involvement of participants, is a step towards ensuring that the alert and warning community is prepared to deliver critical information that can help save lives and protect property," said Damon Penn, FEMA's Assistant Administrator of National Continuity Programs. "Because there has never been an activation of the Emergency Alert System on a national level, FEMA views this test as an excellent opportunity to assess the readiness and effectiveness of the current system. It is important to remember that this is not a pass or fail test, but a chance to establish a baseline for making incremental improvements to the Emergency Alert System with ongoing and future testing. It is also important to remember that the Emergency Alert System is one of many tools in our communications toolbox, and we will continue to work on additional channels that can be a lifeline of information for people during an emergency."

"The upcoming national test is critical to ensuring that the EAS works as designed," said Jamie Barnett, Chief of the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. "As recent disasters here at home and in Japan have reminded us, a reliable and effective emergency alert and warning system is key to ensuring the public's safety during times of emergency. We look forward to working with FEMA in preparation for this important test."

Over the past two years and as part of ongoing national preparedness planning efforts, FEMA, the FCC and other federal partners, state, local, tribal and territorial governments, Emergency Alert System participants and other stakeholders have been working toward making this test a reality.

As the federal, state, tribal, territorial and local governments prepare for and test their capabilities, this event serves as a reminder that everyone should establish an emergency preparedness kit and emergency plan for themselves, their families, communities, and businesses. Anyone can visit www.Ready.gov for more information about how to prepare for and stay informed about what to do in the event of an actual emergency.

FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.

Lakota Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist

I found this article about the book the Bernstein Bears.. it appears they have adapted it to using the Lakota language.. To watch the video go to http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/10/lakota-berenstain-bears-visit-the-dentist/


Lakota Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist
By ICTMN Staff October 14, 2011 RSS
Read More: Berenstain Bears Lakota Language Consortium Language Revitalization Native Languages
Every week ICTMN is posting a different episode of the Lakota language version of Berenstain Bears, or Matȟó Waúŋšila Thiwáhe—The Compassionate Bear Family. While it is a children’s cartoon, the goal of recreating this well-known show in Lakota is to help revitalize the language, so adults can brush up on their Lakota, or learn the language with their children.

In this episode, when Sister gets her first loose tooth, Brother teases her that the dentist will have to yank it out. But after she watches Brother get a cavity filled, she sees the dentist is gentle and he assures her that her loose tooth is a baby tooth, and those fall out on their own.

Want to be a youth citizen journalist?

Fall is upon us! Why not spend your afternoons learning to become a youth citizen journalist?
MEDIA ARTS Center San Diego, in partnership with the San Diego PublicLibrary, presents Mobile Stories Fall 2011! SIGN UP
by visitinghttp://www.mobilestories.org! Mobile Stories is a FREE afterschool program for students that uses the popularity of mobile phone technology to connect local youth (ages 9-14years old) with the extensive resources available at their local libraryin a format that is both current and easily accessible. The libraryrecognizes the ubiquity of cell phone technology, the need forunder-represented teens to express their voices regarding news andevents in their neighborhoods, and Mobile Stories' potential to connect youth and their interests and needs with the information and resourcesof the library. Highlights: * Use iPhone 4s to record news blogging * Audio and music recording * Digital photography * Learn how to be a reporter * Live webcasting * FREE snacks and more! The class schedules at each library will be different. Participatinglibrary branches include: * Logan Heights Library (567 South 28th St., San Diego, CA 92113,619-533-3968) * Central Library (820 E St., San Diego, CA 92101, 619-236-5800) Class Schedules Are As Follows: * The Logan Heights Library will host the workshops each Tuesday,4:30 - 6:30pm from October 10 to December 12. * The Central Library will host the workshops each Wednesday, 3:30- 5:30pm from October 11 to December 13. To learn more or sign up for the program, please visit http://www.mobilestories.org General program info: tclarke@mediaartscenter.org (619) 230-1938 x 103 Mobile Stories is made possible with funding by the Library and ServicesTechnology Act which the California State Library (CSL) administers inCalifornia.

This saturday International Observe the Moon night

Howka tribal members, Just a reminder to please rsvp me kumeyaayindian@hotmail.com if you are attending the International Observe the Moon night.. it will be held by vice chair Brandie Taylors house.. we will local astronomers as well as a Native American woman from the American Indian science and engineering association..

LOCAL ASTRONOMERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN ASTRONOMY TO THE CHILDREN. WE WILL HAVE SOME TELESCOPES AND BINOCULARS TO SHARE FOR VIEWING AS WELL AS THERE WILL BOOKS AND HANDOUTS TO GIVE AWAY FOR PARTICIPANTS. THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE OCT. 8TH , 2011 ON THE LAND BY VICE CHAIR BRANDIE TAYLORS HOUSE PLEASE START ARRIVING ABOUT 6PM

Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE OPENS NEW INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION
Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness first of its kind

A new exhibition examining concepts of health and medicine among contemporary American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, is opening at the National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health. Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness, explores the connection between wellness, illness, and cultural life through a combination of interviews with Native people, artwork, objects, and interactive media.

Opening events will be held Oct. 5, 2011 and will include ceremonial dancing and the blessing of a healing totem pole that was created for the exhibition and installed in front of the Library. The program will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium of the Lister Hill Center (Building 38A) on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md. At 11:45 a.m., events move to the front of the Library (Building 38) for the blessing of the healing totem pole and the exhibition, and for the exhibition ribbon-cutting. Native Voices opens to the public Oct. 6.

The National Library of Medicine has a history of working with Native communities as part of the Library's commitment to make health information resources accessible to people no matter where they live or work. The Native Voices exhibition concept grew out of meetings with Native leaders in Alaska, Hawaii and the contiguous United States.

"This exhibition honors the Native tradition of oral history and establishes a unique collection of information," says Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, director of the National Library of Medicine. "We hope visitors will find Native Voices educational and inspirational, and we hope Native people will view it with pride. The Library is excited to open this exhibition, and to do it during our 175th anniversary year."

Topics featured in the exhibition include: Native views of land, food, community, earth/nature, and spirituality as they relate to Native health; the relationship between traditional healing and Western medicine in Native communities; economic and cultural issues that affect the health of Native communities; efforts by Native communities to improve health conditions; and the role of Native Americans in military service and healing support for returning Native veterans.

In addition to the collection of interviews, here are some of the objects visitors will find in the exhibition:

-- In the lobby of the Library, guiding people into the exhibition, is a 10-foot model of the Hokule'a, a traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe used for long-distance travel. Visitors will learn how the mission of the Hokule'a has spurred a Hawaiian cultural and health revival.

-- Inside the exhibition, in a section that explores Native games for survival, strength and sports, visitors will find a vintage surfboard and learn about Native Hawaiian sportsman Duke Kahanamoku, who won Olympic medals in swimming and revived the sport of surfboarding.

-- Ceremonial drums, pipes, and rattles from the Upper Plains Indians grace a section on healing.

-- A World War II radio is one object that helps tell the story of Navajo and other American Indian Code Talkers. Visitors will learn about their service to the country and the ceremonies performed by traditional healers to help relieve combat-related stress experienced by returning veterans.

-- The 20-foot healing totem pole created by master carver Jewell Praying Wolf James and the House of Tears Carvers of the Lummi Nation in the Pacific Northwest is located in the herb garden in front of the Library. Visitors will discover the meaning of the stories, symbols and colors on the totem pole and two benches that accompany it. In the weeks preceding the exhibition opening, the totem received blessings from a number of tribes as it was transported across the country to be permanently installed at the Library. Previous work by carver Jewell James includes healing totems to honor the victims of the September 11th attacks. Those totems are now installed in Arrow Park in New York, in Shanksville, Pennsylvania and at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC.

To make the Native Voices information accessible to people who can't come to the Library, there is an online version of the exhibition at www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices . The Library hopes to develop a travelling version consisting of a series of banners with information.

For people interested in Native health issues in general, the Library's collection of free online information contains material on Native health including:

-- An American Indian Health portal to issues affecting the health and well being of American Indians (http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/)

-- An Arctic Health website with information on diverse aspects of the Arctic environment and health of northern peoples (http://www.arctichealth.org/)

-- A Native American Health page on MedlinePlus.gov, the Library's consumer health website (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nativeamericanhealth.html)

For the media

Please contact Kathy Cravedi (cravedik@mail.nlm.nih.gov and 301-496-6308) or Melanie Modlin (mm3541@nih.gov and 301-496-7771) at the National Library of Medicine for access to the following resources available in advance to members of the media.

-- By-appointment preview tours of the exhibition 10 a.m-4 p.m., Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.
-- Thumbnails of images from the exhibition.

-- Video of healing totem blessings available upon request.
-- Availability of key NLM staff and individuals associated with the exhibition for interviews before, during and after the opening event.

The opening program, with captioning, will be available as a live videocast at , and the archived proceedings can be viewed afterwards.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world's largest library of the health sciences and collects, organizes and makes available biomedical science information to scientists, health professionals and the public. It is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2011. For more information, visit the website at .

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit .

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a book with no English has been chosen as a Best Read for 2011

National Book Festival to celebrate books, authors, illustrators and publishers from all 50 states, they may hear something quite different from the usual readings—the Ojibwe language.

For the first time, a book with no English has been chosen as a Best Read for 2011, selected by each state and the District of Columbia. That thrills Anton Treuer, co-editor and one of the writers of Awesiinyensag: Dibaajimowinan Ji-gikinoo’amaageng (Wiigwaas Press, 2011), a young reader Ojibwe-­language book.

In the book, 12 writers, co-editor Jim Cihlar and Ojibwe illustrator Wesley Ballinger depict animals playfully dealing with situations that will resonate with children from just about any culture, according to the publisher. It’s the first in a series planned by the imprint, which was started in 2008 by American Indian authors Heid and Louise Erdrich to promote learning the Ojibwe language, Anishinaabemowin.
Heid Erdrich said Ballinger’s artwork “makes the book enjoyable for those who don’t read Ojibwe and understandable for those who are beginners in the language, like me.”
It is pioneering in other ways, too.
“As far as I know, this is the first time that a non-English book has been chosen by a state. I do think that there have been a couple of dual-language books chosen,” said John Y. Cole, director of the Library of Congress’s Center for the Book, which sponsors the annual event.

“I think it’s great that anyone who wants to read Minnesota’s best book in 2011 has to do it in Ojibwe!” said Treuer, the Bemidji State University Professor of Ojibwe and co-editor of the series of original stories inspired by Ojibwe elders and speakers. A prodigious author himself, he wrote two English-language books, published last year, that were based largely on oral histories gathered directly from Ojibwe speakers over the course of several years.

“It’s exciting,” agreed Heid Erdrich. “It was really blessed, completely blessed. We’d just put the next [Ojibwe language] book to the printers.”
The book was created especially for use in Ojibwe immersion language schools. All the stories are new, original tales for children, based on conversations with elders and fluent Anishinaabemowin speakers. The book uses regional dialects, so there is a broad representation of variations within the Ojibwe language.

Each state, through its own affiliate of the Center for the Book, chooses a book to represent it at the festival. The free, public festival is organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and will run from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday September 24 and Sunday, September 25 from one to 5:30 p.m.

The Ojibwe book will be among thousands of titles at the festival, where more than 100 authors, illustrators and poets will present their work on the National Mall at pavilions for Fiction & Mystery, History & Biography, Contemporary Life, Poetry & Prose, Children and Teens, according to the festival site. There will also be a Family Storytelling Stage, and, on Sunday, the Cutting Edge, State Poets Laureate and Graphic Novels will be presented at the Pavilion of the States.

“We try to pick books that are going to make people think a little differently about books … and to show that Minnesota is kind of a unique place,” said Matthew Brandt, vice president of the Minnesota Humanities Center and Minnesota’s Center for the Book, which nominated Awesiinyensag, adding that the goal is “to be a little different and to teach through the selection of the book, or to learn together.”

Besides representation from each state, the National Book Festival attracts a variety of publishers, authors and illustrators with areas specific to certain genres. Award-winning author Sherman Alexie will attend the festival for the first time, featuring his newest book, War Dances.

INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT

HOWKA TRIBAL MEMBERS, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT A FLYER WAS SENT OUT TO INVITE EVERYONE TO THE INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT OCT. 8, 2011 ON OUR TRIBAL LAND..IT WILL BE ON THE LAND BETWEEN MY PLACE AND VICE CHAIR BRANDIE TAYLORS HOUSE.WE WILL START BBQing ABOUT 6PM.. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF GIVEAWAYS FOR THE KIDS.. WE WILL HAVE LOCAL ASTRONOMERS ANSWERING QUESTIONS AS WELL AS TALKING ABOUT THE MOON AS WELL AS TELESCOPES AND BINOCULARS TO OBSERVE THE SKY.. TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD WE ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO RSVP AT kumeyaayindian@hotmail.com

YUROK ELDER DEWEY GEORGE IN OLD VIDEO

Powerpoint program with narration, traditional music, vintage photographs, and historical information. Traditional boat building techniques are discussed, as well as their modern adaptations.

" . . . This is an old Shenandoah Films film. Project Mainstream was happening during early-mid 70's. The project resulted in elders and young people building brush dance pits along river, boats, regalia--a lot of the things we kind of take for granted today which had stagnated during the 50's and 60's. Red Power days. . . ." Julian Lang, via facebook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH3fDDKFdbM&feature=player_embedded

Ishi the last Yahi

Ever wonder what it would be like to be the last person from your tribe and noone to understand your language or traditions..... Ishi a Calif. Indian from Northern California was just that.. watch the video online
Watch the film on-line here:
www.hulu.com/watch/209450/ishi-the-last-yashi?from=fb_share

Here is a recent article on Ishi:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F09%2F06%2FBA4H1L0P13.DTL>

SEPT. IS KUMEYAAY NEW YEAR

KUMEYAAY CALENDARCalendar Graphic and Caption by Mike Connolly Miskwish, Campo Kumeyaay
KUMEYAAY MAT'TAAM means Kumeyaay Year


This calendar is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Kumeyaay calendar. Originally, the calendar was flexible and adaptive to changing conditions. One year the summer may be longer than others, while the next year the winter may be extraordinarily lengthy. Certain celestial events helped to readjust and reset the year.

The most important of these events was the ascendency of the constellation EMUU (Three Mountain Sheep) to its zenith just before dawn. This corresponds to the three stars of Orion's belt and they reach their zenith around the fall equinox of September 21st.

A mini season overlaps the fall. This was the season of KLII Anemshap or the acorn harvest season. It falls from September 21 to November 21.

Reading the calendar from the top is Perewii Hunn or the Fall Equinox. Fall is Kupiihaaw and the months are Hellyaa. December 21st is the winter solstice, called Hilyati in Kumeyaay. Hiichur is winter, ending in Perewii Hunn or Spring Equinox. Spring is Chiipam ending in Hilyati or Summer Solstice. The calendar concludes with Ippall or summer.

Months of the Kumeyaay Calendar:

Halakwol - September Halakwol - March
Halanyimcep - October Halanyimcep - April
Halatai - November Halatai - May
Halapisu - December Halapisu - June
Halamrtinya - January Halamrtinya - July
Halanitca - February Halanitca - August
Halakwol - September (Kumeyaay New Year)

The names of the months repeat after six months.
This is similar to the way we repeat hours on our clocks with 12 hours repeated after noon. The months are not exactly the same as the calendar most of us use today, months follow the phases of the moon, with adjustments made by the appearance of certain constellations.

Two of the Kumeyaay constellation names are:
The Three Mountain Sheep
The Hand and the Buzzard

The solstices are known as Hilyatai.

The Milky Way is called Hatotkeur.

Astronomy was an important tool to time when plants could be harvested or when burns should take place. The calendar was probably used to determine when the Shíímulq should move to winter or summer camps.

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Cousin Dean's Passing

I just wanted to send my condolences to all my family and tribal members that knew my cousin Dean Weischedel. It is with great sadness he has left us .. but I know he is in good hands with Mayaha...uwooma my brother... see you in the spirit world..

Leech Lake Indian Reservation Kids

I found a great video produced by the Leech Lake youth..It's a great documentary talking about Indian life on the rez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV4QfYWcifM&feature=related

Art contest for child abuse prevention calendar accepting entries

Howka tribal members... here is another opportunity for our youth to show off their talents..If any of our youth win.. let me know.. or if you enter .. send me your drawings and I will post them on here...

http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5908:art-contest-for-child-abuse-prevention-calendar-accepting-entries&catid=47&Itemid=23

Art contest for child abuse prevention calendar accepting entries
Looking to giving children a voice and aid adults in identifying child abuse in Native communities, a Native American-owned security firm kicks off an art contest today for Native American elementary and middle school children.
Personnel Security Consultants, Inc. (PSC), will incorporate
the artwork into a calendar, which will include tips on detecting child abuse
and child safety for those working in Native American communities.

In 1990, Congress passed the Indian Child Protection and Violence Protection Act,
which requires investigations for employees, contractors or volunteers who
have contact with Indian children. But despite the law, abuse, incest
and other crimes against Indian children still prevail. Twenty American
Indian/Alaska Native children out of every 1,000 are victims of abuse,
compared with 10 white children, according to the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.

“We would like to empower the community to solve
this crisis,” said PSC President & CEO Michele Justice (Navajo). “We would
also like to give children a voice because this is about protecting them and
our future.”

The calendar, which will be released in November, is in
preparation of weeklong child abuse protection training and other safety
workshops PSC will sponsor for Native American Heritage Month Nov. 6-12, 2011.
Proceeds of the workshops will go toward Native American child abuse
prevention programs. Children whose artwork is chosen for the calendar
will be honored at a dinner Nov. 7. PSC will take orders for the
calendar beginning Sept. 16 at the New Mexico State Fair. To place an
order by phone or email, please contact Jayme Bennett at
jbennett@pscprotectsyou.com or 505-214-9117.

The theme of the contest
is “What my Heritage Means to Me.” Native American children in
kindergarten through the eighth grade may enter. Deadline for submission of
artwork is Sept. 2. All finalists’ entries will be placed on PSC’s website for
a vote for the calendar cover Sept. 5-9. A printable poster of this
announcement is available here:

Printable Poster

For contest rules and entry forms, go to PSC’s website at www.pscprotectsyou.com.

August
23, 2011
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American Indian Poetry
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SAME SEX MARRIAGE APPROVED BY SUQUAMISH TRIBE

THIS IS GREAT FOR US LGBT / 2 SPIRIT NATIVES.....Now if we can get all the tribes to remember our ROLE AND PLACE AMONGST OUR TRIBES..

Suquamish Legalize Same-Sex Marriage:
One voice is all it took to get the Suquamish Tribe of Washington to legalize same-sex marriage on its reservation. There were no lawsuits, no ballot measures, just a resounding yes vote by the tribal council. The law simply states that at least one person who applies for a same-sex marriage must be a tribal member. Analysts say this is an important act for tribal self-determination. Will legalizing same-sex marriage by the Suquamish have other tribes across the country following suit?
Coming up this Week on N.A.C.


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Monday, August 22, 2011: ~ Suquamish Legalize Same-Sex Marriage:
One voice is all it took to get the Suquamish Tribe of Washington to legalize same-sex marriage on its reservation. There were no lawsuits, no ballot measures, just a resounding yes vote by the tribal council. The law simply states that at least one person who applies for a same-sex marriage must be a tribal member. Analysts say this is an important act for tribal self-determination. Will legalizing same-sex marriage by the Suquamish have other tribes across the country following suit? Guests include same-sex marriage advocate Heather Purser (Suquamish).

Tuesday, August 23, 2011: ~ How's Your Cholesterol?:
Cholesterol is utilized by our bodies to keep us healthy. You've probably
heard of "good" cholesterol and "bad" cholesterol. The good cholesterol (HDL) helps keep the bad cholesterol (LDL) from clogging our arteries. Clogged arteries can lead to coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke. A healthy cholesterol count depends on many factors and varies within individuals. How do you increase your good cholesterol and reduce your bad cholesterol? Our guest is Dr. Lyle Ignace (Coeur D'Alene/Menominee) Director/IHS Improving Patient Care Program.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011: ~ Scientific Research on Tribal Lands:
Native students attending tribal colleges are finding that scientific research they conduct on tribal lands is beneficial to their reservation communities. Student research can inform tribal members of health dangers within their lands and how to make improvements that can benefit the entire reservation. How is the tribal college system ramping up efforts to conduct more research? Should more tribes be
willing to open its borders - and minds - and allow students to conduct scientific research on their lands? Guests include Daniel Wildcat (Yuchi/Muscogee) Professor/Haskell Indian Nations University.

Thursday, August 25, 2011: ~ Why Does Art Matter?:
We are taking it to the streets at this year's Santa Fe Indian Market and testing some of the current waves in the sea of Native art to ask the question, "why does art matter?" How are today's perceptions and opinions of Native art shaping the value of the creations being pumped out of Native America? How will the challenges within both the supply and demand ends of the Native art industry shape the future? What all does Native America really have vested in the Native art arena? If there is no art, can there truly be Native culture? Open Lines.

Friday, August 26, 2011: ~ Our Images Overseas (Revisited):
Earlier this month we opened up our talking circle to Eamon Keane, a member of
Ireland's top show band called "The Indians". For decades the stage has served as this band's vehicle for playing Indian. We peered into Keane's world and heard his position as to why he feels the use of Native American imagery in the band's act is warranted. And we got a taste of how Native images and stereotypes are displayed overseas. We are revisiting this topic to get more of your reaction. Do you find this Irish band playing Indians annoying or not? Open lines.


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NMAI and Tribes Launch Environmental Web Site

Education, Environment ·
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, in partnership with four Indian tribes, launched last week a Web site to educate middle school and high school teachers and students on how tribes use their traditional culture, values and indigenous knowledge in combination with contemporary science and technologies to tackle environmental issues.

At the site, called “American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges” and located at www.AmericanIndian.si.edu/environment, visitors can watch up to 20 videos, explore images and objects from the museum’s collection, learn Native terms and take quizzes to test their knowledge. An interactive feature, the “Story Project Planner,” allows students to document an environmental issue in their own community and upload their work for display on the site.

“Many people think of American Indians only as historical figures, but we are still here, vital communities dealing with important contemporary issues of cultural, economic and environmental sustainability,” said Kevin Gover, director of the museum, in a press release.

For thousands of years, tribal communities have thrived on, respected and protected their surroundings. Continued stewardship of the environment remains important to American Indians today.

The site’s tribal partners are: the Akwesasne Mohawk of New York, the Campo Kumeyaay Nation of California, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe of Minnesota and the Lummi Nation of Washington.

“The work these tribes are doing shows that we can do something about our endangered planet, and that their cultures are still vibrant and adaptable,” said associate director for museum programs Tim Johnson (Mohawk). “With this Web site, we hope to not only bring attention to their work, but begin to change the way that students see American Indian people.”

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DOT RULES REGARDING FARMERS

THERE HAVE BEEN ALOT OF CHANGES GOING ON REGARDING POLICIES THAT WILL AFFECT THOSE OF US IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
DOT To Mandate All Farm Vehicles Require CDL Licenses, Could Bring Demise To Farmers
Watch the news show here.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiFnnR_gpvg&feature=related


In Late May, the DOT proposed a rule change for farm equipment, and if it this allowed to take effect, it will place significant regulatory pressure on small farms and family farms all across America -- costing them thousands of dollars and possibly forcing many of them out of business. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), part of the Department of Transportation (DOT), wants new standards that would require all farmers and everyone on the farm to obtain a CDL (Commercial Drivers License) in order to operate any farming equipment. The agency is going to accomplish this by reclassifying all farm vehicles and implements as Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs).
(It is also important to note here that DOT Secretary Ray LaHood holds a seat on the newly created White House Rural Council. A powerful group whose members have ties to George Soros and The Center For American Progress.)
The move by the DOT appears to be "legislation through regulation." By reclassifying all farm vehicles and implements as Commercial Vehicles, the federal government will now be able to claim regulatory control over the estimated 800,000 farm workers in America, at the same time, overriding the rights of the states.
The proposed change also means ANYONE driving a tractor or operating any piece of motorized farming equipment would be forced to pass the same rigorous tests and fill out the same detailed forms and diaries required of semi-tractor trailer drivers. This reclassification would bury small farms and family farms in regulation and paperwork.

Full Article
http://patdollard.com/2011/07/dot-to-mandate-all-farm-vehicles-require-cdl-li...

Agenda 21
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/8419-agenda-21-targets-family-f...

Notice: This video has been reposted under US Fair Use Laws for non-profit educational purposes only

Department of Transportation Farms Farming Rural life CDL commercial drivers license Barack Hussein Obama Private Property Communism Eliminate family farms agriculture

Have you seen the chemtrails in our sky?

I think it's important for the community to listen and watch these videos. Think for yourself.. test your soil and water on your rez..
watch this one first
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWvwaOgP564&feature=player_embedded#at=385
then watch the youtube video below.. all 7 parts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K9rXydMmfw&feature=related

Executive orders you may not know about

Howka tribal members..I don't know if many of you know that the american government and homeland security have written many executive orders that affect many things . One of the executive orders even affects our food and the growing of it .. below are a list of executive orders that you may or may not be aware of ..
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 allows the government to seize all means of transportation, including personal cars, trucks or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports, and waterways.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10999 allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049 assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.”

INDIAN HEALTH CENTER AND NATIONS OF THE 4 DIRECTIONS

Howka, I wanted to share a great pic of the 2011 San Diego Pride Parade.. The staff and youth from the Amer. Indian Health Center marched with Nations of the 4 directions .. It was great to see our straight alliances as well as our LGBT youth..

Meteor Shower Aug. 13, 2011

Howka everyone..we should be able to get a nice show of the Perseids meteor shower Aug. 13, 2011

KUMEYAAY LANGUAGE ON YOUTUBE

Like myself many tribal members cannot make it to the language classes..I found a semi solution..Sam Brown from Viejas has been posting Kumeyaay language courses online.. this part is part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZUhv87gz40&NR=1

Karen

seed gathering and great sites

I just wanted to share some sites that have some traditional gathering practices. https://deborahsmall.wordpress.com/fieldtrips-gathering-chia/
Some of the sites were part of a trip that was made to our rez..
http://deborahsmall.wordpress.com/page/4/

free game of bowling

http://www.freemania.net/blog/bowl-for-free-on-august-6th/


Help Break a World Record! On August 6th GoBowling.com will attempt to break the world record that America helped set last year for the most games bowled in a single day.

Sign up here for to get your printable coupon for a free game of bowling to join in the action! Tell your friends or bring your family and make it a night out!

When you print off the coupon it will list your nearest locations, but the website also has a location search to find more participating bowling centers.

See you on the lanes August 6th!

Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science

As school begins to start back up I wanted to remind our tribal members about another opportunity avaialble for our people..

Are you a scientist or Pre-Med? SACNAS might be an organization to think about joining. Their 2011 National Conference will be in San Jose: October 27-30th.)

A new SACNAS student chapter is starting at Stanford. SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) is a society of scientists dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists—from college students to professionals—in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership. Student chapters provide year-round mentorship and networking opportunities for SACNAS student members. Through participation in SACNAS chapters, students, postdocs, faculty, and chapter advisors gain ongoing, local support for their development as scientists and science leaders.

You do not have to be Latino or Native American to join as SACNAS is committed to supporting diversity in the sciences. ALL ETHNICITIES ARE WELCOMED! So, CONTACT Roxanne Diaz Caceres, (rdiazcac@stanford.edu), OR Anita Blanco, Director of Diversity, Genetics Department at Stanford Univ. School of Medicine (anita.blanco@stanford.edu or 650.723.6274) if you want to get on
board! You will then be added to our list for an invite to an informational meeting.

Check out this 10-minute video if you want to know more about SACNAS and
student chapters around the U.S.
http://www.youtube.com/v/OQ9qa5gO104&hl=en&fs=1
and the SACNAS website http://www.sacnas.org

NATIVE WOMEN

HOWKA SISTERS AND BROTHERS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW OUR NATIVE SISTERS ACROSS TURTLE ISLAND HAVE ENDURED MUCH OVER THE CENTURIES. DESPITE THE STRENGTH AND ENDURING SPIRIT OF OUR SISTER, OUR STORIES ARE RARELY TOLD. THERE IS A WEBSITE THAT IS TELLING OUR STORIES, AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO PASS THESE ON. SOME OF THE SISTERS WE HAVE HEARD OF ACROSS TURTLE ISLAND WHILE OTHER STORIES HAVE NOT.. I AM ESPECIALLY PROUD TO HAVE LEARNED THAT WE HAD A FIRST FEMALE NATIVE (WESTERN) DOCTOR BACK IN THE 1800'S.. WHILE WE ALWAYS HAD MANY FEMALE HEALERS AMONGST OUR TRIBES.. I NEVER KNEW WE HAD A SISTER THAT WAS ACCEPTED AS A WESTERN DOCTOR.. READ MORE HERE:

http://cojmc.unl.edu/nativedaughters/

INTERESTING BASKETRY VIDEOS

Howka sisters and brothers, I accidently stumbled across this great video..
http://wn.com/Basketry_Coiling
it has various types of baskets both indigenous and non indigenous..I am hoping it might inspire some people.. Karen

LBT NATIVE WOMENS GATHERING

HOWKA, TO ALL MY LESBIAN , BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDERED SISTERS, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT STARTING THURSDAY NIGHT THE 4TH ANNUAL LBT NATIVE WOMENS GATHERING WILL BEGIN. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND. kumeyaayindian@hotmail.com. SATURDAY MORNING WE WILL MARCH IN THE SAN DIEGO PRIDE PARADE. WE WILL BE BLESSED THIS YEAR TO BE HAVING A YOUTH GROUP AND SOME ELDERS MARCHING WITH US .. IF YOU ARE LOCAL AND WANT TO SHOW SUPPORT COME OUT AND MARCH WITH US JULY 16TH AT 10AM.. WE WILL BE ON NORMAL STREET SPOT H70
KAREN

NATIVE AMERICAN / INDIGENOUS FILMS ONLINE

Howka sisters and brothers, I wanted to share a great site that has online old native footage... Unfortunately our tribe isn't on there. It is always good though to see what other native cultures are like as well as what they went through back in the day..Below is the link for the site and below is a listing of some of the footage available to view for free..
Karen


http://www.jfredmacdonald.com/aifg/thefilms.htm


american indian film gallery
presented by MacDonald & Associates
THE FILMS
ACOMA
● The Pueblo Heritage: Zuni, Acoma, and Taos Pueblos

ALACALUF (KAWÉSQAR)
● People of Chile: educational short examines the varied peoples of Chile, including these practically-extinct oceanic people (1947)

ALGONQUIN
● How Indians Build Canoes (1946)

● Portage: combines two short film—How Indians Build Canoes plus Traders and Trappers—into a single viewing experience

m Festival Of American Folklife 5: William Kamonda explains the art of making canoes (1976)

ANASAZI (HISATSINOM)
● Castles of the Ancient Ones: visit to the ancient cliff dwellings of Keet Seel and Betatakin in the Navajo National Monument in Arizona—from the Western Sketchbook series and Union Pacific Railroad (1958)

● Monument Valley: visit to Navajo land in Northern Arizona includes visit to Anasazi settlement—from the Vagabond TV series (1959)

● Round Up In Arizona: Richard Hathcock explores the Indian lands and ruins in Arizona—as seen on TV series Bold Journey (1957)

● Stone Age Americans: tour of Mesa Verde cliff dwellings and discussion of the ancient people who built them—as seen on TV series, Discovery ‘66

APACHE
● Apache: Apache life and culture on an Indian reservation in eastern Arizona

● The Apache Indian: life on an Apache Indian reservation (1945)

● Real Americans: appreciation of American Indians with several tribes highlighted (1934)

m Apache History 1: historian Edgar Perry discusses the Apache past

m Apache History 2: Edgar Perry continues his stories

m Apache History 3: Edgar Perry concludes historical discussion

m White Mountain Apache Culture Center 1: Edgar Perry concludes his historical presentation—interview Apache cowboy—tribal puberty-rite ceremony

m White Mountain Apache Culture Center 2: Sun Dance is puberty rite for Apache girls

m White Mountain Apache Culture Center 3: Sun Dance ceremony continues—Apache women demonstrate preparation of fry bread

ARAPAHO
● Injun Talk: explains sign language among Plains Indians (1946)

ARUCANIAN (MAPUCHE)
● People of Chile: educational short examines the varied peoples of Chile which include these original people of the area (1947)

AUCA
● I Saw Aucas Pray: re the Ecuadoran Indians who killed three U.S. missionaries in the late 1950s

AYMARA
● The High Plain: Julien Bryan portrait of the highlands of Bolivia and the descendents of the ancient Aymara Indians who live “on the very rooftop of the Western world” (1944)

● Vicuna Country: Eric Pavel travels to the high altitudes of Peru in search of this shy camel-like animal famous for its soft fur—encounters Indians and their culture—from the Bold Journey television series (1959)

AZTALAN
● Wisconsin Outdoors: Aztalan Indians anthropologists from Wisconsin Historical Society describe their archeological dig (circa 1960)

AZTEC
● Rough Road to Panama: explorer Sullivan Richardson photographs Aztec gold and archeological ruins (1947)

BLACKFEET
m Blackfeet 1: interviews about old customs and skills

m Blackfeet 2: more discussion of old skills, especially leather work

m Blackfeet 3: discussion of the old ways concluded

m Blackfeet 4: tour of the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, Montana

m Blackfeet 5: drum playing, singing, and dancing

m Blackfeet 6: speakers at Montana’s Native American Day

m Blackfeet 7: continuation of state’s Native American Day officials plus parade

m Blackfeet 8: elderly artist explains doll-making—artist John Bearmedicine explains his historical drawings

m Blackfeet 9: singing and dancing

m Blackfeet 10: children—Blackfeet Crafts Association—tipi designer—rodeo

m Blackfeet 11: puppetry with Indian Marionette Club

m Blackfeet 12: dancing—cleaning deer hide—mask making—rodeo scenes

m Blackfeet 13: making an Indian drum

m Blackfeet 14: drum-making demonstration ends—Molly Bushu, tipi maker

● Injun Talk: explains sign language among Plains Indians with emphasis on Blackfeet and Blood tribes (1946)

● Indians of the Plains—Sun Dance Ceremony: shows Native American lifestyles and culture—focus on Blackfeet family—show construction of a tipi (no op) (Academy 1954)

BLOOD
● Injun Talk: explains sign language among Plains Indians with emphasis on Blackfeet and Blood tribes (1946)

CHAMIS
m Beyond the Andes: fishermen visit Indian settlements as they take dugout boat through the Ucayali River of eastern Peru in search of killer piraña—corporate film from Johnson Motors (1954)

CHEROKEE
●The Five Civilized Tribes—An Unfinished Journey: from TV station KTUL in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this award-winning documentary probes the history of five Oklahoma tribes: Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee , called by the U.S. government, “The five civilized tribes.” (1966)

● Indian Stickball: Cherokee teams in North Carolina play stickball game from which lacrosse came

● The Rivers Still Flow: Howard Red Bird is a Cherokee comes to Bacome College for Indians in Muskogee, Oklahoma (1950)

● Real Americans: appreciation of American Indians with several tribes highlighted (1934)

● W.W. Keeler: president of Phillips 66 Oil Company speaks on behalf of employing Indians in TV Public Service Announcement from the National Congress of American Indians (1970s)

m Parade: festivities in North Carolina town

CHICKASAW
●The Five Civilized Tribes—An Unfinished Journey: from TV station KTUL in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this award-winning documentary probes the history of five Oklahoma tribes: Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee , called by the U.S. government, “The five civilized tribes.” (1966)

m Ardmore 1: variety of Choctaw-Chickasaw dances

m Ardmore 2: discuss education of children

m Ardmore 3: continue discussion of education—chairman Buster Ned interviewed about Indian cultural traditions

m Ardmore 4: conclusion of educational discussion

m Ardmore 5: focus of school children

m Ardmore 6: discuss tribal education

CHIPPEWA (OJIBWAY) (SAULTEAUX)

● The Modern Chippewa Indians: reservation life in Minnesota (1946)

● The Caribou Hunters: Canadian Indians survive by hunting caribou in Northern Manitoba (1951)

● Press Conference: political activists Roger Littlehorn and Carla Blakely speak out against historic oppression by white society (1970)

m 1976 Festival Of American Folklife 6: Audrey Pawis explains the art of Making quill pens

m Bay Mills Indian Community 1: reservation scenes and culture

m Cheeka: an Indian boy

m Bay Mills Indian Community 2: culture and history

m St. Croix Tribe 1: tribal Chairman and others discuss and demonstrate aspects of life of this tribe

m St. Croix Tribe 2: daycare facility shows—bead work is shown

m St. Croix Tribe 3: interview with reservation support staff

m Sault Ste. Marie 1: Indian education

m Grand Portage Reservation 1: Ojibwa Cultural Center—discuss aspects of native culture

m Grand Portage Reservation 2: describe the Reservation—meet Minnesota Teacher of the Year 1976

m Grand Portage Reservation 3: ceremony honors Teacher of the Year

m Grand Portage Reservation 4: Lou Anderson and her son Rick Anderson discuss cultural artifacts found on Grand Portage reservation

m Grand Portage Reservation 5: tribal cultural topics discussed

m Grand Portage Reservation 6: makers of clothing and accessories, basketry

m Grand Portage Reservation 7: cultural topics discussed

m Grand Portage Reservation 8: slides of tribal activities

m Mole Lake Reservation 1: tribal Chairman and others discuss and demonstrate aspects of life of this tribe

m Mole Lake Reservation 2: daycare facility shows—bead work is shown

m Mole Lake 3: interview with reservation support staff

m Red Cliff Reservation 1: history and culture of this Chippewa branch

m Red Cliff Reservation 2: discuss tribal education

m Red Cliff Reservation 3: personnel responsible for running the reservation—tour of the reservation

CHITIMACHA
m Chitimacha 1: park scenes and live Indian rock and roll band

m Chitimacha 2: history of this Louisiana tribe

CHOCTAW
●The Five Civilized Tribes—An Unfinished Journey: from TV station KTUL in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this award-winning documentary probes the history of five Oklahoma tribes: Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee , called by the U.S. government, “The five civilized tribes.” (1966)

m Ardmore 1: variety of Choctaw-Chickasaw dances

m Ardmore 2: discuss education of children

m Ardmore 3: continue discussion of education—chairman Buster Ned interviewed about Indian cultural traditions

m Ardmore 4: conclusion of educational discussion

m Ardmore 5: focus of school children

m Ardmore 6: discuss tribal education

m Choctaw 1: tribal dancing

m Choctaw 2: tribal sports and dancing

m Choctaw 3: discussion of tribal taxation legal case

CHULUPI
● Paraguay: Julien Bryan film offers a glimpse of this small South American republic and the role of Indian populations with in it (1943)

CHUMASH
m The Cave Paintings of the Chumash Indians : Paintings of the Chumash Indians portrait of ancient Indian people who lived in coastal Southern California and left significant examples of their culture

COEUR D’ALENE
m Coeur D’Alene 1: Cataldo Mission, Indian play drawn from tribal legend

m Coeur D’Alene 2: more of Indian play based on legend

m Coeur D’Alene 3: dancing, more scenes from Indian play

COLORADO
● Indians of the Andes: explores the Colorado Indians in the Northern Andes of Ecuador—as seen on TV series, Bold Journey (1957)

● Rugged Road to Cape Horn: adventurer Sullivan Richardson encounters Ecuadoran Indian tribe (1941)

● Rugged Road to Cape Horn Outtakes: Sullivan Richardson outtakes among Colorado Indians Sullivan Richardson outtakes (1941)

● Wheels Across the Andes: explorer Armand Denis visits Colorado Indians as well as Indians of Peru and Bolivia (1948)

COLVILLE RESERVATION
m Colville 1: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Tribal Council

m Colville 2: tribal leaders discuss career paths for youth

m Colville 3: more discussion of careers for tribal young people

m Colville 4: law enforcement on the reservation

m Colville 5: tribal bureaucracy discussed

m Colville 6: more discussion of tribal bureaucracy, health and education

m Colville 7: continued discussion of tribal bureaucracy

m Colville 8: still more tribal bureaucracy discussed

m Colville 9: requirements need for careers within the tribe

m Colville 10: different jobs on the reservation

m Colville 11: various occupations

m Colville 12: outdoor careers, Paskel Sherman Indian School

COMANCHE
● Parker Family Reunion: newsreel about reunion of family members descended from Cynthia Ann Parker, a white girl captured by Comanches in 1836 and raised as Indian (1954)

CREE
● The Caribou Hunters: Canadian Indians survive by hunting caribou in Northern Manitoba (1951)

● A Dog’s Life in the North Woods: reliance of Cree trapper on his dogs for hunting success and for survival (1948)

● Fur Country: Indians trapper interacts with nature and Hudson’s Bay Company in Northern Canada (1941)

CREEK (MUSKOGEE)
●The Five Civilized Tribes—An Unfinished Journey: from TV station KTUL in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this award-winning documentary probes the history of five Oklahoma tribes: Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee , called by the U.S. government, “The five civilized tribes.” (1966)

m Creek 1: Creek Nation Festival

m Creek 2: fashion show

m Creek 3: political organization of the tribe

m Creek 4: tribal political situation

m Creek 5: Creek language class

m Netche Gray 1: singer speaks and sings in native language

m Netche Gray 2: singing by elderly man

m Netche Gray 3: interview Netche Gray

CROW
● Before the White Man Came: silent feature film only starring Crow and Northern Cheyenne actors (1918)

m 1976 Crow Fair 1: daytime parade and celebration

m 1976 Crow Fair 2: dancing in the evening

ESKIMO (INUIT)(YUP 'IK)
● Angotee: follows life of a boy in the Eastern Arctic (1954)

● Arctic Environment: naturalist photographer Herman Kitchen captures the world of the Arctic in the summer (1970s)

● Arctic Seal Hunt: hunt for seal meat. (1955)

● Canadian Photographer: Doug Wilkinson lives for 14 months with Eskimos in Canada

● Eskimos: native life north of Nome, Alaska—as seen on TV series, Bold Journey

● Eskimo Children: Eskimo of Nunivak Island (1941)

● Eskimo Arts and Crafts: craft activities of the Inuit of Baffin Island (1947)

● Eskimo Summer: essential summer activities Inuit groups that live apart from settlements in Canada and USA (1947)

● Eskimo Hunters: (Northwestern Alaska): from The World and Its People series Produced by Louis de Rochemont (1949)

● Eskimo Walrus Hunt: Eskimo hunters in kayaks search for walrus in the early 1930s

● Eskimos—Winter in Western Alaska: 1950

● Frontiers of the North (Parts 1 and 2): the Canadian Government Arctic Expedition begins to organize the Northwest Territories and encounters realities of its natives and wild animals in 1922

● Giant of the North: installment of Primitive Peoples series (1951)

● How to Build an Igloo: Eskimo shows how to construct an ice home (1949)

● Land of the Long Day: Inuit life on Baffin Island during the changing seasons (1952)

● Nanook of the North: celebrated early documentary from documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty explores the rugged life of Eskimos (1922)

● Northward to Nome: Sullivan Richardson adventure film in Alaska (1948)

● Northward to Nome Outtakes: unused footage from Sullivan Richardson’s visit to Kotsebue and Nome, Alaska in late 1940s

● North West Frontier: study of Indians, Eskimos, and whites living together and interacting in settlements in Canada’s Northwest Territories (1941)

● Ramparts of Two Worlds: hunting and daily activities of Eskimos of Little Diomede Island in Alaska (1940)

● Utkeagvikmuit: The Barrow Eskimo—Part I: magnificent silent color film of Eskimo life in Northern Alaska; produced and edited by Edwin C. Kraft (1955-1965)

● Utkeagvikmuit: The Barrow Eskimo—Part II: silent color film of Eskimo life in Alaska by Edwin C. Kraft (1955-1965)

● Utkeagvikmuit: The Barrow Eskimo—Part III: silent color film of Eskimo life in Alaska by Edwin C. Kraft (1955-1965)

● We Lived with the Eskimos: Seattle couple learns to survive in Northern Alaska by living with Eskimos—as seen on TV series, Bold Journey



THE KYUK TV PRODUCTIONS COLLECTION
A series of informative TV documentaries spotlighting varied aspects of life among the Yup’ik people of Southwestern Alaska. These films were produced by television station KYUK (Bethel Broadcasting) in Bethel, Alaska, which has kindly made them available to the American Indian Film Gallery.

● Archeology Series: three short educational films explore aspects of the archeology of Yup’ik Eskimo sites in Southwestern Alaska

• The Fascination of Our Past: an introduction to the science of archeology as it relates to exploring the Eskimo past (1982)

• The Treasures of Our Past: focuses on artifacts and what they tell scholars about our past through a visit to the Smithsonian Institution and the collection assembled by Edward Nelson (1983)

• Respect for the Past: the science of archeology as it relates to exploring the Eskimo past, plus career opportunities in archeology (1983)

● Cama-i Dance Festival 1993:

• Part I : annual dancing event attracts performers and observers from throughout Alaska—groups participating include the Koshare Indian Dancers of Colorado; King Island Dancers of Nome; White Sail Dancers of Laverencia from Chutotka, Russia; Stebbins; Emmonak; Hooper Bay; and the Bethel Native dancers from Bethel, Alaska (1993)

• Part II : annual dancing event attracts performers and observers from throughout Alaska—groups participating include the Koshare Indian Dancers of Colorado; King Island Dancers of Nome; White Sail Dancers of Laverencia from Chutotka, Russia; Stebbins; Emmonak; Hooper Bay; and the Bethel Native dancers from Bethel, Alaska (1993)

● Cama-i Dance Festival 2010:

• Part I: annual dancing event attracts performers and observers from throughout Alaska in the Spring—groups participating include the Bethel Traditional Dancers; Bethel High School Warriors Dancers; St. Mary’s Dancers; Tomodachi Daiko Taiko Drummers; Chevak Dancers; Mt. Edgecumbe High School Dancers; Marshall Dancers; Scammon Bay Dancers; Ingrimiut Dancers of Anchorage; Static Elementz Break Dancers; and Upallret Dancers of Bethel. (2010)

• Part II: annual dancing event attracts performers and observers from throughout Alaska in the Spring—groups participating include the Bethel Traditional Dancers; Bethel High School Warriors Dancers; St. Mary’s Dancers; Tomodachi Daiko Taiko Drummers; Chevak Dancers; Mt. Edgecumbe High School Dancers; Marshall Dancers; Scammon Bay Dancers; Ingrimiut Dancers of Anchorage; Static Elementz Break Dancers; and Upallret Dancers of Bethel. (2010)

● Cross of the Yukon: history of St. Mary’s Mission, an orphanage and school founded by Jesuits priests and Ursuline sisters in 1905 in Akulurak, on the Yukon River, and closed down in 1987 (1990)

● A Dancing People: : dancers and musicians from nine Yup’ik Eskimo villages gather in St. Mary’s for the first major regional dance festival in more than 50 years—film documents three days of dancing, gift giving, and contests. (1983)

● Duty Bound: chronicles the experiences of the Second Scout Batallion of the Alaska Army National Guard, composed primarily of Yup’ik soldiers from subarctic Western Alaska, as they deploy to Northern Kuwait for one year during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2010)

● Eyes of the Spirit: shows the creation of three masks designed and carved by Yup’ik master craftsmen—and presents a public performance by the Bethel Native Dancers of stories and songs, a performance that revived masked dancing in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta of Alaska (1985)

● Following the Star: celebrating Christmas in the Russian Orthodox manner in the Orthodox villages of the lower Kuskokwim River (1987)

● From Hand to Hand―Bethel Native Artist Profiles: four artists of traditional Yup’ik culture talk about their varied art forms.

• Storyknifing: explains the traditional manner in which children are entertained by native storytellers using storyknives to sketch images in the mud while telling the legends of the community (1985)

• Lucy Beaver, Skinsewer: Lucy Beaver explains and demonstrates the native craft of sewing animal skins into useful products (1985)

• Uncle John, Carver: ivory and wood carver John Kusowyuk demonstrates and explains his art (1985)

• Nick Charles, Carver: wood carver Nicholas Charles demonstrates and explains his art (1985)

● Just Dancing: dancers from the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta villages perform (1987)

● Old Dances New Dancers: documents the first annual Young People’s Eskimo Dance Awareness Festival held in Chevak, Alaska—a festival to revitalize traditional Yup’ik dancing among young people. (1984)

● Parlez-vous Yup’ik?: a troupe of amateur actors from Toksook Bay, Alaska travel to Nancy, France to present David Hunsacker’s adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone at the Theatre des Nations—then at LaMama Playhouse in New York City [for the actual play, see Yup’ik Antigone below] (1985)

● St. Mary’s Potlatch: residents of three lower Yukon River villages gather in St. Mary’s to celebrate the traditional Yup’ik Messenger Feast at which young people coming of age are honored (1981)

● Tales of the Tundra: Yup’ik storytellers spin tales of fantastic creatures, ghosts, and the mischievous “Little People” (1993)

● Uncle Sam’s Men: historical documentary tells the story of the men and women serving in the Tundra Army of Alaska’s Territorial Guard during World War II where more than half of the Guard was comprised on Yup’ik and Inupiaq Eskimos (1995)

● The Way We Live: four vignettes in which Eskimo elders explain their particular skills, aspects of traditional Yup’ik life. (1981)

• Part I: two master carvers demonstrate the making and use of the traditional fish trap—in the Yup’ik language (1981)

• Part II: Eskimo women explain and enjoy a seal party—in the Yup’ik language (1981)

• Part III: old men explain the use and care of dog sleds (1981)

• Part IV: master carvers from Nunivak Island explain and demonstrate the function of the dance stick—in Yup’ik language (1981)

● Yup’ik Antigone: presentation of David Hunsacker’s adaptation of the 2,500-year-old Greek play by Sophocles—here realized in the Yup’ik language with English language narrator/interpreter (1984)



m Kotzebue 1: interviews about old customs and skills

m Kotzebue 2: more discussion of old skills, especially leather work

m Kotzebue 3: discussion of the old ways concluded

m Kotzebue 4: discuss the Historical Preservation Project and Eskimo past

m Kotzebue 5: Eskimo Olympics festivities

m Kotzebue 6: interview and more July 4 festivities

m Kotzebue 7: blanket toss and dancing at festivities

m Kotzebue 8: scenes of everyday life

GUAJIRA
● Far Away Places: "Columbia’s Harvest of Salt" Guajira Indians of Colombia gather salt from the sea (1957)

GUARANI
● Paraguay: Julien Bryan film offers a glimpse of this small South American republic and the role of Indian populations with in it (1943)

HAIDA
● People of the Potlatch: Haida and other Canadian Pacific Coast Indians

● The Totem Pole : Haida and Kwakwaka’wakw totem poles in British Columbia (1963)

HAVASUPAI (SUPAI)
● Supai Indian: profiles isolated Supai Indians of Arizona (1946)

HOHOKUM
● Irrigation: ancient Indian irrigation patterns in the U.S. Southwest presage modern dams and water distribution for agriculture in the Arizona desert (1954)

HOPI
● Hopi Indian Arts and Crafts: includes male weaver singing a tribal song (1945)

● Arts and Crafts of the Southwest Indians: Pueblo Indians (1940)

● The Hopi Indian: profile of this Indian peoples

● Miracle on the Mesa: Hopi Indian culture (1950)

● Hopi Kachina Maker

● Primitive Indians of the Painted Desert: Hopi life—silent film from 1920s

● Round Up In Arizona: Richard Hathcock explores the Indian lands and ruins in Arizona—as seen on TV series Bold Journey (1957)

● Villages in the Sky: Hopi Indians of Southwest―the nine pueblos of the Hopi (1952)

● Wild West: demeaning and racist soundtrack, but with outstanding Indian footage including Hopi snake dance (1932)

INCA
● Heart of the Inca Empire: explores Inca history and society while visiting the ancient ruins of Cuzco and Machu Pichu (1943)

● The Highway of the Sun: expedition search for The Highway of the Sun, the 10,000 mile Inca highway system—as seen on the TV series, Bold Journey

● Land of the Incas: Overview of the history and archeology of the Inca Empire and its contemporary descendents (1945)

● Peruvian Archeology: explanation of the various Indian cultures that have populated Peru

IROQUOIS
● The Longhouse People: a portrait of the Iroquois Indians at mid-century (1951)

m 1976 Festival Of American Folklife 3: Rick Hill explains headdress construction

JEMEZ
● Southwestern Indian Dances: 1947—Gallup, New Mexico

• Jemez Indian Buffalo Dance

• Jemez rain dance

JIVARO
● The Head Hunters of Ecuador: anthropologist Robert Kaulp visits Ecuadorian Indians infamous as headhunters-- as seen on TV series Bold Journey (1957)

● Indians of the Andes: explores the Colorado and Jivaro Indians in the Northern Andes of Ecuador—as seen on TV series, Bold Journey (1957)

● Orinoco Adventure: adventures of Hector Acebes on the Orinoco River in South America and his encounters with the Jivaro headhunters—as seen on TV series Bold Journey (1957)

KAHUIA
● Rugged Desert: film recreated the life of Kahuia Indians in the desert country of Southern California in earlier times (1961)

KALISPEL
m Kalispel 1: environment and business of this tribe

m Kalispel 2: native environment

KIOWA
● Golden State Gourd Dance Society: multi-tribal men’s organization with roots in Kiowa Gourd Dance traditions (1973)

● Southwestern Indian Dances: 1947—Gallup, New Mexico

• Kiowa dance

m Gourd Dance Festival 1: colorful dancing and Indian crafts

m Gourd Dance Festival 2: continued dancing and drumming

m Gourd Dance Festival 3: continued dancing and drumming

m Kiowa Language 1: Johnny Toyebo offers language lesson

m Kiowa Language 2: native speakers holding a meeting

KOGUI
● Return of Ningi Waycama: Hector Acebes travels to Kogui village in Columbia—as seen on the TV series, Bold Journey

KWAKIUTL (KWAKWAKA'WAKW)
● Fort Rupert: British Columbia tribe as a civilization in decline as assimilation has almost obliterated native culture (1951)

● The Totem Pole: Haida and Kwakwaka’wakw totem poles in British Columbia (1963)

● Wooden Box: wood carver displays his craftsmanship in fashioning a functional box (1963)

LACANDON
● The Vanishing Mayans: Canadian journalist Don Rathlou and his mother visit the Lacandon Indians, last descendants of the Mayan Indians (1958)

LUMBEE
m Lumbee Interviews: leaders discuss Lumbee education and economic development

LUMMI
m Lummi 1: fishery operations

m Lummi 2: crafts class: leather work, weaving, knitting

m Lummi 3: story telling

m Lummi 4: tribal governance

MAC’Á
● Paraguay: Julien Bryan film offers rare a glimpse of this small South American republic and the place of Indian populations with in it (1943)

MAKAH
● Outdoor Fish Cookery: Makah Indians from Neah Bay, Washington catch and barbeque wild salmon in a segment from a Department of the Interior film offering tips on cooking seafood outdoors (1959)

m Makah 1: reservation scenes and tribal museum

m Makah 2: reservation scenery, tribal governance and education

m Makah 3: education of children

m Makah 4: history of Makah people

m Makah 5: more history of Makah people, canoe racing

MASSASOIT
● Real Americans: appreciation of American Indians with several tribes highlighted (1934)

MAYAN
●Art: Painting on Copper: Honduran artists Arturo Lopez Rodzeno is inspired by Mayan ruins in ancient Copan (1962)

● Mayan Mexico: examines the Mayan ruins and culture of Mexicans living in Yucatan (1938)

● The Vanishing Mayans: Canadian journalist Don Rathlou and his mother visit the Lacandon Indians, last descendants of the Mayan Indians (1958)

MENOMINEE
● The Last Menominee: examines the fate of Menominee of Wisconsin who opted out of the reservation status and ceased legally to be Indians with all the benefits that status ensured (1959)

MICCOSUKIE
m Miccosukie: show and discuss the home and history of this tribe in the Florida Everglades

MIWOK
m Miwok 1: troubled young man interviewed

m Miwok 2: informed man explains Indian artifacts

MOHAWK
● Press Conference: political activists Roger Littlehorn and Carla Blakely speak out against historic oppression by white society (1976)

● Roger Littlehorn: raw news interview with Roger Littlehorn, political activist, artist, construction worker, and family man (1976)

m 1976 Festival Of American Folklife 5: Stanley Hill explains the art of bone carving

m 1976 Festival Of American Folklife 7: Mary Adams and her son Mike Adams, demonstrate the art of basket making—the unedited footage

m 1976 Festival Of American Folklife 8: Mary Adams and her son, Mike Adams, demonstrate the art of basket making—the finished film

MUCKLESHOOT
m Muckleshoot 1: Tribal Center and Clinic

m Muckleshoot 2: tribal educational and housing programs

m Muckleshoot 3: aerial view of city, discuss tribal governance

NAMBE
m Nambe Reservation 1 : tour of the reservation in New Mexico

m Nambe Reservation 2: more of tour plus Bicentennial celebration on July 4

m Virginia Gutierrez, Potter: Ms. Gutierrez demonstrates her pottery-making skills

NAVAJO (DINÉ)
● Another to Conquer: Navajo Indians fighting medical problem of tuberculosis (1941)

● Arts and Crafts of the Southwest Indians: focus on the Navajos (1940)

● Christian Reformed Church Scenes 1: outtakes and rehearsal scenes for religious film, Way with Shorty Benally

● Christian Reformed Church Scenes 2: scenes from religious films about Navajos and other tribe Christians in New Mexico and Utah

● El Navajo: Navajo Indians of New Mexico-Arizona reservation (1945)

● The Golden West: controversial look at Navajo history and modernity (1941)

● Indian Dances Home Movies:

● Indians Trapped in New Mexico Blizzard: newsreel massive snowstorm kills Navajo and Zunis in 1931

● Land of the Crimson Cliffs: portrait of the Four Corners area of the Southwest produced by adventure photographer, Sullivan Richardson (1947)

● Monument Valley: travel to Navajo reservation in Monument Valley in Northern Arizona

● Navajo (first half) and Navajo (second half): feature film in two parts.

● The Navajo (I): explores Navajo society and culture under challenge by modern America—first of two-part exploration focuses on a Navajo family (1958)

● The Navajo (II): explores Navajo society and culture under challenge by modern America—second of two-part series focuses on a Navajo tribal leaders headquartered in Window Rock, Arizona (1958)

● Navajo Canyon Country: beautiful color film offers overview of Navajo life on tribal reservation in Arizona—produced by the celebrated filmmaker, Florence Avalon Daggett (1954)

● Navajo Children: (1938)

● Navajo Country: life of the nomadic Navajo and their arts (1951)

● Navajo Indians: portrait of tribal social life and courtship ritual (1939)

● The Navajo Indian: profile of Navajo social life and culture (1945)

● Navajo Indian Life: silent film shows the world of the reservation Navajo Indians on Northern Arizona, their work and leisure, children and adults

● Navajo Land : economic and social problems on an Indian Navajo Reservation in Window Rock, Arizona (1938)

●Navajo Indian Life: sympathetic profile of the hard family life of Navajo people in Northeastern Arizona in the mid-1950s (1956)

● The Navajo Look Ahead: the tribe confronts modernity (1956)

● The Navajo Move into the Electronic Age: electronic jobs for Navajo men and women (1965)

● Navajo Night Dances: tribal religion (1957)

● Navajo Sandpainter: silent footage of tribal ritual (1941)

● Navajo Silversmith: (1959)

● The Navajo Witch [aka The Navajo Demon]: condescending commentary, but good scenes of family life and social customs

● Painting with Sand: Navajo medicine man intervenes for sick child—produced by adventure photographer, Sullivan Richardson (1949)

● Painting with Sand Outtakes 1:

● Painting with Sand Outtakes 2:

● Round Up In Arizona: Richard Hathcock explores the Indian lands and ruins in Arizona—as seen on TV series Bold Journey (1957)

● Trail to Health: U.S. Department of Interior film re health of Indians (1947)

● Tourist Film, 1936: home movie filmed by tourists while visiting Navajo territory in Arizona in 1936

NEZ PERCE
● The Lord’s Prayer: Chief Shatka Bear-Step offers the sacred Christian prayer in Indian sign language

NISENAN (MAIDU)
● Buckeyes: A Food of the California Indians: demonstrates the way in which Indians processed wild buckeyes to make a healthy food (1961)

NORTHERN CHEYENNE
● Before the White Man Came: silent feature film only starring Crow and Northern Cheyenne actors (1918)

ONEIDA
● All Tribes American Indian Center: spotlights the All-Tribes American Indian Center (1955)

OSAGE
● Maria Tallchief Dances

OTOE (OTO)
m Otoe 1: dancing and honoring of veterans of armed forces

m Otoe 2: more dancing and singing in celebration

OYANA (CARIB)
● Trader of the Amazon: trader interacts with Indians he meets along the border between French Guiana and Surinam—as seen on the TV series, Bold Journey

PAIUTE
m Pyramid Lake 1: discuss tribe and its reservation in Nevada

m Pyramid Lake 2: panel of elderly women recall tribal history

m Pyramid Lake 3: more tribal history recalled by panel of women

m Pyramid Lake 4: lawyer explains legal history of the people

m Pyramid Lake 5: explore Dunn Hatchery and Pyramid Lake

m Pyramid Lake 6: more about Dunn Hatchery and Pyramid Lake

PAPAGO
● Indian Children: typical daily life of young Cochise and his sister on a Papago reservation—Baptist missionary film (1955)

m Desert People:

PIMA
● An Indian Bible: Pima religion expressed in ancient rock hieroglyphs

● River People: U.S. Indian Bureau film re the Pima Indians of Arizona-California desert (1948)

POMO
● Pomo Shaman: follows a female Pomo shaman conducting a ritual healing ceremony over a man with body pains (filmed in 1953)

m Mendo Lake 1: discuss the art and culture of Pomo Indians

m Mendo Lake 2: outdoors activities, Mendo Lake Pomo Council

m Mendo Lake 3: Senior Native American Day celebration

POTAWATOMI
m Oklahoma Potawatomi 1: art, music, dance and health

m Oklahoma Potawatomi 2: tribal history and economics

m Oklahoma Potawatomi 3: health and economic development

PUEBLO
● Indians Appeal to Save Land: newsreel Pueblo chiefs in San Francisco to appeal to federal authorities to oust squatters from their land (1925)

● Land of Pueblos of Northern New Mexico: explores Taos pueblo and other Indian sites (1940))

● Pueblo Boy: father takes his young son to pow wow ceremony in Gallup, New Mexico (1947)

● The Pueblo Heritage:

● Pueblo Arts: Indian pottery and explanation of the designs (1952)

m Albuquerque Indian School 1: discuss future plans, then sign contract transferring School to control of All Indian Pueblo Council

m Albuquerque Indian School 2: School psychologist, School interior scenes

m Albuquerque Indian School 3: student life

m Albuquerque Indian School 4: woman relates recent history of the School

m Albuquerque Indian School 5: inside the School

m Albuquerque Indian School 6: student interviewed

QECHUA
● Land of the Incas: Overview of the history and archeology of the Inca Empire and its contemporary descendents (1945)

QUERO (Q’ERO)
● Vicuna Country: Eric Pavel travels to the high altitudes of Bolivian and Peru in search of this shy camel-like animal famous for its soft fur—encounters Indians and their culture—from the Bold Journey television series (1959)

QUICHE
● A Time For Risk: Episcopal Church interacts with Guatemalan Indian people, teaching Spanish to the children and assisting adults earn a living (1970s)

QUILEUTE (QUILLAYUTE)
● The Quillayute Story: Indians of coastal Washington State (1950)

QUINAULT
● Father Ocean: the Creation story of the Quinault people of coastal Washington state (1962)

SAC AND FOX
● Always Kickin’: comedy short stars Jim Thorpe in speaking role as a kicking coach for football team (1932)

● Jim Thorpe: Greatest in Sports: TV commercial for enlistment recalls the sports triumphs of Jim Thorpe (1970s)

SAN JUAN PUEBLO
m San Juan 1: tribal leaders discuss Tewa-English bilingual education and its importance to the survival of Indian culture

m San Juan 2: bilingual teachers discuss accomplishments of the program

m San Juan 3: educational administrators discuss bilingual education

m San Juan 4: school principal discusses bilingual education

m San Juan 5: scenes of children learning in classroom

m San Juan 6: more scenes of children learning in classroom

SEMINOLE
●The Five Civilized Tribes—An Unfinished Journey: from TV station KTUL in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this award-winning documentary probes the history of five Oklahoma tribes: Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee , called by the U.S. government, “The five civilized tribes.” (1966)

● Seminole Indians: life and culture of this Florida tribe (1952)

● Seminoles of the Everglades: profiles the lives of Seminoles living in the swamps of Southern Florida—from the Primitive Peoples series of film shorts issued by the P. Lorillard tobacco company (1949)

● A Seminole Love Story: colorful silent film offers young love and alligator wrestling as a demonstration of Seminole manhood (1947)

● Tourist Films, 1925-1939: collection of home movies filmed by tourists while visiting Seminole settlements in South Florida in the period 1925-1939

m Florida Seminole 1: tour airport Indian Shop

m Florida Seminole 2: Seminole rodeo

m Oklahoma Seminole 1: Seminole Nation Day parade and games

m Oklahoma Seminole 2: Seminole Nation Day festivities continue

m Oklahoma Seminole 3: dancing at Seminole Nation Day festival—silent footage

m Oklahoma Seminole 4: more dancing at Seminole Nation Day fest festival—silent footage

SENECA
m 1976 Festival Of American Folklife 4: Indian dancers

SHAWNEE
● Yvonne Chouteau: famed ballerina speaks on behalf of Indian arts in TV Public Service Announcement from the National Congress of American Indians (1970s)

SHINNECOCK
●Pow Wow, 1956: silent home movie of dancers performing at Shinnecock Nation Pow Wow held September 2, 1956

SHOALWATER BAY (CHEHALIS) (CHINOOK) (WILLAPA HILLS)
m The Charlie Family Reunion 1: informal gathering and discussion of family history

m The Charlie Family Reunion 2: more discussion of family ancestry

m Shoalwater Bay 1: glamour shots of Washington State tribal land

m Shoalwater Bay 2: more glamour shots of reservation land

m Shoalwater Bay 3: glamour shots, bead worker, leather craft, gardening

m Shoalwater Bay 4: more glamour shots of reservation land

m Shoalwater Bay 5: tribal history and economics

SHOSHONE
m Shoshone 1: all-Indian rodeo in Fallon, Nevada

m Shoshone 2: more rodeo scenes

m Shoshone 3: continued rodeo scenes

m Shoshone 4: more rodeo

m Shoshone 5: dancing

m Shoshone 6: dancing

m Shoshone 7: dancing

m Shoshone 8: discuss the all-Indian rodeo in Fallon

m Shoshone 9: interview Miss Indian Nevada, Noreen Smodley

m Shoshone 10: drumming and dancing

SKOKOMISH (TWANA)
m Skokomish Fish Processing: inside a tribal industry in Washington state

m Skokomish Tribal Center: tribal artifacts and economics

SIOUX
● Fallen Eagle: culture and heritage of the past and hope for the future (1952)

● Indians of the Plains—Sun Dance Ceremony: shows Native American lifestyles and culture—focus on Blackfeet family—show construction of a tipi (no op) (Academy 1954)

● Injun Talk: explains sign language among Plains Indians (1946)

● Meet the Sioux Indians: probes this plains Indian tribe (1949)

● Strength of the Hills: assesses at mid-century the condition of the Sioux Indians and the work of the Protestant Episcopal Church in ministering to them (1953)

m Lower Sioux 1: discuss history and governance of Lower Sioux people

m Lower Sioux 2: discuss history and culture of Lower Sioux people

m Lower Sioux 3: pottery maker and other expressions of tribal culture

m Lower Sioux 4: artists and their handiwork

m Lower Sioux 5: Iola Columbus, female President of Lower Sioux

SUQUAMISH
m Chief Seattle Dedication 1: dedicating monument to historic chieftain

m Chief Seattle Dedication 2: more scenes of dedication ceremony

TAOS
● Indian Dances Home Movies:

● The Pueblo Heritage: Zuni, Acoma, and Taos Pueblos

● Tourist Film, 1940: home movie filmed by tourists while visiting the picturesque pueblo in Taos, New Mexico in 1940

TARAHUMARA
● Doctors to the Stone Age: U.S. doctors help isolated Indians of Mexico

● The Pagans: explorer encounters indigenous people of Copper Canyon in Mexico

TARASCAN (TARASCO)
● Mexico Builds a Democracy: state policy to educate Tarascan Indians and integrate them into Mexican mainstream (1940)

● Trail to Michoacán: American couple explores the state of Indian culture in Michoacán, Mexico

TESUQUE
● Indian Dances Home Movies:

● Real Americans: appreciation of American Indians with several tribes highlighted (1934)

TLINGIT
w Nathan Jackson: interview in 1976 with world’s most famous totem carver

TSIMSHIAN
● People of the Potlatch: Haida and Tsimshian Indians of the Pacific coast of Canada (1936)

TUSCARORA
m 1976 Festival Of American Folklife 1: the sport of lacrosse is explained and demonstrated

m 1976 Festival Of American Folklife 2: the Sky family explains the lacrosse stick, how it is made and how it is used

m 1976 Festival Of American Folklife 5: the art of stone carving is demonstrated by Duffy Wilson

WAMPANAGO
● Real Americans: appreciation of American Indians with several tribes highlighted (1934)

WINNEBAGO
● All Tribes American Indian Center: spotlights the All-Tribes American Indian Center (1955)

WINTUN BAND (YOCHA DEHE)
m Wintun Nation 1: family histories/deer skinning

m Wintun Nation 2: tribal members speak

XAVANTE
● Before the Harvest: enthusiastic missionaries trek through Brazilian jungle to convert Xavante Indians to Christianity (1950s)

YAKIMA
● Yakima Indian Activities: professionally-shot "home movie" is compilation of images on the life of the Yakima Indians (1939)

m Yakima 1: political-religious leader discusses his personal history

m Yakima 2: tribal leader interviewed in Yakima language

m Yakima 3: another man interviewed in Indian language

m Yakima 4: man relates his personal history in English and Indian

m Yakima 5: man speaks of his past and importance of tribal language

m Yakima 6: woman speaks in native language

m Yakima Education 1: discuss grade school education

m Yakima Education 2: more discussion of grade school

m Yakima Education 3: discuss grade school and Head Start program

m Yakima Education 4: school principals interviewed

m Yakima Education 5: principal continues his interview

m Yakima Education 6: school staff members discuss education

m Yakima Education 7: teaching Yakima language in grade school

m Yakima Education 8: more about teaching Yakima language

m Yakima Education 9: Yakima language program

m Yakima Education 10: Yakima college counselor critiques the state of higher education in the Indian world

m Yakima Education 11: Camp Chaparral and summer education

m Yakima Education 12: children in school learning Yakima culture and language

YAQUI
● Real Americans: appreciation of American Indians with several tribes highlighted (1934)

YOKUTS
● Indians of California (Part 1): reenactment of home life with scenes of women doing domestic work, men in sweat lodge and making tule boat (1955)

● Indians of California (Part 2): reenactment of agricultural Indian lifestyles (1955)

ZAPOTEC
● Zapotecan Pottery: re Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico and their pottery making skills

ZUNI
● Arts and Crafts of the Southwest Indians: Pueblo Indians (1940)

● Indians Trapped in New Mexico Blizzard: newsreel massive snowstorm kills Navajo and Zunis in 1931

● The Pueblo Heritage: Zuni, Acoma, and Taos Pueblos

MISCELLANEOUS AND MULTIPLE TRIBES
● 19th Inter-Tribal Ceremonial: anonymous home movie captures the colorfulness of the parade down the main street of Gallup, New Mexico in 1940

● All Tribes American Indian Center: spotlights the All-Tribes American Indian Center (1955)

● Archaic Indian Carvings: raw footage of ancient Indian petroglyphs in deserts of Southern California (1974)

● Buffalo Lore: importance of the buffalo to the American Indians—includes rare appearance of a white buffalo (1947)

● Ceremonial Days: Indian culture as displayed at Gallup, New Mexico during annual pow wow

● Ceremonial Pipes: looks at old tobacco pipes of the local Indians—then dramatizes story from tribal myths (1955)

● Children of the Plains Indians: Indian boy must learn the survival and social skills that will sustain him as an adult in Indian society before the white man came (1962)

● Canyon Conquest: impact upon landscape and native peoples of Glen Canyon Dam construction on the Colorado River in 1958

●Down Where The North Begins: colorful profile of Ecuador at mid-century and the place of its indigenous people in national life 1943

● The Exiles (Part 1): The Exiles twelve hours in the lives of a group of young Indian men and women transplanted from the reservation to downtown Los Angeles (1961)

● The Exiles (Part 2): twelve hours in the lives of a group of young Indian men and women transplanted from the reservation to downtown Los Angeles (1961)

● Fiestas of the Hill : cultural celebrations of Mexican villagers combine Aztec, Spanish, and Indian residuals (1942)

● Flight to New Mexico: enticement from Trans-World Airlines to visit New Mexico reveals the centrality of Native Americans to the culture and commerce of the state (1951)

●Harry Wright’s Mexican Indian Series: pilot film for a colorful film series about the Indian populations of the Mexican past as well as contemporary Mexico (circa 1939)

● How to Make Fry Bread: Indian cook demonstrates the technique (1973)

● Indian History: series of Public Service Announcements from the National Congress of American Indians in praise of Indian history and culture

● Indian Life: educational film envisions Indian society before the arrival of the Europeans (1930s)

● Indian Pow Wow: gathering of Southwestern Indian tribes for annual dance festival in Flagstaff, Arizona (1952)

● Indian Workers: series of TV Public Service Announcements encouraging the employment of Indian workers—from the National Congress of American Indians (1970s)

● Klee Wyck: Emily Carr, a Canadian painter of the Indian culture of coastal British Columbia—1946

● Illu Tica: filming movie with Peruvian beauty Pilar Pilet as Inca goddess of creation in Peruvian Amazon jungle

● Indians of the Plains—Life in the Past : traditional tribal lifestyles

● Indian Hunters: native American Indians traveling on canoe through scenic wilderness in Canada (1949)

● Learning about the Past: archeologists from University of Indiana explore Indian remains (1951)

● The Loon's Necklace: folk tale of British Columbia Indians told with people in authentic masks (1949)

● Making Primitive Stone Tools: teacher shows how historic Canadian Indians fashioned tools from available stones (1941)

● Many Trails Indian Club of Los Angeles Pow Wow

● Natives of Guatemala:

● O Coronado No!: avant-garde filmmaker Craig Baldwin offers a critical interpretation of the Spanish conquest of the native peoples of the Southwestern United States (1992)

● The People Who Vanished: archeological expedition by UCLA students and professors to Mexico ruins—as seen of TV series, True Adventure (1960)

● Plains Indian Girl: Mary Lou lives on a reservation along the Missouri River (1953)

● Portage: Indian trapper and his life near Hudson’s Bay, Canada (1941)

● Portage: combines two short film—How Indians Build Canoes plus Traders and Trappers—into a single viewing experience

● Red Man’s Regatta: war canoe races among men of Northwest Indian tribes at the annual Stommish festivities—from the Western Sketchbook film series and Union Pacific Railroad (1958)

● Return of the Buffalo: celebrates the return of bison populations in Canada and the United States (1938)

● Rhythms-Instruments and Movements: Native Indian (Thundering Hill) comes into an elementary class room and demonstrates native songs with drums

● Saving Texas Prehistory: archeology along Guadalupe River in Texas to discover information about prehistoric Indians in Texas (circa 1963)

● Southwestern Indian Dances: 1947—Gallup, New Mexico

• Zuni women parade balancing pots on their heads

• Kiowa dance

• Jemez Indian Buffalo Dance

• Apache Crown Dance (aka Devil Dance)

• Eagle Dance (performed by Tony White Cloud)

• Jemez rain dance

• hoop dance (performed by Tony White Cloud)

• war dance

● Timber and Totem Poles: Native American totem poles in Alaska (1950)

● Trappers and Traders: Indian trapper and his life (1946)

●Warbonnet Congress: Indian finery and games at National Indian Congress in Pendleton, Oregon—from the Western Sketchbook film series and Union Pacific Railroad (1958)

● Wheels Across the Andes: explorer Armand Denis visits Colorado Indians as well as Indians of Peru and Bolivia (1948)

● Wild West: demeaning and racist soundtrack, but with outstanding Indian footage including Hopi snake dance (1932)

● Wooden Face of Totonicapan: the art of making wooden masks in Totonicapan, Guatemala

m 1976 Convention Of The National Indian Education Association NIEA 1: speeches by Senator Joseph Montoya and NIEA President Demmert

m Andarko, Oklahoma 1: American Indian Exposition singing and dancing

m Andarko, Oklahoma 2: American Indian Exposition dancing

m Andarko, Oklahoma 3: American Indian Exposition dancing, horse racing, handicrafts

m Indian Dances:

m NIEA 2: discuss health care and educational issues

m NIEA 3: education official questioned, educator speaks

m NIEA 4: interview Indian educators

m NIEA 5: more interviews with Indian educators

m NIEA 6: professor lectures on disparagement of Indians in textbooks

m NIEA 7: funding Indian educational projects

m NIEA 8: cultural education and bi-lingual issues

m NIEA 9: flutist and singer entertain convention

m NIEA 10: Indian comedian and rock band XIT perform

m NIEA 11: interview official from the National Endowment for the Arts

m NIEA 12: NIEA special meeting regarding Title IV funding for Indian education

m NIEA 13: questions and answers regarding Title IV and Indian education

m One With The Earth: exhibition of arts and crafts of Southwest tribes

m Voices From The Land 1: TV program discussing artist Jerome Tiger

m Voices From The Land 2: TV program discussing Indian art and culture

m Voices From The Land 3: TV program discussing Indian doctors and Indian music
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