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Current Happenings - Spring 2002
| April 1 - June 2 Longyear Museum 2nd floor, Alumni Hall |
Exhibition
- Legend Painting: Ten First Nations
Artists of the Woodlands Tradition
The Legend or Medicine painting style
was founded by Ojibwe artist Norval Morrisseau.
This exhibition features second and third
generation Legend painters. Their work is
characterized by pictographic birchbark scrolls,
legends and traditional shamanic art of the
Eastern Woodlands peoples. The images and vibrant
colors employed in these paintings have a power
equivalent to medicine with the capacity to heal
and soothe. Opening reception: April 8, 4:30 - 6:00 pm with gallery remarks by student interns Vanessa Lee '02 and Jesse Turner '02. |
| January 30 7:30 pm 114 Little Hall |
Film
- A Place Called Chiapas
(1998) This film tells a moving story of the Zapatista uprising in southern Mexico, with special focus on the thousands of internal refugees displaced by the government's low intensity warfare. (ALST Film Series) |
| February 11 7:30 pm 105 Lawrence Hall |
Native
American Writers Series Geary Hobson (Choctaw, Quapaw, Cherokee) author of The Last of the Ofos (2001), editor of The Remembered Earth, and director of the Native Writers Circle will give a reading of his recent work. (Sponsored by NAST) |
| February 22 1:15 - 2:15 pm Classics Center, Lawrence Hall 112-114 |
Emily Dean, Department of Sociology & Anthropology (SOAN) will speak on "Viracocha and the Volcano: Pre-Inca Settlements in the Southern Vilcanota River Valley, Peru." (Part of the Lunch Among the Ruins series sponsored by the Classics Department) |
| March 4 7:30 pm Little Hall Auditorium |
Native
American Writers Series Maurice Kenny (Mohawk), celebrated writer of poetry, short stories, essays, etc., will give a reading of his recent work. (Sponsored by NAST and the English Department's Poetry Series) |
| March 8 1:15 - 2:15 pm Archaeology Lab, Almuni Hall B5 |
Jordan Kerber, Department of Sociology & Anthropology (SOAN) and Curator of Collections for the Longyear Museum, and Stenny Danielson '02, concentrator in SOAN and Geography will have a presentation on "The Longyear Museum of Anthropology Digital Photography Project, Summer 2001: An Overview." (Part of the Lunch Among the Ruins series sponsored by the Classics Department) |
| January 31
- March 14 Longyear Museum 2nd floor, Alumni Hall |
Exhibition
- REZ 4 LIFE: Recent Work by Frank
Buffalo Hyde Frank Hyde combines paintings, prints and conceptual sculptures in an installation that addresses both his early experiences growing up on the Onondaga territory near Syracuse and his more recent experiences as an active, practicing artist in the contemporary world of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hyde takes the opportunity in this exhibition to experiment with multiple styles rather than conforming to the consistency often demanded by the art market. Opening reception: January 31, 5:30 - 7:00 pm with a gallery talk by the artist at 6:00 pm. |
| March 26 4:10 pm 105 Lawrence Hall |
Katsi Cook, traditional Mohawk midwife from the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, will speak on environmental justice issues within the communities of the Six Nation Iroquois in her talk entited, "From the Women's Side: The First Environment." Sponsored by NASA; co-sponsored by NAST and the Division of Humanities. (Part of the Humanities Colloquium series) |
| April 4 4:00 pm 105 Lawrence |
Native
American Writers Series Melanie Cesspooch and Jennifer Foerster, students from the Institute of American Indian Arts of Santa Fe, New Mexico, will do a reading from new work. (Sponsored by NAST and the English Department) |
| April 11 7:30 pm Persson Auditorium |
Gary Urton, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will speak on "Mummies and Knotted-String Tomb Texts from Northern Peru." |
| April 23 9:55 - 11:10 am 110 Alumni Hall |
Classroom Lecture, CORE 176: Doug George-Kanentiio (Mohawk) will speak on "Contemporary Iroquois Issues." |
| April 25 7:30 pm Ho Lecture Room/ |
Joseph Suina, Department of Education at the University of New Mexico, will give a lecture on "Adapting, Adopting and Hanging On: Past and Present Challenges to Pueblo Culture." Joseph Suina is a Tribal Council Member and former Governor of Cochiti Pueblo and taught the Contemporary Issues in Native American Studies class for the Santa Fe Study Group this past fall. |
Related Events - Spring 2002
| Spring
Semester Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
IndiansIndians - A program of various Native American related events which will take place throughout the semester. For more information see www.arts.cornell.edu/cca/indiansindians/schedule/framesnf.htm |
| January 31 7:00 pm Emerson Suites, Ithaca College |
SHARE Winter Benefit Concert - featuring both Native and non-Native performers, including Al Cleveland, The Thunder Lizards, Fancy Shawl Dancers, Colleen Kattau, and more! SHARE (Strengthening Haudensaunee-American Relations through Education) is a non-profit organization dedicated to education on Native American issues and history. For more information contact Jack Rossen (607-274-3326) or Brooke Olson (607-274-1735) or see the Events Calendar at http://www.ithaca.edu/index.php . |
| January 24
- February 24 Handwerker Gallery Ithaca College |
Exhibition - Sidekicks, Savages and Other Anthropological Curiosities: A Native American study of Indian stereotyping through kitch, advertising, and sports with a contemporary and traditional visual refute. Curated by Dave Hill (Oneida), Tom Huff (Seneca/Cayuga) and Zenja Hyde (Onondaga). Admisson is free. For more information contact Jack Rossen (607-274-3326) or Brooke Olsen (607-274-1735) or see the website at www.ithaca.edu/handwerker/ . |
| April 13 Barton Hall, Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
Cornell's
Fourth Annual Powwoww and Smokedance Competition There will also be an Iroquois Social Dance on Friday, April 12 at 6:00 pm. For more information call Richard Montague at 607-253-8654 or 607-255-1919; visit the website at http://www.rso.cornell.edu/NASAC/powwow.htm; or email at cornellpowwow@yahoo.com. |
Recent Highlights at Colgate
Images from Colgate's 1st Annual Native American Arts & Cultural Festival
Saturday, November 17, 2001
 Justin Warner from the Thunder Lizard Singers. Photography by John Hubbard. |
 Native American and local visitors dance in appreciation of music by the Thunder Lizards. Photography by John Hubbard |
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 Al Cleveland (Cree/Mohawk) plays one of his handcrafted flutes. Photography by John Hubbard. |
 Colgate students MiriamArnero and Hector Salcedo browse at the display of the Allyn Underwood Family (Abenaki). Photography by John Hubbard. |
 Tom Huff (Cayuga/Seneca) discusses his stone sculptures with Judy Murphy of Colgate. The jewelry display of Chester Mahooty (Zuni) is in the background. Photography by John Hubbard. |
 Colgate student and NASA member, Leyosta Hall '04, has her hair braided by Nancy Powless before performing with the Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers. The artwork of Albert White is in the background. Photography by John Hubbard. |
 Raffaella and Uriel Tayvah look at photos of canoes built by the Allyn Underwood family (Abenaki). Photography by John Hubbard. |
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