Institute of American Indian Arts to host the Spring Homecoming Powwow on May 8, 2010.

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In what has become a tradition, the Spring Homecoming Powwow will be staged at the Institute of American Indian Art (IAIA) campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The public is invited to browse the powwow grounds, visit craft and art booths, and purchase items from Native food vendors. Spectacular Indian dances also will be performed, which are open to viewing by the public. There is no admission charge to attend.

Dancing starts at 11:00 am with the gourd dance, followed at noon by the Grand Entry, which will be repeated at 6:00 pm.

The head man and head lady are Ensley Aquilar and Elizabeth Nevaquaya, respectively, both IAIA students.

The northern drum will be Red Road Crossing. The southern drum will be Zotigh Singers.

If you would like more information, you may call 505-424-2339.

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Gallup Intertribal Scheduled for August 2007

August 8, 2007 will see the opening of the 86th Annual Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial at Red Rocks Park.

The Exhibit Hall will open at the Red Rocks Convention Center at 7:00 PM.

Thursday, August 9, 2007 the Grounds will open at 9:00 Am and remain open until 10:00 PM. A Ceremonial Night parade will take place in downtown Gallup starting at 9:00 PM.

Grounds will open again on August 10, 2007 at 1000 AM. The PowWow Grand Entry will occur from 7:00 PM until 12:00 midnight.

Grounds will open again at 9:00 AM on August 11, 2007, followed by a Ceremonial Parade atv10:00 AM in downtown Gallup.

The Grounds will open again on Sunday August 12, 2007 at 6:30 Am and the Inter-Tribal will close at 10:00 PM that night.

Tribal Artery will be blogging from Gallup for most of the Inter-Tribal. Subscribe now to an RSS feed to stay up to date on happenings at the Inter-Tribal in Gallup, NM.

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See Bandelier - while it's still there

Bandelier National Monument has been on the US Department of Interior's list of vanishing treasures since 1999. It is in good company, sharing that distinction with Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and Chaco Canyon.

Pueblo, originally with 400 or more rooms, in in Now conservators are struggling to save the ancient Bandelier dwellings, particularly at TyuonyiFrijoles Canyon.

Throughout the canyon, "cavates" (a contraction of cave and excavation) are apparent. The cavates include evidence remaining from the placement of wood looms, ash-filled cook pits, nichos and largely deteriorated colored plasters, petroglyphs and pictographs.

You can still see these remarkable structures from an earlier time, when the ancestors of Native American aborigines lived here, at Bandelier National Monument. But for how long?

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Tohono O’odham Nation opens new $15,000,000 Cultural Center & Museum

A new cultural center and museum has been opened in southern Arizona by the Tohono O’odham Nation. The complex, which is located in Topawa, approximately 60 miles southwest of Tucson, includes a community cultural and educational center with artists’ studios in support of a residency program, a special-collections cultural archive and two artifact repositories. An open amphitheater with a covered patio and a storytelling circle complete the current layout.

The museum houses ancient artifacts and cultural items that have been returned ot the tribe by other Arizona museum that had displayed or held them.

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Speaking of Native tongues – Wisconsin Oneidas create a language Web site.

According to the US Census of 2000, just 553 individuals speak the Oneida language, with 429 of them living in Wisconsin.

In an effort to perpetuate what would otherwise be a dying language, the University of Wisconsin at Green bay has created a web site, in collaboration with a tribal elder from Oneida, to promote and sustain the language of the Oneida. Professor Clifford Abbot and 96-year-old Maria Hinton are using the Web site to transform a printed dictionary of this oral language into an online database, including sound samples.

The Oneida language is part of the Iroquoian family of languages and related more distantly to Cherokee.

According to Abbot and Hinton, approximately 4,000 words, with about 900 sounds, have been placed on the Web site.

Oneida reservations are located in New York and Ontario, Canada, in addition to Wisconsin.

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