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In early June Bronitsky and Associates were privileged to take a delegation of Native American performers to Australia’s premiere Indigenous arts and cultural Festival - The Dreaming Festival - www.thedreamingfestival.com -in south east Queensland - Cochise Anderson, Dallin Maybee and Naomi Bebo.  For images from this unique encounter, please visit

http://gallery.me.com/gbronitsky#100040

CELEBRATE the life and career of HARTMAN H. LOMAWAIMA
November 11, 1949 - July 8, 2008
Director of Arizona State Museum, professor of American Indian Studies, Hopi citizen, respected colleague, noted scholar, trusted friend, loving family man, and exceptional gentleman

Saturday, October 11, 2008
11:00 - 1:00 PM
South Ballroom | Student Union Memorial Center
University of Arizona | Tucson
light refreshments served

RSVP to Darlene Lizarraga at (520) 626-8381 or

You are invited to forward remarks, photographs or stories (by Sep. 20) for inclusion in an album and/or a slide presentation: Darlene Lizarraga at (520.626.8381. Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, 1013 E. University Blvd., P.O. Box 210026, Tucson, AZ 85721-0026)

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Native American Action Dramedy Short to be Released Fall 08
Award winning director Ian Skorodin, and executive producer Robert Owens Greygrass wrapped the clever and unique short film “Walking on Turtle Island” shot in southern California on HD.

When Stands in the Fire, an angry young Lakota warrior, is killed in a gun fight with prospectors who have crossed too far onto Indian land, he awakens in the spirit world where a charming and very atypical family of Native American elders, in a humorous and not so reassuring way, make him a spirit helper who will travel through time, helping people on Turtle Island (North America). When they assign Iktomi, the trickster, to be his helper things really take a comical turn for the worse.

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Contemporary Laguna/Zuni Pueblo artist DeHaven Solimon to exhibit work in South Dakota, August 31-October 29, 2008
Contemporary Laguna/Zuni Pueblo artist, De Haven Solimon will be exhibiting paintings, drawings, and mixed media at the Journey Museum, in Rapid City South Dakota. The exhibition will open on August 31, 2008 through October 29, 2008.Her imagery can be seen at her website, www.SkyHunterArts.com. In addition to this upcoming exhibition, Ms. Chaffins will also be busy creating the awards for the 2008 New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence Awards. Prints for this year's award image can be seen and purchased at www.nmnursingexcellence.org.

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Tenth Annual Native American Music Awards
October 4, 2008

Niagara Falls, NY - Tickets for the highly anticipated Tenth Annual Native American Music Awards scheduled for Saturday, October 4, 2008 at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, NY are on-sale now through all Ticketmaster outlets.

Among this year’s special guest performers are several highly celebrated Hall of Fame inductees; Redbone, featuring original founding member Pat Vegas, a Native American rock group that reached the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1974 with the song, "Come and Get Your Love;" Janice-Marie Johnson, founder and principal songwriter of the internationally acclaimed group A Taste of Honey, with her multi-platinum Disco/R&B smash hit "Boogie Oogie Oogie," and Felipe Rose from The Village People. The Native American Music Association & Awards (N.A.M.A.) is also very proud to be inducting Rickey Medlocke, founder of Blackfoot and lead guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the late Jesse Ed Davis into the N.A.M.A. Hall of Fame this year.

Visit www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com for more information.

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Anchorage Symphony Production of Echoes
The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra announces as part of its 2008/2009 concert season the world premiere performance of Echoes, a multimedia symphonic piece incorporating Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Native American music, singing and dancing with New England sea music.  The work will be premiered October 25th and 26th, 2008 during the Alaska Federation of Natives Conference in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Roy Hamilton Awarded Community Service Award for the 2008 Governor’s Arts Awards, Oklahoma For His Work with the Cherokee People
Roy Hamilton has been chosen by the Selection Committee for the 2008 Governor's Arts Awards to be honored as a recipient of a Community Service Award.  Oklahoma Arts Council Chair Jim Tolbert and Governor Brad Henry thanked Hamilton "for his extraordinary support of the arts in Oklahoma and his commitment for a rich cultural and educational environment for all our citizens through the arts."

Hamilton's friends, family and colleagues are invited to the awards presentation ceremony to be held on Thursday, October 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m. in the 4th floor rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol.  You will have an opportunity to visit at a reception on the 1st floor of the Capitol immediately following the ceremony at 5 p.m.

"The award is an honor, but it is truly a reflection of the dedication and work of the board, members and supporters of the Cherokee Arts & Humanities Council, and their incredible work in honoring and supporting the culture and history of the Cherokee," Hamilton said.

Hamilton is the president of the Cherokee Arts & Humanities Council, a Cherokee historian and genealogist.  He lives in the Wauhillau Community of Adair County.

Russian Anthropological Film Festival
September 21-27, 2008
tel: 8 107(343)3629096

The First Russian Anthropological Film Festival (RAFF) was held in 1998 in Salekhard, capital of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous region.  Since its inception, RAFF is the only Russian full format competitive film festival representing the rapidly developing genre of anthropological film. Today RAFF serves, besides other purposes, as an experimental platform to search for new film-forms, to co-act in current search for identity and culture-building rather than just to reflect nostalgia for leaving cultural values.

For more information, please contact

RAFF
Gagarina Street, 35/a-47
Yekaterinburg
Russia,
e-mail:

For more information, please visit http://rfaf.ru/eng/raff/149/171

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Andong Mask Dance Festival
Hahoe, South Korea
September 26-October 5, 2008

This festival which showcases many Korean and international dance troupes pays homage to the tradition that was borne at Ho's village and includes the Hahoe sunyu-julbul-nori (Korean traditional fireworks).

For more information, please visit http://maskdance.com/

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Cambalache Festival
Buenos Aires, Argentina
December 7-14, 2008

The Cambalache Festival, at El Cubo Cultural in the Abasto area of the city, fuses tango with theatre and dance in the form of performances, themed workshops, documentaries, short films and video.

For more information, please visit http://www.festivalcambalache.com.ar/

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The Panafrican Film and TV Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO)
Ougadougou
Bourkina Faso
February 28-March 7, 2009

The Panafrican Film and TV Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) is the largest African film festival across the continent.

For more information, please visit http://www.fespaco.bf/index_en.html

$37.5 Million in Indigenous Arts and Cultural Support, Australia
Arts Minister, Peter Garrett and Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin today announced more than $37 million in funding for Indigenous arts, cultural, languages and broadcasting programs across Australia in 2008-09.

The Australian Government arts and cultural funding of $37.5 million in 2008-09 supports the following programs, the:

• Indigenous Broadcasting Program - $14 million to support Indigenous community broadcasters and the production of radio programs in remote, regional and urban areas, and  the operation of Indigenous media peak bodies and Central Australia’s Imparja Television service.    
• Indigenous Culture Support - $6.7 million to support 132 cultural projects including: the transmission of knowledge and skills across generations through multimedia workshops, music, dance and theatre, community festivals, and exhibitions of community-based art and craft activity.
• Maintenance of Indigenous Languagesand Records Program - $8.8 million to support 66 projects to strengthen and record Indigenous languages through the operation of language centres, multimedia workshops, the production of dictionaries, databases, websites, DVDs and recordings in communities. Many of the funded projects are contributing to the survival of languages by recording and documenting the last remaining speakers of a language.
• National Arts and Crafts Industry Support - $8 million to build a more sustainable Indigenous visual arts industry through investment in Indigenous art centres and arts support organisations. The program supports professional art practice, community art activities, business management and governance, and employment and training at the community level.

http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2008/pubs/mr20080814.pdf

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Sri Lanka’s first ever National Cultural Centre (NCC) is scheduled to be opened at Veyangoda before the end of this year.
The centre includes an auditorium, library, and information centre on culture, managed by a committee comprising cultural activists and artists working under broad guidelines formulated by the state.

The Centre consists of a second building that serves as a research facility while the main auditorium building targets education primarily among art loving youth.

This centre will pave the way for promotion and propagation of fine arts and performing arts, a senior official of the Cultural Ministry said.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/08/13/news34.asp

Yulkuum-Jerrang: 2nd Indigenous Economic Development Conference Growing Our Future
Hosted by the Koori Business Network
27 - 29 May 2009
Melbourne, Australia

The Conference, Yulkuum-Jerrang, follows the success of the inaugural event held in 2007. It will provide key stakeholders who have an interest in, or are involved with Indigenous economic development, business growth and research with an opportunity to share perspectives and increase business opportunities. Delegate registration will commence in September. Conference organisers are calling for papers (see Call for Papers section of this newsletter), and a range of sponsorship opportunities are also available.

Conference website:  www.conferenceworks.net.au/kbn
Event Manager: Conference Works
Phone: +613 9870 2611   Email:

Siberian Seminar: In the village of Kazim, activists learn to portray their own culture with video
In August 1991, members of Cultural Survival traveled to western Siberia to conduct a field seminar on visual anthropology in the village of Kazim. Their intention was to establish the practice of video ethnography among a small group of native Siberian cultural activists. Members of the Association for Ugrian Salvation, the regional native association, had shown an interest in using these techniques to extend the awareness of Khanty culture and encourage Khanty cultural preservation and revitalization in the context of their emergence from Soviet society. The seminar proved to be a practical way to enhance local participation in creating video and written ethnographic records for various research, archival, and educational purpose.

http://www.cs.org/publications/CSQ/csq-article.cfm?id=246

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Yukon boosts funding to arts organizations
The Yukon government is putting $642,150 into the hands of arts organizations across the territory through its Yukon Arts Funding program, Culture and Tourism Minister Elaine Taylor said Wednesday. A total of 21 organizations - from the Alsek Music Festival in Haines Junction to the Yukon Film Society - will share the money, which is about 40 per cent more than the $463,000 they received last year. Taylor said established arts groups in the territory will now have more operational funding.

"It enables a number of organizations to really consolidate and expand their activities and outreach in the community, so it's a win-win overall," Taylor said Wednesday.

Other recipients of the money include the Village of Mayo for its annual arts festival, along with numerous dance, theatre and music groups.

The Yukon Arts Funding program is made up of money from the Yukon government and Lotteries Yukon. Applications from arts organizations are assessed by an arms-length advisory council.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/07/23/yukon-arts.html

Call for Papers on African Theatre and the work of Isiaba Irobi
African drama has now established itself as a formidable force in any discourse of international theatre in the twenty-first century. Numerous African dramatists are being studied globally for their unique contributions to the artform. Due to a number of reasons, attention has been focused largely on the “first” and “second” generation of African male dramatists, as well as some female playwrights. A particular outstanding dramatist whose work, until very recently, has not received the critical attention it deserves is the controversial Igbo/Nigerian playwright, Esiaba Irobi, currently a professor of International Theatre in the USA. In this call for papers, focus will be on the literary oeuvre of the prolific as well as extremely provocative dramatist, Esiaba Irobi.

For further enquiries send email to

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Native Voices in Teaching Native American Film
Contributions are sought for a book project that provides a Native voice and/or an American Indian Studies approach to teaching key issues surrounding producing, accessing, and using Native American film and media imagery. The primary goal of this project is to: highlight Native responses to representation in popular culture; spotlight a growing Indigenous aesthetic and media community; create a model for critiquing Indigenous representation from an Indigenous perspective that is readily accessible to film courses in American Studies, Cultural Studies, English, Film Studies, and American Indian/Indigenous Studies; and provide access to Native media, particularly animation and films that are difficult and expensive to acquire.

Topics might include the following:

• Native responses to how Hollywood and mainstream cinema impact Indigenous lives and communities
• The impact of popular culture on Native and non-Native communities
• How Native communities use and access Native media as a new form for

1. transmitting and expressing cultural worldviews
2. as an art form
3. as a vehicle for cross-cultural community building

• New forms of Native media
• How production and filmmaking infrastructure and aesthetic choices open up our understanding of film meanings.  This topic could take a variety of forms from close reading Hollywood film to studies of Indigenous storytelling style in film
• Pedagogical strategies for teaching Native film and media
•  Integrating discourse from different fields (film studies, Indigenous Studies, visual Anthropology, etc.) in talking about Native film.
• Using interviews with Native filmmakers to highlight their voices and stories about how their films are made

Book editors will work with authors to cultivate a select group of clips for inclusion on a DVD or within the text.  The collection’s editors are Eric Buffalohead, Augsburg College, Joanna Hearne, University of Missouri-Columbia, and M. Elise Marubbio, Augsburg College.  The Minnesota Historical Society Press is currently working as project publisher.  

Contributors should submit a scholarly paper, 15-25 pages long, including endnotes and bibliography.  Abstracts of 150 words by September 1 and completed paper by  December 1, 2008.  Send to:

Eric Buffalohead
Elise Marubbio
Augsburg College
2211 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55454

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"Spiraled Connections:  40 years of Indigenous Journeys at UCLA"
The American Indian Studies Center at UCLA is seeking poetry submissions for a fortieth-anniversary anthology commemorating its forty years of publishing books by and about Native peoples. We envision this anthology as a collection of materials by Indigenous poets directly connected to UCLA in the past forty years and those they have mentored or influenced. Our aim is to illustrate and celebrate the ways that Native people present at the core of the American Indian educational movement have radiated their innovation and empowerment out to the community in all directions. Submissions do not have to be education-oriented.

Deadline: February 1, 2009
Inquiries can be directed to Deborah Miranda: .

HOW TO SUBMIT:

Please send submissions with an SASE for response to:
Deborah Miranda
English Department
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington St.
Lexington, VA 24450

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Yulkuum-Jerrang: 2nd Indigenous Economic Development Conference
Growing Our Future
Hosted by the Koori Business Network
27 - 29 May 2009
Melbourne, Australia

The Koori Business Network is calling for papers and presentations from individuals, organisations and academic institutions.  Papers should be submitted with a theme around Indigenous economic development, case studies and economic models with local, national and/ or international impact. The Conference program will be made up of plenary and workshop sessions, including time for questions.

The Conference theme will enable presenters to highlight, educate and increase awareness on key topics of importance and interest. We are especially interested in practical, skill sharing presentations along with presentations showcasing business success stories including those from Indigenous start up business through to larger corporate success stories.

The theme highlights the importance of research and academia in increasing understandings of Indigenous entrepreneurship, and how to best facilitate this emerging sector of the economy. There are also opportunities for individuals and organisations involved in Indigenous economic programs, initiatives, business, arts and other activities to present papers about Indigenous business.

Closing date for receipt of abstracts is: 31 January, 2009.
Event Manager: Conference Works
Phone: +613 9870 2611
Email:
Web: www.conferenceworks.net.au/kbn

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2nd Annual International Short Series---A Night to Celebrate: Short Films by Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
6:00pm to 10:00pm
Barnsdall Park
Los Angeles, CA.  

Through our diverse program of short films, we look to celebrate and support the creative talents of indigenous filmmakers from across the Americas. Every filmmaker brings a unique perspective on how history has shaped the present, and what the future holds in a multinational world. The films selected, both narrative and documentary, will deepen community understanding of indigenous life, lands, and cultures.

This event will educate and entertain a wide audience in the diverse city of Los Angeles. The evening will begin with the cultural experience of Indigenous People’s music, food, and dance, and will proceed with a series of short films by indigenous filmmakers. Finally, we will close with an engaging Q&A panel of the filmmakers and community leaders, encouraging audience participation and dialogue.

Please contact Tessa Bell:

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