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From: Patricia Gunter-Hernandez <>
Subject: UPCOMING EVENTS SEPT 2005
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:05:32 -0700 (PDT)

UPCOMING EVENTS SEPTEMBER 2005 September 1st, 20005 The Art Of Form Arizona State Museum - University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona EXHIBITIONS Continuing through September 1, 2005 THE ART OF FORM: Alice Cling and Her Family of Navajo Potters Explore the transformation of Navajo pottery from purely functional to refined art pieces, through the achievements and innovations of one Navajo family over generations. Arizona State Museum is located just inside the Main Gate at Park Avenue and University Boulevard on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. Info: 520-621-6302 or www.statemuseum.arizona.edu * * * September 4th, 2005 32nd Annual Louis Tewanima Memorial Footrace Baseball Field - Village of Shungopavi (Second Mesa) Hopi Reservation, Arizona Shungopavi, AZ----The Louis Tewanima Footrace Committee is pleased to announce that the date of the 32nd Annual Louis Tewanima Memorial Footrace is approaching rapidly. This years race is scheduled for Sunday, September 4, less than a month away. So, dust off your running shoes and start your stretching exercises. This is an annual footrace held in honor of U.S. Hopi Olympian, Louis Tewanima, who won a silver medal in the10,000 meter race at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, setting a United States Olympic record that held until broken by Billy Mills in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. There will be a 10K, 5K, 2 mile fun run/walk, and a 1mile fun run/walk. All runners are welcome. The race will begin at 6:30AM at the baseball field in the Village of Shungopavi (Second Mesa) on the Hopi Reservation. The village is located off of Hwy 264 between the Hopi Cultural Center and the Secakuku General Store. The top winners of the 5K and 10K footraces will receive medals and traditional Hopi prizes. Medals and ribbons will also be given to winners by age category. Proceeds will benefit the Louis Tewanima Foundation, organized to perpetuate running as a part of Hopi life, promote running for the sustained health and fitness of Hopi people, and to maintain the Hopi Community with running as a focal point. From 5 PM until 10 PM, Saturday, September 3, there will be pre-race activities at the Shungopavi Village Community Building, including food, refreshments, registration, running clinics, and video presentations of previous races. For information and registration material, contact: Vaughn Sieweumptewa at (928) 737-6026 or Pearl Evans at (928) 536-4156, Ext. 348, or E-Mail: . Registration Fees are as follows: 1 mile fun run/walk - $8.00 2 mile fun run/walk - $10.00 5K run - $12.00 (early registration) or $15.00 (on race day) 10 K run - $15.00 (early registration) or $20.00 (on race day) To qualify for the lowered early registration fees, registration entry forms and fees must be mailed to Louis Tewanima Foundation, PO. Box 912, Second Mesa, AZ 86043 and received by August 26, 2005. Contact: Vaughn Sieweumptewa (928) 737-6026 Pearl Evans (928) 536-4156 * * * September 5th, 2005 59th Annual Navajo Nation Fair Festival Navajo Nation Fairgrounds - Dean C. Jackson Arena, Youth Entertainment Window Rock, Arizona Contact Info: (928) 871-7055 or visit www.navajonationfair.com Parade Concerts, PBR, Song and Dance, Pow Wow, Exhibitors, Exceptional Rodeo, All Indian, Rodeo, Youth Entertainment, Kids Day - September 8, 2005 Thursday, Carnival, Fireworks, Horseshoe Tourney, Concerts: Neal McCoy, September 9, 2005 - Friday - 9:30pm Skateboard Competition, Nakai Hall - Navajo Nation Fairgrounds Sponsored by: Ft. Defiance Department of Youth Contact: Jeff Holtsoi 928.729.4336 or Reuben Ringlero 480.567.6182 * * * September 10th, 2005 at 10:00 AM Summer Storytelling - Navajo Culture Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona Business Administration Bldg. C-Wing Room 316 (BAC 316) -Ernest Harry Begay Dine Culture Consultant specializing in Dine Early Childhood Development 10:00am Tacheeh Baa Hane' The origin, the teachings and the structure of the Dine sweat lodge. Understanding the significance and the purpose ofthe Dine sweat lodge and how to prepare yourself mentally and physically. 1:00pm Kinaalda Baa Hane' What is Kinaalda? The origin of the Dine Male and Felmale Puberty ceremonies, the teachings of the initiation of young man and women into adulthood. ---These presentations are free admission to the General public--- The Seasonal Storytelling is brought to you by the Diné Studies program at Phoenix Indian Center in collaboration with Arizona State University: Office of the President; Peterson Zah. For more information contact Freddie Johnson at (602)264-6655 or * * * September 16th, 2005 Native Eyes: Three Evenings of Film Arizona State Museum - University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Films to be shown are: Sept. 16: Fifth World and other shorts by Larry Blackhorse Lowe (a Sundance Film Festival selection); Sept. 17: Thousand Roads directed by Chris Eyre and script writer Joy Harjo; Sept. 18: TBA. Films shown at The Loft. Times. This program is a collaboration among ASM, the Jack and Vivien National Film Institute, Loft Cinema, and Uof A American Indian Studies. Arizona State Museum is located just inside the Main Gate at Park Avenue and University Boulevard on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. Info: 520-621-6302 or www.statemuseum.arizona.edu * * * September 24th, 2005 Four Corners Learning Expedition Arizona state Museum Four Corners Area, Arizona Explore the rich cultural histories of the Four Corners region! Highlights include the Hopi Mesas, Canyon de Chelly, Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and a float down the San Juan River past spectacular rock art and cliff dwellings. ($1,200 members, $1,300 non-members) Arizona State Museum is located just inside the Main Gate at Park Avenue and University Boulevard on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. Info: 520-621-6302 or www.statemuseum.arizona.edu * * * September 24th, 2005 Revolution Rez Fest Community Hall - 1880 N. Longmore Rd. Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, Arizona Sat- Sept 24th 2005 - all ages $8 Revolution Rez Fest "Unity without boarders" Tribal - Punk - Crust - Grind At- "Picopa" Community Hall 1880 N. Longmore Rd. On the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community Resistant Culture Autonomy Snotrokitz Industrial Collapse Life Crisis Conflict Revolution Distressed False Promise Diana Ross Brigade D-Sect We Fly our Kites At Nite Severe Tire Damage Call The Cops more bands TBA -- source: Native Youth Magazine Please visit my homepage at: http://trishagunter.tripod.com/ "One does not sell the land people walk on." ... Crazy Horse, Sept. 23, 1875 _____________________________________________________________ Get Your Free Email at www.NativeWeb.net, Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World

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