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Six Directions Traders: 2008 Pow Wow Calendar, south east, florida, carolina, tennessee, kentucky, ohio, events United States of Native America, georgia, alabama,
2008 Pow Wow Calendar
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Just a bit of data for those curious about local/regional Pow Wows.

– Cathy

TalliyaSoutheast@aol.com (to creek-southeast)

1. Blue spot on base of spine when born.

2. Full head of black hair when born. Caucasian babies are nearly bald when born.

3. Broad head, high cheek bones

4. Legs and waist are shorter in proportion to the top of the body, but Muskogean men, on average, are taller than Caucasian men.

5. Epithelial eyefolds on the inner corners of the eyes.

6. Large feet with high arches

7. Powerful oral and visual memories.

8. O+ blood, with a heavily wrinkled colon that requires more roughage to function properly than a typical Caucasian digestive system.

9. Very little body hair, but Muskogean men typically have lots of mustache hair.

10. Shovel shaped front incisors
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Do you recognize some of the traits in your family?

I recognize several!

– Cathy
weavercat@gmail.com

Infamous Indian chief Quanah Parker: His existence hinged on an ignored warning | Batesville Daily Guard
When the first photos of American Indians from the 1800s came in at Old Independence Regional Museum, curator Twyla Gill Wright felt as though an old friend had come to visit.

Quanah Parker, the fierce, bloodthirsty Comanche who later turned peacemaker, is the lead figure in the exhibit, being featured in no less than six of the 53. The photos were taken in Oklahoma between 1881 and 1889.

Every Texas schoolboy and girl knows the story of Quanah Parker, whose white mother, Cynthia Ann Parker, was kidnaped by several hundred Comanches, Kiowas and Caddo Indians when she was a child and who fell in love with one of her captors, married him and had three children with him — one of whom was Quanah.

Quanah, meaning “flower” or “fragrant,” was the last chief of the Comanches and never lost a battle to the white man.

“One branch of my family was at the fort where Quanah’s mother was captured when she was 9 years old,” Twyla said.

And if the Parkers — Cynthia Ann’s family — had heeded a warning from one of Twyla’s family members on long-ago May 19, 1836, Cynthia would never have been captured and Quanah would never have existed — a huge chapter of Texas history would never have been written.

“My grandmother told me the story many times when I was a girl,” Twyla said.

State-Journal.com – Proud of his past
A decade ago, janitor Anthony Estes had no idea the hands he uses to clean Hearn Elementary School would one day be throwing tomahawks.

Shortly after meeting his part Native American wife, Vanessa, in 2000, Mr. Tony ” as Hearn students call him ” got interested in his heritage.

“The older I got, the more I was interested in finding out about my family and a side of my family that never gets talked about, that never gets seen,” said Estes, 40.

He found out he was an eighth Cherokee and one sixteenth Comanche.

His curiosity about his heritage made others curious too, and he has spent the last few years speaking to students and adults. Hes also spoken to the U.S. Coast Guard and taken part in a panel discussion at the University of Kentucky.

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Everyone has a voice…no matter how you earn a living.

– Cathy

weavercat@gmail.com

Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102 – New York Times
PARIS — Albert Hofmann, the mystical Swiss chemist who gave the world LSD, the most powerful psychotropic substance known, died Tuesday at his hilltop home near Basel, Switzerland. He was 102.
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Albert Hofmann in 2006.
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Dr. Hofmann, date unknown, with a chemical model of LSD.

The cause was a heart attack, said Rick Doblin, founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a California-based group that in 2005 republished Dr. Hofmann’s 1979 book “LSD: My Problem Child.”

Dr. Hofmann first synthesized the compound lysergic acid diethylamide in 1938 but did not discover its psychopharmacological effects until five years later, when he accidentally ingested the substance that became known to the 1960s counterculture as acid.

He then took LSD hundreds of times, but regarded it as a powerful and potentially dangerous psychotropic drug that demanded respect.

The Truth About Cherokee Citizenship
The Facts on Cherokee Citizenship

MYTH: You need to have a large degree of Cherokee blood to be eligible for citizenship.
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FACT: The Cherokee Nation requires no blood quantum. To be considered a Cherokee citizen, you need one Indian ancestor listed on the 1906 federal census of our people, known as the Dawes Rolls. With that one Indian ancestor, a person is part of our Cherokee family regardless of what other heritage he or she might have. For eligibility information, please visit http://www.cherokee.org/Services/Registration/146/Default.aspx.

Tanasi Journal – Connecting All Our Relations – Wanted: Genealogists, Historians, and Volunteers
Are you skilled in Native American Genealogy, knowledgeable in American Indian history and willing to commit some time and effort to helping others? If so, there are a couple ladies looking for you.

TN Commission Vice-Chair Shelley Allen and Chair Val Ohle agreed to work on developing to teams as part of the Commissions “Tribal Ties Task Force” project that was passed on March 29, 2008. The teams will form the task force, and will work to help individuals living in Tennessee research both their family histories and their options for enrollment in existing recognized tribes. Allen and Ohles teams will split the state along Interstate 65 with Allen taking the west side and Ohle taking the east.

“This project can benefit all Indians living in Tennessee,” Ohle told us. “Approximately 25-27,000 Tennessees Indian population may or may not have citizenship in an existing nation. According to the Confederation Tennessee Native Tribes CTNT, there are between another 2,500 and 3,000 just in the groups belonging to that organization. Even though theyve pointed out they have their own resources for their members, that still leaves as many as 27,000 who may not.

The Anniston Star » Native American DNA links to 6 ‘founding mothers’
Native American DNA links to 6 ‘founding mothers’

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Interesting.

– Cathy

weavercat@gmail.com

One language disappears every 14 days – Los Angeles Times
One of the world’s 7,000 distinct languages disappears every 14 days, an extinction rate exceeding that of birds, mammals or plants, researchers said Tuesday.

At least 20% of the world’s languages are in imminent danger of becoming extinct as their last speakers die off, compared with about 18% of mammals, 8% of plants and 5% of birds.

The extinction of a language translates into a loss of knowledge, said K. David Harrison, associate director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages and a linguist at Swarthmore College.

CTV.ca | Leader says the Inuit key to Arctic sovereignty
Leader says the Inuit key to Arctic sovereignty

Updated Sun. Aug. 5 2007 12:49 PM ET

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An Inuit leader says the federal government needs to actively engage the people of the Canadian North on the issue of Arctic sovereignty in order to dispel Russian claims to the area.

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UNITED CHEROKEE 9th ANNUAL
FESTIVAL and NATIVE AMERICAN POW WOW

The United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation will sponsor this event on April 20-22, 2007. It will be held at the National Guard Armory in Guntersville, Alabama. For more information (click here) please contact Joyce Dixon at 256-878-8342, the tribal center at 256-582-2333 or email at ucanonline@bellsouth.net

The Anniston Star » Artrain makes Anniston stop this week
Artrain makes Anniston stop this week
By Shawn Ryan
Star Entertainment Editor
03-25-2007

If your idea of Native American art conjures up images of colorful blankets, pottery and turquoise jewelry, you may have been watching too many old Westerns.

These days, Native American art includes fine paintings, funky found-item works, elegant sculptures and handsome photography — in other words, any and all forms of visual art.

From Cherokee to Navajo, Chippewa to Mohawk, 54 such artists will be displaying their works in Anniston this week, part of the Artrain USA tour. Titled “Native Views,” the exhibition pulled into town Saturday — literally on a train — and will be open for business from Tuesday through Sunday.

“There are a lot of exhibits on artifacts and the history of the Native American culture, but not too many that show the native culture as a vibrant part of contemporary culture,” says Nathan Zamarron, tour manager with the Artrain. “This exhibit is attempting to break down some stereotypes of what Native American art really is and how we all, as Americans, have certain influences in common.”

To represent those universal relationships, the exhibition is divided into three categories: Influences from Popular Culture; Native Knowledge – Land, Science, Wisdom; and Cultural Modernism and Technology. Art on display includes such works as “Urban Indian Yuppies,” a basket created by Pat Courtney Gold of Oregon’s Wasco tribe, and the painting “Rose and Coyote Dressed up for the Heard Show” by Harry Fonseca of the Nisenan-Maidu culture in California.

The Artrain, a collection of five vintage railroad cars, will sit at 300 S. Noble St., in the former Shorty’s Southern Yard location, says Mike Galloway, director of tourism for the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring Artrain’s visit. Organizers had hoped to have it at the former Amtrak station on Fourth Street, Galloway says, but renovations are taking place there and the station currently doesn’t have the 450 feet of straight track needed for the exhibition.

Artrain USA is free. No reservations are needed, Galloway says. “Just show up.”

“Native Views” has been traveling on the Artrain since 2004, and it will end its tour in New Orleans in November, Zamarron says. “It takes three to four years to reach the entire country.”

The train generally travels to smaller cities whose residents might not have access to large art museums, he says.

“On one hand, it’s bringing exhibitions to people who otherwise wouldn’t see them,” Zamarron says. “And on the other, it’s building communities by providing all of the components for a large, community-wide event.”

Artrain USA

When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.
Where: 300 S. Noble St.
How much: Free.
Contact: 237-3536

Powwow Calendar and Links 2007
APRIL 14-15, 2007
Native Solutions 9th Annual Intertribal Pow Wow
Oxford Lake Park across from the tennis courts, Oxford, Alabama

Hours: Saturday 10-6; Sunday 10-5
Grand Entry: Saturday 11:00; Sunday 12:00

Host Drum-Four Winds HM-Jerry “Smitty” Smith HL-Jackie Dean MC-Gary Smith AD-Cowboy, Special Performance by Larry Campbell. All dancers and drums welcome Bring your own lawn chairs.

Admission: Adults $5.00; Elders 65 & up and children 12 & under-Free.

Contact: Mark or Ruth (256) 820-6315 or email: ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com

Spitzer Approves Plan for Indian Casino in Catskills – New York Times
Spitzer Approves Plan for Indian Casino in Catskills

By CHARLES V. BAGLI
Published: February 19, 2007

Gov. Eliot Spitzer has approved plans for a $600 million Las Vegas-style casino in the Catskills for the St. Regis Mohawk tribe and agreed to lead the effort to win federal approval — the biggest step yet in a 30-year struggle to bring gambling to the faded resort area.