OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Red Earth, Inc. is accepting applications for artists wishing to participate in the 2007 Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival juried art market scheduled June 6-8, 2008 at the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City. Applications are due no later than March 21, 2007.
Throughout its 21-year history the Red Earth Festival has garnered numerous awards including recognition as one of North America’s Top 100 Events by the American Bus Association, Oklahoma’s Outstanding Event by the Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department, and Central Oklahoma’s Outstanding Event by Frontier Country Marketing Association.
Nearly 300 juried artists from throughout the U.S. are expected to participate in the art market at the 2008 Red Earth Festival. Art applicants must submit their artwork for jury into the show, and are required to provide a tribal membership card, Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood, official document certifying Indian artisan, or Federal, State, or Tribal document establishing Indian lineage.
The Red Earth Festival features competition and exhibitor divisions and categories including Cultural Items (personal ornamentation, basketry, utilitarian, diversified); Painting, Drawing, Graphics & Photography; Jewelry (traditional, contemporary); Pottery (traditional, contemporary); Sculpture (metal, wood, stone) and Clothing, Textiles & Weaving.
Red Earth will award more than $32,000 to the winners of the juried art competition during an Artist Reception & Awards Ceremony scheduled Thursday, June 5 at the Cox Convention Center. The Grand Award, Red Earth’s highest art award, will be presented during the ceremony along with the President’s Award, Kathleen Everett Upshaw Award, Best of Division Awards, and first through third place in 18 categories.
Red Earth Festival art applications and guidelines can be obtained from the Red Earth website at www.redearth.org or by calling (405) 427-5228.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Dems reach out to Native Americans
By: Francisco Tharp
Women and African-Americans aren’t the only demographics receiving extra attention from Democrats this year. The party has also been reaching out to Native Americans.
“In the past, Native American voters have been ignored, or thought of in the last minute,” says Laura Harris of the Comanche Tribe. “What (Democratic National Committee Chairman) Howard Dean has done is incorporate us into the process, not just for our vote, but for our participation and economic support, too. It’s an exciting time to be a Native American and take our place in the political process of the U.S.”
Harris, who serves as the executive director of the nonprofit Americans for Indian Opportunity, is one of an “unprecedented” six Native Americans appointed to the Democratic National Convention’s standing committees. She’s just one example of how the Democratic Party is recognizing Native American issues and courting Indian voters.
When Dean took his seat as chairman of the Democratic Party in February 2005, he initiated the party’s “50 State Plan,” in order to “not write off voters who we didn’t expect to win, and not take for granted voters we thought we already had,” according to Democratic National Committee spokesman Damien LaVera.
The national party is working with state parties to hire full-time staff to reach out at a state level, rather than engaging only voters in key demographics or during election years. Every state, says LaVera, now has at least three full-time party employees. And four states – Arizona, Oklahoma, Alaska and New Mexico -- have full-time Native American party organizers.
Read more here: http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=17590
Women and African-Americans aren’t the only demographics receiving extra attention from Democrats this year. The party has also been reaching out to Native Americans.
“In the past, Native American voters have been ignored, or thought of in the last minute,” says Laura Harris of the Comanche Tribe. “What (Democratic National Committee Chairman) Howard Dean has done is incorporate us into the process, not just for our vote, but for our participation and economic support, too. It’s an exciting time to be a Native American and take our place in the political process of the U.S.”
Harris, who serves as the executive director of the nonprofit Americans for Indian Opportunity, is one of an “unprecedented” six Native Americans appointed to the Democratic National Convention’s standing committees. She’s just one example of how the Democratic Party is recognizing Native American issues and courting Indian voters.
When Dean took his seat as chairman of the Democratic Party in February 2005, he initiated the party’s “50 State Plan,” in order to “not write off voters who we didn’t expect to win, and not take for granted voters we thought we already had,” according to Democratic National Committee spokesman Damien LaVera.
The national party is working with state parties to hire full-time staff to reach out at a state level, rather than engaging only voters in key demographics or during election years. Every state, says LaVera, now has at least three full-time party employees. And four states – Arizona, Oklahoma, Alaska and New Mexico -- have full-time Native American party organizers.
Read more here: http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=17590
State says it can't stop destruction on Schaghticoke land
By: Gale Courey Toensing
KENT, Conn. - When Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell testified at a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing in May 2005, she claimed that there were no tribal reservations left in the state.
''We have few expanses of open or undeveloped land. Historical reservation lands no longer exist. They're now cities and towns filled with family homes, churches and schools,'' Rell said at the hearing, which is available at http://indian.senate.gov.
Now the state says it can't stop a non-Schaghticoke man from cutting down trees and excavating land on the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation's 400-acre reservation in Kent.
Tribal council member Joseph Velky, who is a nephew of STN Chief Richard Velky and a member of the nation's Environmental Committee, said he asked the Department of Environmental Protection Nov. 19 to intervene to stop the destruction. The DEP holds the land in trust for the tribe.
''Officials there and at the state police and the state's attorney's office said they couldn't intervene because they don't know who owns the land or who the leader of the Schaghticoke is,'' Joseph Velky said.
Get the rest of the story here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416754
KENT, Conn. - When Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell testified at a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing in May 2005, she claimed that there were no tribal reservations left in the state.
''We have few expanses of open or undeveloped land. Historical reservation lands no longer exist. They're now cities and towns filled with family homes, churches and schools,'' Rell said at the hearing, which is available at http://indian.senate.gov.
Now the state says it can't stop a non-Schaghticoke man from cutting down trees and excavating land on the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation's 400-acre reservation in Kent.
Tribal council member Joseph Velky, who is a nephew of STN Chief Richard Velky and a member of the nation's Environmental Committee, said he asked the Department of Environmental Protection Nov. 19 to intervene to stop the destruction. The DEP holds the land in trust for the tribe.
''Officials there and at the state police and the state's attorney's office said they couldn't intervene because they don't know who owns the land or who the leader of the Schaghticoke is,'' Joseph Velky said.
Get the rest of the story here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416754
'Spirited Encounters: American Indians Protest Museum Policies and Practices,' by Karen Coody Cooper
Book review - by Dale Carson
Everyone with an interest in anything ''American Indian'' or ''Native American,'' or in museums in general, and has a heart, must read this book.
I am usually cautious of being asked to review a book by someone I know thinking that just because I like them, I'll be tempted to say nothing but good things.
I do know the author of ''Spirited Encounters,'' a fun-loving, upbeat, kind, intelligent person, always with a great smile on her face, never ''down'' or negative.
I've known Karen Coody Cooper since the early '80s in many of her various capacities as an educator, historian, curator and friend.
When I started reading this book, I said to myself, ''Wow, I had no idea she was such a good writer, and so incredibly organized.'' My head hurt from nodding in agreement every other page or so, or thinking, ''Really? I didn't know that!''
She covers every Native experience with regard to museums and institutions and manages to explain protests, cover-ups and mistakes, and progress toward understanding in a straightforward way that keeps you right there, interested.
Every important aspect of the subject is covered and explored. The politics involved in the display of sacred objects, human remains, art, Columbus, Thanksgiving, and the effect protests have had on these and other subjects are carefully and clearly explained in a flowing, concerned manner without finger-pointing malice. Here are the facts presented in an interesting way that makes you want to understand the hows and whys of Native actions past and present. I couldn't be more honest or blunt when I say, ''Run, don't walk, to the nearest bookshop and get this book.''
Everyone with an interest in anything ''American Indian'' or ''Native American,'' or in museums in general, and has a heart, must read this book.
I am usually cautious of being asked to review a book by someone I know thinking that just because I like them, I'll be tempted to say nothing but good things.
I do know the author of ''Spirited Encounters,'' a fun-loving, upbeat, kind, intelligent person, always with a great smile on her face, never ''down'' or negative.
I've known Karen Coody Cooper since the early '80s in many of her various capacities as an educator, historian, curator and friend.
When I started reading this book, I said to myself, ''Wow, I had no idea she was such a good writer, and so incredibly organized.'' My head hurt from nodding in agreement every other page or so, or thinking, ''Really? I didn't know that!''
She covers every Native experience with regard to museums and institutions and manages to explain protests, cover-ups and mistakes, and progress toward understanding in a straightforward way that keeps you right there, interested.
Every important aspect of the subject is covered and explored. The politics involved in the display of sacred objects, human remains, art, Columbus, Thanksgiving, and the effect protests have had on these and other subjects are carefully and clearly explained in a flowing, concerned manner without finger-pointing malice. Here are the facts presented in an interesting way that makes you want to understand the hows and whys of Native actions past and present. I couldn't be more honest or blunt when I say, ''Run, don't walk, to the nearest bookshop and get this book.''
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