Odessa, FL – Spirit People’s early Fall Powwow is expected to continue the success of their first powwow held last September at J.B. Starkey Ranch in Odessa, FL. That event drew an estimated 2,500 visitors from 15 different tribes featuring: Cherokee, Mohawk, Apache, Lakota, Shawnee, Choctaw, Comanche, Seminole, Creek, Oneida, Seneca, and others.
This will be the 2nd annual fall powwow for Spirit People Intertribal, a multi-cultural organization which focuses on the teachings of our people. The three-day event will run from Friday, September 21 through Sunday, September 23.
“There is nothing that promotes understanding of my people throughout the general populace quite like a powwow. It builds a bridge to all non-Indian peoples where we can see each other in a sacred way,” claims Pam Davison, also known as Waterbird.
“The Powwow gives us the opportunity to expose the community to Indian culture and life, the living history that is still a part of American society.”
“To dance in offering of our gratitude to Great Spirit for this life, to celebrate our culture and ancestral traditions, to learn, and to grow,” Davison said.
Storytelling, flute playing, and other artists will be among the vendors and educators who will travel from as far away as Canada to visit Starkey Ranch off of State Road 54 in Odessa. The gate opens at 10 am with activities beginning around 1 pm each day. Everyone attending on Friday will receive a free hotdog and chips. Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Featured Artist - Jesse Hummingbird
Jesse T. Hummingbird, 3/4 Cherokee and tribal member of the Cherokee Nation, was born in 1952 in Tahlequah, OK. This well known Cherokee artist has won awards for his paintings at major shows across the country. He most recently won the best of division for painting at the Heard Museum Indian Market; second place in painting at the SW Arts Festival in Indio, CA.
Jesse won Best of division in two dimensional art at the Albuquerque Indian Art 2000 exposition; and 1st place in painting and etching categories at the SWAIA Indian Market in Santa Fe. Jesse was the Inter Tribal Ceremonial poster artist in 1992 and the Bien Mur poster artist in 1999. He has published three children's coloring books with The Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN.
In 1996 he was named artist of the year by the Indian Arts and Crafts Association and received a fellowship from SWAIA that same year. Jesse was featured in an article in the 1999 fall issue of Native Artist magazine. Interviews and his images have been featured in several published books.
He recently was commissioned by Indian Motorcycle to complete one of his figures on the new Indian motorcycle...... a painting he titled "Spotted Dog and His Ride."
Jesse paints in the traditional flat style of the Oklahoma Natives with acrylic on canvas for his bright contemporary original paintings. The geometric faces in his paintings are an outgrowth of his popular mixed media masks.
Check it out! http://www.nativeart.net/artist.php?ucode=txiv2r
Jesse won Best of division in two dimensional art at the Albuquerque Indian Art 2000 exposition; and 1st place in painting and etching categories at the SWAIA Indian Market in Santa Fe. Jesse was the Inter Tribal Ceremonial poster artist in 1992 and the Bien Mur poster artist in 1999. He has published three children's coloring books with The Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN.
In 1996 he was named artist of the year by the Indian Arts and Crafts Association and received a fellowship from SWAIA that same year. Jesse was featured in an article in the 1999 fall issue of Native Artist magazine. Interviews and his images have been featured in several published books.
He recently was commissioned by Indian Motorcycle to complete one of his figures on the new Indian motorcycle...... a painting he titled "Spotted Dog and His Ride."
Jesse paints in the traditional flat style of the Oklahoma Natives with acrylic on canvas for his bright contemporary original paintings. The geometric faces in his paintings are an outgrowth of his popular mixed media masks.
Check it out! http://www.nativeart.net/artist.php?ucode=txiv2r
Lumbees push for legislation
By: Venita Jenkins
WASHINGTON — Lumbee Tribal Chairman Jimmy Goins on Wednesday tried to convince a congressional committee that the administrative path to federal recognition is broken and that legislation is the only way his tribe will obtain that status.
The tribe has a long, unhappy history with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which oversees the recognition process, Goins said. He said the bureau has an institutional bias against nonrecognized tribes and should not be in charge of processing the petitions of groups seeking federal status.
“The mission of the BIA is to serve and protect the interest of federally recognized tribes,” he said. “This being so, it is not fair to either the BIA or non-federally recognized tribes to expect the BIA to also pass on the status of other Indian groups.”
Goins made his comments to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. He suggested that an independent commission determine whether tribes receive recognition.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=272789
WASHINGTON — Lumbee Tribal Chairman Jimmy Goins on Wednesday tried to convince a congressional committee that the administrative path to federal recognition is broken and that legislation is the only way his tribe will obtain that status.
The tribe has a long, unhappy history with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which oversees the recognition process, Goins said. He said the bureau has an institutional bias against nonrecognized tribes and should not be in charge of processing the petitions of groups seeking federal status.
“The mission of the BIA is to serve and protect the interest of federally recognized tribes,” he said. “This being so, it is not fair to either the BIA or non-federally recognized tribes to expect the BIA to also pass on the status of other Indian groups.”
Goins made his comments to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. He suggested that an independent commission determine whether tribes receive recognition.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=272789
Indian site sold to couple
By: James Buescher
YORK COUNTY, Pa. - "We're still here, and we're watching."
American Indian groups couldn't stop the auction Thursday of land that includes important archaeological sites related to the Susquehannock tribe. But the presence of about 20 Indians, some with homemade signs, sent a clear message to any potential buyers who might have plans to develop the parcel.
In the end, the 26-acre Leibhart property at 534 Boat House Road in York County's Lower Windsor Township was sold Thursday to a Dover couple, Teresa and Donald Grove, for $1.51 million.
The property, just across the Susquehanna River from Lancaster County, includes a historic three-story farmhouse and three dozen lots that are rented for riverside recreation, bringing in about $37,000 per year, according to auctioneer Bradley K. Smith.
There's more here: http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/209752
YORK COUNTY, Pa. - "We're still here, and we're watching."
American Indian groups couldn't stop the auction Thursday of land that includes important archaeological sites related to the Susquehannock tribe. But the presence of about 20 Indians, some with homemade signs, sent a clear message to any potential buyers who might have plans to develop the parcel.
In the end, the 26-acre Leibhart property at 534 Boat House Road in York County's Lower Windsor Township was sold Thursday to a Dover couple, Teresa and Donald Grove, for $1.51 million.
The property, just across the Susquehanna River from Lancaster County, includes a historic three-story farmhouse and three dozen lots that are rented for riverside recreation, bringing in about $37,000 per year, according to auctioneer Bradley K. Smith.
There's more here: http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/209752
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