The annual conference of the Sequoyah Commission will be held September 2-3, 2010 in Tahlequah. Congrats to Richard Allen for another job well done in putting together this event. Agenda can be downloaded here: State of Sequoyah Commission Conference Agenda 2010 (2)
America Meredith is teaching Native American Art History I and II this semester and has shared her syllabi. The Native American Art History I course covers pre-contact to late 19th century. The Native American Art History II course picks up with late 19th century thru 1960. Both links open in Word.
Lisa LaRue (UKB) has been named the 2008 Native Artist of the Year by Oklahoma Music Awards. ICT’s story here. Lisa is the UKB tribal historic preservation officer. Congrats Lisa.
Ran across this blog of Indigenous Foods recipes. Hope many of you will add your Cherokee dishes to their list. I don’t think Frito Chili Pies count, but the UKB election season is right around the corner, so there’s bound to be some good cookin’ on the way.
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/homepage/local_story_034002354.html
The Muskogee Phoenix has this article on Tonia Weavel’s Cherokee textile work. She is the education director for the Cherokee Heritage Center (Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc.). I admire her work, and I like the notion she shares with many Cherokee artists regarding the evolution of Cherokee art. The art should reflect who are as a people now. Why not the same progressive evolutionary movement in other aspects of the Cherokee humanities: legal thought, jurisprudence, philosophy?
