Aboriginal population skyrockets: Census Canada.
"In total, 1,172,790 people reported aboriginal identity -- North American Indian (First Nations people), Métis or Inuit... The report says several factors may account for the growth in the Aboriginal population, including:
* Demographic factors, such as high birth rates;
* More individuals identifying themselves as aboriginal;
* A reduction in the number of incompletely enumerated Indian reserves since 1996."
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Couple new beaded bracelets; random-colour "loomwork".
[Pics click to enlarge.]
Johnny helps out. I jerry-rigged the loom from cardboard, staples and a couple screws.
Add some sequins.
Tape threads down on backside, after finishing addition of sequins and cutting off the loom.
Stitching loomed piece to the leather. The leather went through a couple washes with a little bleach, couple rinses and the dryer; so, it shouldn't bleed.
Finished piece. For a small wrist; 5-5.75 inch.
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I gots the mad teardrop-fringe bead look. [or something like that]
5.75-6.75 inch wrist.
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Isuma TV
isuma story at Nunatsiaq News
"Igloolik's Isuma film production family launched a bold new project late last month: a free web site that offers hundreds of hours of internet video made by indigenous filmmakers..."
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2008 Student Artist Competition
Native Threads, through march 10, 2008.
"Native Threads is curated by Native American Joni Murphy, an art historian and faculty member of the Lawrence, Kansas, Haskell Indian Nations University.
According to Murphy, these quilts are traditionally not sold, but instead serve a variety of purposes and functions within the community. Some are used functionally as altar cloths, room dividers, bed covers, sweat lodge coverings and burial shrouds.
Others are offered as symbols of respect."
Native Customs; galleries of the brothers Glendale, artists.
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Art helps students, teacher pass along cultural values
"Following a tradition of passing along cultural values, Sacaton Middle School students and their teacher, Amil Pedro, are displaying art and tools at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts through Jan. 30..."
Amil Pedro is an artist and listed as an ATLATL MANUFACTURER.
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New work and performance for Brent Micheal Davids.
"The late "Stands with Eagles" Louis Ballard made it his life's mission to illuminate the unique motivations behind Native American music. The ISO pays homage to Ballard with both Incident at Wounded Knee and the World Premiere of Indiana Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, completed posthumously by his protégé Brent Michael Davids..."
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Tribal Council Approves Arts and Crafts Act
"For far too long, non-Native Americans or others claiming to be members of non-recognized tribes have sold art as true Native American art. This Act will help to stop some of these sales. Anyone buying Native American art in the Cherokee Nation can be better assured that the piece was created by a true Native American."
US Dept. of the Interior; Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990.
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Vote and help pick the "best Native films".
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Help tag and comment the (USA) Library of Congress photo collection; on Flickr.
[Pic clicks to Flickr page.]
[Pic clicks to large detail.]
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A Chinese construction worker -and blogger- was beaten to death by Chinese "urban management officers", for filming their beating of villagers who had disallowed dumping of city garbage in their town.
CNN Asia story.
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