"...multi-purpose cards which will serve as Tribal Member ID, Border-crossing (from and to Ontario, Canada) control and passport-backup ID cards. The technology stores the individual's fingerprint minutiae..."
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There are some long-overdue updates and a new posting at Anurag Art Online. Please check out my bronze guys' webpage.
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I've been experimenting with peyote stitch; these pieces are "ruffled" peyote stitch. Starting with bracelets and necklaces; may try earrings.
[Pics click to enlarge.]
A couple finished pieces:
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These pics show the first stages of a "ruffled" peyote stitch necklace. I'll post the finished product, shortly.
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UCLA American Indian Studies Center.
"The American Indian Studies Center is an Organized Research Unit (ORU), and as such, its mission is to promote research, education, and community service within an academic framework."
Actress stays true to native roots.
"The troupe was so impressed with Johnson that they quickly chose to induct her as a full-fledged member of the ensemble.
"Falen is a generous and focused actor and is wonderful to work with," said group co-founder Michelle St.John. "She has brought a great deal of enthusiasm and youthful energy to Turtle Gals."
North Carolina Native art show. NC state fairgrounds, February 22-24, 2008.
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Indian Arts Research Center
"... houses one of the world's most significant collections of traditional Southwest Indian arts and artifacts, spanning the 450-year period from Spanish contact to the present. These collections and a range of associated programs have made the IARC an outstanding cultural and educational resource for the Native American community, researchers, scholars, and the public."
The Dubin Fellowship deadline is March 15.
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Hey. US artists in 'emerging arts', look at Creative Capital grants.March 4 deadline.
"2008 Grants: Emerging Fields, Innovative Literature and Performing Arts."
The Longhouse Education and Cultural Center Evergreen State Colleg, Washington.
"The Longhouse exists to provide service and hospitality to students, the college, and surrounding Native communities. With a design based in the Northwest Indigenous Nations' philosophy of hospitality, its primary functions are to provide a gathering place for hosting cultural ceremonies, classes, conferences, performances, art exhibits and community events."
Turquoise Rose, "What Navajo made that movie?"
I found an interesting "cellini spiral" tutorial, at Tarnhelm.com. A type of round peyote stitch; I'll post with any experiments, later.
There is a March 8 postmark deadline for artist internships at Franconia Sculpture Park, in Taylors Falls, MN.
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National Post article, Natives roll the dice on life after casino.
"Certainly, whatever wealth casinos promise to First Nations communities threaten greater social risks than something like a power mall or a natural gas well. But then, few communities are blessed with substantial rich resource deposits (and much of that wealth ends up in the hands of the federal government, anyway, which controls the mineral rights)..."
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