Town Meeting

The Town Meeting is an opportunity for students and HUNAP staff to
discuss programmatic events, community events, and issues unique to the
Native experience at Harvard. Dinner will be provided.

OPEN TO HUNAP COMMUNITY ONLY

20th Annual Cultural Rhythms

Harvard Intertribal Indian Dance Troupe (HIIDT) will be performing at the 20th
Annual Cultural Rhythms Show.  Cultural Rhythms promises to be a great
show, featuring dancing and singing from various ethnic groups on campus.

Tickets are $12, and they are available at the Harvard Box Office
(617.496.2222) with a Harvard ID (2 tickets per ID).  Get your tickets ASAP
because this show WILL sell out.

Guest Host: Jada Pinkett-Smith, actress, wife of Will Smith

HUNAP Student Retreat

OPEN TO HUNAP COMMUNITY ONLY

Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Time: 5:30 PM
Location:
Geological Lecture Hall
24 Oxford Street

Thursday, March 10, 2005

Time: 6 :00 PM
Location:
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location:
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106

April 8-9, 2005

Location: Harvard University , Barker Center , Thompson Room
( 12 Quincy Street , Cambridge , MA )

Other Info: Open to the Public, No registration fees

Conference Agenda

The Harvard University Native American Program & Harvard University Committee on Ethnic Studies presents:

"From the Gospel to Sovereignty: Commemorating 350 Years of the
Harvard Indian College"

In commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the Harvard Indian College
(1655-2005), the Harvard University Native American Program and the
Harvard University Committee on Ethnic Studies will co-host a conference
focusing on the Harvard Indian College - the past and the future.  The
conference panels will cover the history of the Indian college, memories of
the native experience at Harvard, gender and education, memory through
material culture, and local tribal memories.  An opening ceremony will take
place on Friday morning to honor and remember Harvard's first Native
American students, to honor the local tribal communities, and honor the
Charter of 1650 and Harvard's commitment to the education of American
Indians.  Susan Power ( Harvard College and Harvard Law School alumna)
will give the keynote address on Friday, April 8th at 5:00pm . More information
on the panels, panelists, and events will be made available on the HUNAP
website.

Harvard Native alumni are especially encouraged to attend the conference.
Please contact the HUNAP office for more information at: 617-495-4923, hunap@harvard.edu .

Visit the Conference Website at: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Eamciv/FromTheGospelToSovereignty.htm

Spring 2005 Brown Bag Seminar Series

Harvard College Senior Thesis Writers: Martha Casillas and Kyle Scherer

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La Virgen Xicana-- how appropriations of the original image of La Virgen
de Guadalupe affect and reflect the Xicana consciousness

Martha I. Casillas (Aztec/Mexica) is a senior at Harvard College concentrating
in Social Studies and certified in Latin American Studies. A Chicana from Los
Angeles, California , Martha has focused her studies on Latina religious
iconography. She will present her senior thesis work concerning La Virgen
de Guadalupe in relation to the feminine Mexican identity.
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Investigating the Saliance of "Cultural Match": Cross-cultural Case studies
from the Reservations of Indian Country and the Bantustans of South Africa

Kyle Scherer (Munsee Delaware) is senior at Harvard College pursuing a BA
in self-designed concentration, American Public Policy and American Indian
Politics. Serving as a clerk this past summer at the South African Land
Claims Court , he is actively involved in issues surrounding native-title
restitution and hopes to, next year, work for an organization promoting
indigenous land rights for Aboriginal Australians. His presentation explores
the truth of statement, examining how cultural match intersects with self-
determination and, more interestingly, the salience of the “culture”
component of this approach to development.

For more information, visit:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hunap/news_brownbag05CasillasScherer.htm

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Exhibit:

Breaking the Silence: Nineteenth-Century Indian Delegations in
Washington , D.C.
April 14, 2005–October 23, 2005
Opening Reception 5:00PM; Curators' Talk 5:45 PM

Breaking the Silence examines a selection of photographs taken by the
McClees Gallery and the Addis Studio in Washington, D.C., 1858-1867, of
Native American delegates to the U.S. government. The exhibit explores the
context for these visits, the identities of the individuals portrayed, and the use
of this type of photography in fashioning an iconic image of the Native
American, an image that persisted well into the 20th century and in some
ways still survives.

Biographical information and interviews with descendents restore their voice
by providing descriptions of the delgates' experiences in Washington and, in
their own words, describe the actions and decisions they had to make for
their people during this tumultuous time.

For more information please visit the Peabody Museum Web Site:
http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/current_events.html or
http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/galleries/silence.htm

Spring 2005 Brown Bag Seminar Series

Skeletons in the American Attic:
Curiosity, Science, and the Appropriation of the American Indian Past

Judy Kertesz (Lumbee), a GSAS doctoral candidate, cites the 1665
Fellowship as the most meaningful among her many distinctions. A student
of history, she reflects, "When I first came to Harvard,I had no idea that 350
years previously, young men from the Wampanoag Confederacy walked the
grounds that I traverse every day." It is with this sense of purpose and being,
Kertesz will present elements of research gathered from casting a wide net
in hopes of retrieving printed materials from proceedings and accession
records of learned, philosophical and historical societies from New England
to Washington, DC.

For more information, visit:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hunap/news_brownbag05Kertesz.htm

10th Annual Harvard Pow Wow

Join us for our annual Arts and Cultural Festivities!

MC: Vince Beyl, Bemidji, MN
Arena Director: Elijah Hutchinson, New York, NY
Head Lady Dancer: Jackie Old Coyote, Crow Nation, MT
Head Man Dancer: Brent Maracle, Akwesasne, NY
Host Drum: Mystic River Singers

**All drums and dancers welcome**
***Day money for participants***
****Plentiful FREE parking****

For more information on our 10th annual traditional powwow,
please visit the powwow website:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hunap/news_powwow05.htm

or, see the powwow flyer (.pdf) at:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hunap/PowwowFlyer.pdf

OPEN TO PUBLIC

Spring 2005 Brown Bag Seminar Series
1665 Caleb Cheeshateamuck Fellow

The Role of Sovereignty and Community Control in Creating Excellence
for At-Risk Youth in Education.

Kerry R. Venegas, a second-year GSE doctoral student with a specialization
in Communities and Schools will present elements of her research
addressing the outcomes for at-risk American Indian/Alaska Native youth in
alternative educational programs will providing applicable best practices for
both tribal and public educational agencies seeking to serve these students.

For more information, visit: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hunap/news_brownbag05Venegas.htm

April 29-30, 2005

HUNAP Recruitment Booth

Time: Staffed during most hours of the powwow
Location: "The Pit" at UNM

Gathering of Nations Powwow Recruitment

HUNAP Recruitment & Alumni Reception
Friday, April 29, 2005
5:00pm-7:00pm
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute at The Hogan
9169 Coors NW
(Only 10 miles from The Pit, exit 232 off of I-25)
Enjoy delicious food and soft drinks

The Harvard College Committee on Ethnic Studies and The Harvard University Native American Program with The Department of English presents:

Daniel Heath Justice

"Tending the Fires of Nationhood: Indigenous Literary Expression and the Decolonization Imperative"

Professor Justice will speak about his forthcoming book, OUR FIRE
SURVIVES THE STORM , the first full-length study of Cherokee literature,
which is already widely regarded as a major breakthrough in Native
American literary criticism. This public lecture is part of the year long
Commemoration of the 350 th Anniversary of the Harvard Indian College ,
and the English department seminar, “The Landscape of Contemporary
Literature.” One of the most important and intriguing new voices in Native
American literary studies, Professor Justice will speak to the power of
ongoing conversations in Native American studies that redefine frameworks
for understanding Native sovereignty and identity.

For more information, visit:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hunap/DanielJustice.htm

June 2-5, 2005

Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Peabody Museum

The Peabody Museum hosts...

The Irma Bailey Native American Arts & Crafts Show and Sale

For more than 50 years, Irma Bailey has collected, supported and sold the
finest in Native American Arts and Crafts, especially from the American
Southwest. A favorite of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Irma Bailey will reutrn for her 30th show at the Peabody Museum, June 2,
2005 through June 5, 2005 and will discuss collecting Native American Arts
at a special program on Friday, June 3.

Schedule of Events:

Sale:
Thursday, June 2-Sunday, June 5, 2005, 9 am - 5 pm, Peabody Museum

Opening NIght Reception:
Thursday, June 2, 5 pm - 7 pm, Peabody Museum

Program
Friday, June 3, 6 pm, Yenching Institute, 2 Divnity Ave., Cambridge
Undersatnding Southwest Native American Arts and Crafts, a discussion
with Castle McLaughlin, Peabody Museum Associate Curator, and Imra
Bailey. Free and Open to the Public.

The Peabody Museum is located at 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge and is open
daily from 9 am- 5 pm. Sale, reception and discussion events are free to the
public. For directions or further information about the Peabody Museum,
please call 617-496-1027 or visit our web site at www.peabody.harvard.edu.

The Harvard University Native American Program, Harvard College
Admissions and Financial Aid Office Host

College Horizons

The Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP) and the Harvard
College of Admissions and Financial Aid will proudly host the June 25-29,
2005 College Horizons workshop. The College Horizons is a five-day pre-
college workshop for talented Native American, Alaskan Natives, and Native
Hawaiian high school students (current sophomores and juniors). With a
team of experienced college counselors and nation-wide admissions
officers, students will prepare for the college admissions and financial aid
process.

Please be aware that HUNAP and Harvard College are not responsible for
the College Horizons application process, interested applicants must contact
the College Horizons staff directly (please see below). The on-site
coordinator of the College Horizons program at Harvard is Jackie Old Coyote,
Visiting Administrative Fellow of HUNAP. For any questions related to HUNAP
and Harvard College hosting College Horizons, please contact 617-495-4923 or hunap@harvard.edu.

For more information, please visit: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hunap/news_collegehorizons.htm or
http://www.whitneylaughlin.com/horizons.html