Hello Mr. Kidd, I hope you are well. I’m not certain if you remember me. My name is Greta Franklin and I am the Associate Director of the James Farmer Multicultural Center at the University of Mary Washington. We met at Bill Miller’s performance two years ago. I believe you also attended Piscataway Indian Nation’s performance last year. I want to inform you about the programs our office and other departments are sponsoring for Native American Heritage Month this year. Below is a list of the programs and attached is the poster for the celebration. Please share this information with your tribal members, friends, colleagues, and any interested individuals. I hope you will be able to attend some of the programs. Thank you. Monday, November 18 | 6 p.m. | Lee Hall, room 412 “Weaving Time: Ancient Secrets Revealed In Mayan Textiles” The Pre-Columbian Highland Maya population was a literate society with advanced systems of science, mathematics, philosophy, esthetics and literature. A consequence of Spanish colonization was the destruction of libraries and the prohibition of Maya religious, scientific, economic or political advancement by the state. In a brilliant maneuver of cultural resistance, Maya women wove the jewels of cultural knowledge in symbols in every day textiles. Join Guadalupe Ramirez as she shares her continued journey to uncover the secrets of her ancestors. - Tuesday, November 19 | 6 p.m. | Combs Hall, room 237 Film and Discussion: Reel Injun Hollywood has made over 4000 films about Native people; over 100 years of movies defining how Indians are seen by the world. “Reel Injun” takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through the history of cinema. With candid interviews with directors, writers, actors and activists and clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema’s depiction of Native people from the silent film era to today. - Wednesday, November 20| 7 p.m. | Lee Hall, room 411 Native American Cultural Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mario Garza Dr. Mario Garza is an elder of the Meakan/Garzas Band of the Coahuiltecan people indigenous to the Texas and northeastern Mexico area. Since childhood, he has had an intense interest in art and music and is now an accomplished artist in sculpture, watercolors, pottery and flute playing. After serving two tours in Vietnam, Dr. Garza attended the University of Houston and Michigan State University, earning his Ph.D. in Political Science. He currently researches and presents educational lectures about Native Americans and has decades of involvement in the Native American community, including repatriation of remains, successful development of indigenous nonprofits, re-establishment of ceremonial sites, Native arts and events, and political issues. - Thursday, November 21 | 7:30 p.m. | Monroe Hall, room 116 “American Indians in the American Popular Imagination” The University of Mary Washington’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa is pleased to announce Philip J. Deloria as the 2013-2014 Visiting Scholar. Deloria is the Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Collegiate Professor, with a joint appointment in the departments of history and American culture, where he is currently the associate dean for undergraduate education in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. He has served as president of the American Studies Association, a council member of the Organization of American Historians, and a trustee of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, and is an elected member of the Society of American Historians and the American Antiquarian Society. Deloria is the author of two prize-winning books, Playing Indian and Indians in Unexpected Places, and coeditor of The Blackwell Companion to American Indian History and C.G. Jung and the Sioux Traditions: Dreams, Visions, Nature, and the Primitive by Vine Deloria Jr. He also has written numerous articles, essays, and reviews in the fields of American Indian studies, environmental history, and cultural studies. Greta Franklin Associate Director, Multicultural Affairs and the James Farmer Multicultural Center James Farmer Multicultural Center, Lee Hall, room 211 540-654-1044 gfrankli@umw
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