SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2012
All events take place in Anchorage, Alaska. If you have questions about these events, please contact the sponsoring entity listed or Alaska Native Heritage Month Board Member Shyanne Beatty at SBeatty@knba.org.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
The Kingikmiut Dancers and Singers of Anchorage
Chugiak Eagle River Neighborhood Library
11:00am
The Kingikmiut Dancers and Singers of Anchorage are a group of Alaska Native performers that share traditional Inupiat songs and dances. Most of the dances originated in the village of Wales (Kingik), one of the oldest villages on the Seward Peninsula, located 150 miles northwest of Nome and less than 50 miles east of mainland Siberia. The group performs a variety of dances, such as women's bench dances, women's and men's motion dances and common dances that can be performed by anyone by open invitation.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Intertribal Gathering
Alaska Native Heritage Center
10:00am -5:00pm
The Alaska Native Heritage Center celebrates Alaska Native and American Indian Heritage month with its annual Intertribal Gathering. Featured performers are NAMMY Award winner Medicine Dream, Xochiquetzal-Tiqun, Ke Kia`i A O Hula of Alaska, Mt. Susitna Drummers and the ANHC Dance Troupe. Come and enjoy the music, dance and games of the indigenous cultures of our nation. Alaska Native, Native American, Native Hawaiian and Mexican cultural dance and song and Arctic winter games will be presented throughout the day. The gathering will also feature many local Native artists demonstrating and showcasing their art. Admission is free!
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5
"10th Parallel"
Bear Tooth Theaterpub
5:30pm
Mark your calendars! In celebration of Alaska Native/American Indian Heritage Month, the Bear Tooth Theaterpub and Alaska Native and American Indian Heritage Month Board will be screening "10th Parallel"
"10th Parallel" : The Brazilian Amazon is home to the largest number of isolated indigenous peoples in the world. Close to the 10th Parallel South, on the border with Peru, the frontiersman José Carlos Meirelles founded the Ethno-environmental Protection Front of the Envira River. Without making any contact, his team set up land limits so that the Natives could live in freedom in the rainforest, protecting the environment. For 21 days we went up the Envira River, identified campsite remains and recorded meetings among Meirelles, anthropologist Txai Terri de Aquino and the riverside populations. These meetings discussed possible solutions for a peaceful coexistence, after a number of conflicts and thefts involving the “wild” Natives, with some casualties, brought instability to the region.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5
"More Than Frybread"
Bear Tooth Theaterpub
7:45pm
The Bear Tooth Theaterpub and Alaska Native and American Indian Heritage Month Board will be screening "More Than Frybread"
"More Than Frybread" : Twenty-two Native American frybread makers, representing all twenty-two federally recognized tribes in Arizona, convene in Flagstaff to compete for the first ever, first annual, state of Arizona Frybread Championship! The film takes a larger then life turn as four contestants (Tatanka Means, Teresa Choyguha, Dey & Nite and Camille Nighthorse) battle their way to compete for the title in the championship round. This is the frybread competition unlike any you have ever seen and the movie you can almost taste!
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
The Kingikmiut Dancers and Singers of Anchorage
Mountain View Neighborhood Library
4:00pm
The Kingikmiut Dancers and Singers of Anchorage are a group of Alaska Native performers that share traditional Inupiat songs and dances. Most of the dances originated in the village of Wales (Kingik), one of the oldest villages on the Seward Peninsula, located 150 miles northwest of Nome and less than 50 miles east of mainland Siberia. The group performs a variety of dances, such as women's bench dances, women's and men's motion dances and common dances that can be performed by anyone by open invitation.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Title VII Screening: "Reel Injun"
ASD Red Room
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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. Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond looks at how the myth of “the Injun” has influenced the world’s understanding – and misunderstanding – of Natives. With candid interviews with directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Jim Jarmusch,Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell and Russell Means, clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, including Stagecoach, Little Big Man, The Outlaw Josey Wales, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Atanarjuat the Fast Runner, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema’s depiction of Native people from the silent film era to today.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8
"Our Next Stage: The Alaska Native Playwrights Project
UAA Campus Bookstore
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Join in a panel discussion on the Alaska Native Playwrights Project with project founder Ed Bourgeois, mentor and teacher Jack Dalton, and playwrights Robin Lovelace, LM Heitman-Bruce and Lucas Rowley. Alaska Native Playwrights Project brings together writers, producers, actors and audiences to encourage Alaska Natives intrigued by this literary field. This free event is sponsored in celebration of Alaska Native/American Indian Heritage Month.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Alaska Native and American Indian Heritage Month Concert
Tap Root
9:00 pm – 2:00 am
Tap Root is proud to host this amazing night of music and art to celebrate Alaska Native Heritage Month, and the amazing art and music we have here in the great state of Alaska. Featuring music from Pamyua, with guests Shyanne Beatty, Allison Warden, and Liz Hensley. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Tickets are available in person at the Tap Root, or online at www.taprootalaska.com
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Alaska Native and American Indian Heritage Family Day
Anchorage Museum
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month through drumming and dancing performances and hands-on health activities including cooking demonstrations by Tlingit chef Rob Kinneen. Museum general admission is free all day thanks to Wells Fargo.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Alaska Native Visionary Awards
Snow Goose Theater
7:00 pm- 9:00 pm
The Alaska Native Heritage Month committee, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and Alyeska Pipeline presents the Alaska Native Visionary Awards, which is the first of its kind. There will be a Alaska Native Parka Fashion Show, screening of the brand new Pamyua video "Bubblegum" and some very well known Alaska Natives walking the runway. We will also have a piece of art done live at the show that will be auctioned off. Come enjoy free food, silent auction and door prizes.
It aims to recognize and honor Alaskan Natives who are perpetuating and preserving culture through artistic and visionary ventures such as film, photography, music, visual and literary art, performance art and so much more.
Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by calling 907-748-8804.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Title VII Screening: "Smoke Signals"
ASD Orange Room
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
When it comes to American Indians, Hollywood either trades in Injuntereotypes or dances with Disney. Forget that. Smoke Signals, written and directed by Indians, also casts Indians as Indians. "Notalians with long hair," says Sherman Alexie, 31, the Indian poet, novelist and short-story writer who brings a scrappy new voice to movies with his first screenplay. And what a comic, profane and poeticoice it is. Alexie explores the humor and heartbreak of being young and Indian and living on a reservation ("the rez") at the end of the twentieth century.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28
Title VII Screening: "Dear Lemon Lima"
ASD Ebony Room
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30
The Howard Rock and Ted Stevens Smokehouse Gala
Anchorage Hilton
VIP Party: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Gala: 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Proceeds benefit the First Alaskans Institute. H3 will provide Island Style Entertainment after the 5 course feast. The menu is uniquely Alaska Native - Pilot Bread is in the house!