President Obama Speaks at the Tribal Nations Conference

President Obama Speaks at the Tribal Nations Conference last week

Get the FULL Text at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/12/05/remarks-president-tribal-nations-conference

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American Indian Society of Washington DC (AIS) Calendar Of Events

AIS Meetings 1^st Wed. of every month – 7:30 pm (Jan 2, Feb 6, Mar 6, Apr  3)
The Church of St. Clement Episcopal, 1701 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, VA

Baltimore American Indian Center Cultural Classes - Thursdays 6:00-9:00
pm; Holistic Health Services – Thursdays 11:00 am-3:00 pm (call 410.675.3535 or email  thomas.melody.c@gmail.com)
Baltimore American Indian Center, 113 South Broadway, Baltimore, MD. 410-675-3535. www.baic.org

Dec 15 – AIS Christmas Crafts Bazaar (Setup 9 am, Doors open at 10 am, Close at 4 pm) and
Christmas Party (6 pm), The Church of St. Clement Episcopal, 1701 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, VA.
Please bring potluck dish for Christmas Party. To participate in gift  exchange, bring unisex gifts: adults  $10 gift/children $5 gift. Vendors contact Mitchell Bush 804.241.5462.

Jan 12 – Morning Star Celebration, 13^th Annual Benefit powwow for St. Labre Indian School (suggested donation $5/ adult, $2/child), John Carroll School, 703 E. Churchville Rd, Bel Air, MD 21014 (I-95, exit 85, follow Rt. 22 to Bel Air, school on left). Contact Gary Scholl 410-838-8333 x 2002 or glsjcs@yahoo.com website: http://morningstarpowwow.com

AMERICAN INDIAN INAUGURAL BALL – JANUARY 18-21, 2013

Jan 18 – Lounge Reception, 1700 Lounge (cover charge applies-open to all), Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202

Jan 19 – Inaugural Ball Pow Wow (afternoon Gourd Dance, early evening  Grand Entry), Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202

Jan 20 – American Indian Inaugural Ball, Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700  Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202

Jan 21 – Inaugural Ball Brunch, Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202

Info: aisball2013@live.com          Website: www.aisball2013.com

Volunteers for American Indian Inaugural Ball

A few volunteers are needed for assistance with various activities for
the American Indian Inaugural Ball being held on Sunday, January 20, 2013.
Volunteers & Assistance is needed for:

• Friday evening, January 18^th,
• Saturday, January 19^th,
• And especially for Sunday, January 20^th, the day and evening of the ball.

Please send email indicating your availability and any areas of expertise to: aisball2013@live.com

Your kind assistance will be rewarded with a discounted (or even free!)  ticket to the ball.

2013 Pow-Wows

1. June 1-2
   Fredericksburg Pow-Wow, Fredericksburg, VA Fairgrounds
2. July 13-14
   Howard County Pow-Wow, 1022 Fairgrounds Rd, West Friendship,  MD 21794;
3. Nov 15-17
   Great American Indian Exposition & Pow-Wow,
   The Showplace,
   3000 Mechanicsville Turnpike,
   Richmond, VA 23223
   Contact: Barry Richardson 252-532-0821 email: powwow@vance.net

CHECK the AIS Website at www.aisdc.org for updates on events between  newsletters.

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DC Intertribal Drum Circle (this Sat!)

DC Intertribal Drum Circle

Calling all Handrum carriers!

The DC Drum Circle is back & taking 2012 by storm!

Then bring out your hand-drums, because we will be holding an “Intro to a Drum Circle & Blessing” in Washington, DC this Saturday afternoon (May 19) at 3:00. We will conduct a blessing, then be learning a bit about Drum Etiquette & then learn a hand drum song to start out with.

Location: 520 10TH STREET NW, SECOND FLOOR | WASHINGTON DC 20004

Bring your Hand Drums, Flutes and rattles, & lets have some fun!

Drumming can be healing, meditative, relaxing and/or energizing. It can take you on a journey deep within yourself or to other levels of consciousness. Whether you play a drum, shake a rattle, dance, sing and chant, or simply sit back and take it all in, we all create the circle together.

So come. Bring a drum, bring a rattle or just bring yourself, and join us for an afternoon of healing, rhythm and spirit. No previous drumming or drum circle experience required, only an open heart and an open mind. All types of drums and percussion instruments welcome as well as didgeridoos and flutes.

FWD This to your friends!

The DC Intertribal Drum Circle in Downtown Washington, DC is this Sat., May 19 at 3:00 – 5:00 pm at Luminous Warrior (right near the Hard Rock Cafe in DC).

* In Feb’s Drum Circle, we learned about Drum protocol, learned some common drum beats, a Dawning Song and corresponding Round Dance too.
* In March’s Drum Circle, we learned about the “Healing Sounds” & corresponding Chakras.
* In April’s Drum Circle, we learned even more about that Drum that has been hanging on your wall all this time & created drumsticks for YOUR handdrum.
* In this months Drum Circle, we will be learning another song, the song of the Ripeners (the Insect People) an Emergance Song from our Dine’ Creation Story.

You can read more here
http://luminouswarrior.com/upcoming-events/dc-intertribal-drumming-circle.
Next event is next Sat., May 19 at 3pm. Hope to see you then!
Sign-up below!!

Energy Exchange: $10 donation requested (all donations gratefully accepted).

Sign up at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/273766856053120/
or
email Evans (evans@evanscraig.com ) or Sara (sara@luminouswarrior.com )
(202)710-2995      and      (202) 670-7086

Come on out for the DC InterTribal Drum Circle all summer!
Planning on scheduling some on the Mall!
Our Schedule is here: http://bit.ly/lwdrumcircle

(usually the third weekend of every month)

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Shamanic Drum Making Workshop and Sound Therapy

Shamanic Drum Making

& Drumming Sound Therapy

with Azurae Windwalker

Sun. July 1, 10 am – 5pm Drum making
6 – 8 pm Drumming Sound Therapy

at the Amethyst Center near Roanoke VA

Make you own ”Tree of Life Drum” on July 1, 2012

Make your own drum, awaken it as a healing tool, and learn rhythms and healing techniques for healing self and Mother Earth.

Experience the satisfaction of crafting your own instrument from a Shamanic teacher with 25 years experience in drum making and sound therapy drumming.

Hundreds now enjoy Tree of Life Drums. Our drums are very resonating and stay tuned much longer than others in humid weather. Women make these easily as the design requires more craftsmanship than strength. In the Sound Therapy Drumming workshop you will learn advanced how to use a variety of drum beats in your practice. And combine your drumming with chanting, energy medicine, sacred geometry, shamanic journey and meditation.

You will awaken your drum as an instrument of healing in sacred ceremony! Azurae is a member of the American Women’s Indigenous Drum Society and the Red Feather Medicine Singers

Times:

Drum Making – 10 am – 5 pm.
Sound Therapy Drumming 6 pm – 8 pm.

Make a down payment of $100 two weeks before (by June 20.) the workshop to buy materials.Total payment of $250 includes materials, instruction, workbook and sound therapy workshop. Attend Sound Therapy Drumming workshop only for $75. Bring a potluck dish to share and sharp sissors.

Send your $100 Deposit by June 20 to:

Azurae Windwalker
4443 Quarterwood Rd.,
Thaxton, VA 24174

Call 540-947-2423 or  azuraewwlkr8@earthlink.net   to register
www.theAmethystCenter.com

Registration & Directions.doc

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Come on out for the DC InterTribal Drum Circle
Our Schedule is here: http://bit.ly/lwdrumcircle

(usually the third weekend of every month)

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Champion Hoop Dancer Waya Dimalanta Scheduled to appear at Frederick, MD Pow-Wow (Schedule and Discount Flier Attached)

Press Release

FREDERICK, MARYLAND POW-WOW SCHEDULED FOR MAY 2012:
Champion Hoop Dancer Waya Dimalanta Scheduled to appear
Frederick Fairgrounds, 797 E. Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21705

Hollister, NC- Pow-Wow, an American Indian owned and operated company, will sponsor the Frederick , Maryland American Indian Pow-Wow and Show at the E-Eventplex at the Frederick Fairgrounds ( 797 E. Patrick Street Frederick , MD 21705 ) on May 19-20, 2012. The Pow-Wow is an opportunity for the public to interact with American Indian dancers, singers, drummers, artists and craftspersons. This event is an attempt by Pow-Wow to educate the public about American Indians, past and present, through the arts.

Champion Hoop Dancer Waya Dimanlanta (Lumbee/Haliwa Tribe) will perform at the Frederick, Maryland pow-wow daily. Native American Hoop Dance is a form of storytelling incorporating anywhere from one to 30 hoops as props, which are used to create shapes, or formations, representing various animals, symbols, and storytelling elements. It is generally performed by a solo dancer with many hoops.

During the dance, shapes are formed in storytelling ritual such as the butterfly, the eagle, the snake, and the coyote, with the hoop symbolizing the never-ending circle of life. Native American Hoop dance focuses on very rapid moves, and the construction of hoop formations around and about the body. In elaborate sequences of moves, the hoops are made to interlock, and in such a way they can be extended from the body of the dancer to form appendages such as wings and tails. The hoops are often handmade by the dancers out of simple plastic piping (though some are made of wood) and wrapped in colorful tapes.

The pow-wow is an opportunity for the public to interact with American Indian dancers in regalia (outfits), singers, drummers, artists, and crafts persons. American Indian actor Apesanahkat (Menominee) will participate in the pow-wow Saturday and Sunday. His films include: “ Sioux City ”, “Dudes”, “Bagdad Café” and “Dark Horizon”. His television works include: “ Babylon 5”, “ Walker , Texas Ranger”, “Northern Exposure” and so much more.

On Saturday, gates will open at 11:00AM, and the event will kick off with a parade of nations (grand entry) at 12:00 noon. Tribes will be represented at this year’s event, and they include: Haliwa-Saponi, Piscataway, Chickahominy, Rappahannock, Cherokee, Sioux, Iroquois, Lumbee, Hopi, Mattaponi , Nansemond, Choctaw, Navajo, and other Tribes and nations.

Fun activities for children include: Storytelling, pony rides, face painting, tipi visit, bow ‘n’arrow shooting and Firedancer Juan Salinas of the Aztec Dancers.

The public will be able to purchase some of the finest Native American crafts available. Items for sale include turquoise jewelry, moccasins, beadwork, rugs, books, paintings and dreamcatchers to name a few. Buffalo stew, fried bread, Indian corn soup and buffalo burgers are just a few of the Native American food items that will be on sale at the event.

Admission to the Pow-Wow is as follows: Saturday –Sunday: Ages 3-12: $5:00 Ages 13-up: $8.00.

For more information regarding the pow-wow, please call the show promoter at (252) 532-0821 or send e-mail to: powwow@vance.net This is not a web-site.

TELEVISION AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITES

Contact: Barry Richardson-Pow-Wow President

(252) 532-0821 (e-mail: powwow@vance.net)

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Navajo Nation State of the Union Address

Direct from the Navajo Nation Washington Office

Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly showed unity today by showcasing the work Vice President Rex Lee Jim has been doing for the Navajo Nation during the first day of the Spring Session of the Navajo Nation Council.

Vice President Jim spoke for nearly 20 minutes and delivered the State of the Nation almost entirely in Navajo.

Though Vice President Jim spoke mostly in Navajo, he followed the English written State of the Nation, and his speech outlined some of the initiatives the administration and Vice President Jim have accomplished and are working toward.

Vice President Jim also announced the successful passage of a waiver that saved Indian Health Service and 638 contract health centers as much as $24 million in Medicaid and Medicare funding.

Due to a $1 billion deficit, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer proposed state Medicare and Medicaid cutbacks, but provided a waiver for American Indian tribes in Arizona. The federal government approved her waiver for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS).

“This waiver also means keeping the doors of health care open for 50,000 Navajo people enrolled in AHCCCS,” according to the written speech

Vice President Jim updated the Council about a planned 2012 Navajo Nation Food Policy Summit, in which health leaders would explore solutions with a food policy to address obesity on the Navajo Nation.

The Navajo Department of Health estimates that 40 percent of Navajo people are obese, and obesity is a contributing factor for heart attacks, heart disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases.

The summit would bring in Navajo culture into the discussion, and explore the spiritual and nutritional role in a historical perspective while using more current data, Vice President Jim said.

Using the written speech, Vice President Jim said “our people are our strength, and we, as leaders, must lead our people to greater prosperity and opportunities, while keeping our culture alive and strong.”

(see more at http://nnwo.org/content/president-shelly-and-vice-president-jim-gives-state-nation-address )

Evans Craig, Dine’ from Shiprock, NM, Navajo Nation, USA

dcnatives DC Intertribal Drum Circle is back! – Sat., Feb. 25 at 3:00-5:00

DC Intertribal Drum Circle

Calling all Handrum carriers!

The DC Drum Circle is back & taking 2012 by storm!

Then bring out your hand-drums, because we will be holding an “Intro to a Drum Circle & Blessing” in Washington , DC this Saturday afternoon (Feb 25) at 3:00. We will conduct a blessing, the…n be learning a bit about Drum Etiquette & then learn a hand drum song to start out with.

Location: 520 10TH STREET NW , SECOND FLOOR | WASHINGTON DC 20004

Bring your Hand Drums, Flutes and rattles, & lets have some fun!

Drumming can be healing, meditative, relaxing and/or energizing. It can take you on a journey deep within yourself or to other levels of consciousness. Whether you play a drum, shake a rattle, dance, sing and chant, or simply sit back and take it all in, we all create the… circle together.

So come. Bring a drum, bring a rattle or just bring yourself, and join us for an afternoon of healing, rhythm and spirit. No previous drumming or drum circle experience required, only an open heart and an open mind. All types of drums and percussion instruments welcome as well as didgeridoos and flutes.

Cost: Free event – donations gratefully accepted.

Sign up at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/231636566931117/
or
email Evans (evans@evanscraig.com) or Sara (sara@luminouswarrior.com)
(202)710-2995 or (202) 670-7086

Come on out, usually the third weekend of every month.
See DC Drum Circle Schedule here: http://bit.ly/lwdrumcircle

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Your Interview with President Obama in the Google+ “Hangout”

DC Update from the Whitehouse

You asked the questions, and President Obama answered in the first-ever completely virtual interview from the White House, presented by YouTube and Google+.

President Barack Obama participates in an interview with YouTube and Google+ to discuss his State of the Union Address, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 30, 2012. The interview is held through a Google+ Hangout, making it the first completely virtual interview from the White House.

Just after 5:30 PM ET today, President Obama sat down for a discussion with a group of Americans from across the country in a Google+ Hangout. It was the first online conversation to happen at the White House in real time — ever.

Even before the event, more than 227,000 people had taken time to participate — submitting questions for the President to answer or voting for their favorite.

Weekly Address: President’s Blueprint Includes Renewal of American Values

DC Update from the Whitehouse

The White House Your Daily Snapshot for Saturday, January 28, 2012

Weekly Address: President’s Blueprint Includes Renewal of American Values

In his weekly address, President Obama discusses the blueprint he put forward this week in the State of the Union Address for creating an economy built to last. After focusing on American manufacturing, American energy, and skills for American workers during each of the last three days, he used his weekly address to highlight his commitment to a renewal of American values. The President is challenging leaders in Washington, DC to follow the model set by our men and women in the military, end the gridlock and start tackling the issues that matter — without regard for personal ambition.

“President Barack Obama tapes the weekly address and a Voice of America 70th Anniversary message in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 20, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)”

In Case You Missed It

*State of the Union: *

In his third State of the Union Address [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/25/president-obama-delivers-2012-state-union] on Tuesday, the President outlined his vision for “an America that lasts”—one that will bring about a new era of American manufacturing, and promote homegrown and alternative energy sources—and presented a bueprint [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/24/blueprint-america-built-last ] to achieve that vision. Check out this video that goes behind the scenes [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/24/2012-state-union-behind-scenes ] as President Obama prepared the speech.

*Blueprint for Manufacturing: *
During his visit to New Hampshire [ www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/27/vice-president-biden-america-coming-back ] following Tuesday’s State of the Union address, Vice President Biden highlighted the Administration’s plan to help businesses bring jobs back to America through manufacturing. He echoed the President’s message that we need to commit to train workers with the skills they will need to compete in the growing sectors of our economy.

*Talking Energy in Las Vegas: *
From a UPS facility in Las Vegas, the President spoke [
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/26/president-obama-discusses-blueprint-american-made-energy ] about the future of American-made energy [
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/26/everything-you-need-know-president-obamas-blueprint-american-made-energy ]. “[Even] with all this oil production, we only have about 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves,” the President said, “So we’ve got to have an all-out, all-in, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every source of American energy—a strategy that is cleaner and cheaper and full of new jobs.”

*#WHchat: *
Throughout the week, more than thirty administration officials have answered questions about President Obama’s State of the Union Address and issues Americans care about through a series of Office Hours on Twitter [
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/26/twitter-office-hours-marathon-state-union twitterverse as @VP—answered questions [ http://storify.com/vp/your-twitter-interview-with-at-vp-biden ] submitted by people across the country in his first-ever Twitter interview [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/26/vice-president-biden-holds-first-twitter-interview ] from an advanced manufacturing facility in Rochester, New Hampshire.

*NHL Champs: *
On Monday, the President welcomed the Boston Bruins [
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/23/president-obama-welcomes-boston-bruins ] to the White House and congratulated them on their Stanley Cup victory in June—marking the team’s sixth Cup championship, and their first one in nearly forty years. Their triumph, the President said, “proved that teamwork is everything.” After their visit to the White House, the players led a hockey clinic–affirming that being a champion doesn’t end when you hang up your skates.

*West Wing Week:*
This week, the President prepared for and delivered his State of the Union Address, welcomed the Boston Bruins to the White House, and took his message West to Iowa, Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado. Check out the video [
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/27/west-wing-week-1272012-or-special-state-union-edition-2012 ].

Learn more

• Read President Obama’s Blueprint for an America Built to Last
• Take a deep dive into the data behind the President’s plan
• Find out how you can talk to Obama Administration officials about the President’s plan
• Everything you need to know about President Obama’s Blueprint for American-made energy
• Everything you need to know about President Obama’s Blueprint for manufacturing

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