EXHIBITIONS + EVENTS CAlendar JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2013


of food, workshops and performances, all in the theme of “Cultural Awakening.” Activities and demonstrations include Native dancers, singers, storytellers and booths showcas- ing beadwork, pottery, flutes, the Choctaw language and tribal cooking. Hands-on activities for kids and families along with meetings with Choctaw Nation princesses of all ages will allow visitors to learn more about Choctaw culture.


DINNER & A MOVIE: WATERSHED Friday, July 19 Dinner from 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Mitsitam Cafe Screening at 7 p.m. Rasmuson Theater, First Level


Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West (2012, 50 min.) United States This film highlights Jeff Ehlert, a fly fishing guide in Rocky Mountain National Park and six others living and working in the Colorado River basin who reflect a compelling new water ethic as they share their stories and illuminate a path of coexistence with enough for all. It also asks the question, how do we balance the competing interests of cities, ag- riculture, recreation, wildlife and indigenous communities with rights to the water? Nar- rated by Robert Redford. Directed by Mark Decena. Produced by James Redford, Jill Tidman, Renata Foucre and Kontent Films for the Redford Center. Executive Producers: Robert Redford, Teri Heyman and Lee Bycel. Content Advisor: Barry Nelson, NRDC.


LIVING EARTH FESTIVAL Friday, July 19 – Sunday, July 21 Friday: 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Saturday & Sunday: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Potomac Atrium and other museum locations


This annual festival celebrates indigenous contributions to environmental sustainability, knowledge and activism. Tribally-owned food cooperatives discuss sustainability, and local farmers offer produce, meat and traditional American Indian foods in an outdoor farmers’ market, while local and Native chefs compete in an Iron Chef-style cook-off. Speakers and


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presenters include the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tribal EcoAmbassadors from the Tohono O’odham Nation and Navajo Nation, speaking on grassroots efforts they are making to reduce their carbon footprint and provide housing for their local community. Attend a sculpting workshop led by Lisan Tiger Blair (Mvskoke Creek) in the imagiNATIONS Activity Center, join Victoria Vazquez (Cherokee Nation) in a pottery demonstration, see amazing beadwork by Peggy Fontenot (Potawatomi) and enjoy an outdoor cooking demonstration by Patricia Alexander (Pawnee/Creek) or a cheese- making demonstration by Nancy Coonridge. The festival also includes a live indoor concert featuring the talents of Quetzal Guerrero, She King and a performance by Grammy-award winning artists Ozomatli – part of the Indian Summer Showcase concert series.


INDIAN SUMMER SHOWCASE CONCERT: RITA COOLIDGE Saturday, August 10 5 p.m.


Outdoor Welcome Plaza


Join us for a performance by multiple Grammy-award winning Cherokee singer Rita Coolidge as she performs some of her classic hits and new standards. During the 1970s and 1980s she charted hits on Bill- board’s pop, country, adult contemporary and jazz charts. Coolidge was also a founding member of Walela, a Native American trio that included her sister and niece.


13TH ANNUAL NATIVE CINEMA SHOWCASE Monday, August 12 – Sunday, August 18 New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue Santa Fe, N.M. 87501


The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian present the 13th Annual Native Cinema Showcase, a seven- day celebration of films and videos by and about indigenous peoples in connection with the Santa Fe Indian Market. All films will be shown at the New Mexico History Museum. Free admission.


DINNER & A MOVIE: THE LESSER BLESSED Saturday, Aug. 24 Dinner from 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Mitsitam Cafe Screening at 7 p.m. Rasmuson Theater, First Level


(2102, 86 min.) Canada. Adapted from the powerful and irreverent first novel by Tlicho author Richard Van Camp, the movie, like the book, promises to give us one of the most original teenage characters in recent Cana- dian cinema.


Larry is a Tlicho Indian growing up in the small northern town of Fort Simmer. His tongue, hallucinations and fantasies are hotter than the center of the sun. At 16, he loves heavy metal music, the North and Juliet Hope, the high school “hottie.” When Johnny Beck, a Métis from Hay River, moves to town, Larry is ready for almost anything.


Skinny as spaghetti, nervy and self-deprecat- ing, Larry is an appealing mixture of bravado and vulnerability. His past holds many ter- rors: an abusive father, and an accident that almost killed him. But through his friendship with Johnny, and his lust for Juliet, he’s ready now to face his memories – and his future. The Lesser Blessed is an eye-opening depic- tion of what it is to be a young Native man in today’s modern world. Featuring actors Benjamin Bratt and Kiowa Gordon.


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