Calaveras de azucar (or “sugar skulls”) adorn a Day of the Dead altar in the museum’s Potomac Atrium.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
RICK BARTOW’S WE WEREALWAYS HEREOUTDOOR SCULPTURE INSTALLATION AND DEDICATION
FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 5:30 p.m. NMAI on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
Frank LaPena, blessing and song, 5:30 p.m.
Rick Bartow and the Backseat Drivers, 6:30 p.m.
We Were Always Here features Bear and Raven, Healer and Rascal, sitting atop the sculpture poles; one, slow and methodical, fiercely protective of her children; the other a playful, foible- filled teacher of great power. Both Bear and Raven are focused on water and salmon for serious reasons. The salmon reflect the health of the environment, in particular water, the source of all life. The sculpture by Rick Bartow (Wiyot) will be located at the northwest corner of the landscape along Jefferson Drive.
RICK BARTOWOUTDOOR SCULPTURE EVENTS SATURDAY, SEPT. 22
Frank LaPena songs, 10:30 a.m.
Rick Bartow drawing workshop, 11 a.m. Wiyot dance group, 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.
Rick Bartow and the Backseat Drivers, 5:30 p.m.
Wiyot Dance Group Sunday, Sept. 23 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.
STELLAR CONNECTIONS: EXPLORA- TIONS IN CULTURAL ASTRONOMY Saturday, Oct. 20 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Rasmuson Theater, First Level Live Webcast In Indigenous worldviews where humanity, nature and the spiritual realm are closely con- nected, the night sky provides spiritual and navigational guidance, timekeeping, weather prediction and stories and legends that tell us how to live a proper life. Cultural astronomy, also referred to as archaeo-astronomy or ethno-astronomy, explores the distinctive ways that astronomy is culturally embedded in the practices and traditions of various peoples. This symposium brings together four cultural astronomy experts on Native traditions of different regions – Ojibwe, Inuit, Andean and one African. Speakers include Michael Wassegijig Price, John MacDonald, Gary Urton and Babatunde Lawal. Presented in conjunction with the African Cosmos: Stellar Arts exhibition now on view at the National Museum of African Art.
DAY OF THE DEAD/ DIA DE LOS MUERTOS Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 20 and 21 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Potomac Atrium and other museum locations Follow the butterflies and celebrate the return of the ancestors with the museum’s annual Dia de los Muertos tribute. This colorful celebration of life will include food demonstrations by the museum’s Mitsitam Cafe, cultural presentations by La Danza de los Tecuanes, hands-on activities like making
your own papel picado, a type of traditional Mexican folk art, or painting on a Dia de los Muertos mural.
RACIST STEREOTYPES AND CULTURAL APPROPRIATION IN AMERICAN SPORTS Thursday, Nov. 1 10 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. Rasmuson Theater, First Level Live Webcast Join a series of panel discussions on racist stereotypes and cultural appropriation in American sports featuring commentators, scholars, authors and representatives from sports organizations. Speakers will explore the mythology and psychology of sports stereotypes and mascots; examine the retire- ment of “Native American” sports references and efforts to revive them at the University of Oklahoma, Stanford University, Dartmouth College and Syracuse University, as well as those schools under the NCAA policy on “hostile and abusive” names and symbols and engage in a lively “community conversation” about the Washington, D.C., professional football organization’s name and logo. Recep- tion to follow in the Potomac Atrium.
NAVAJO SKIES Wednesday, Nov. 7 – Thursday, Nov. 8 1:15 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 3:30 p.m. & 4:15 p.m. Potomac Atrium, First Level Join Dr. Nancy Maryboy (Cherokee) and Dr. David Begay (Navajo) in their 16-feet-high Skyscan dome for a unique exploration of the skies, Navajo style! Native people have keenly observed the universe for thousands of years. Maryboy and Begay will provide colorfully
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