EXHIBITIONS + EVENTS CALENDAR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2012


Richard Nixon wears a feather headdress and carries a tomahawk at an American Indian reservation in Minot, North Dakota. The tomahawk and headdress were presents from Carl Whitman of Fort Berthold.


illustrated examples of the Navajo ways of knowing the sky with comparisons to west- ern astronomy. Learn how Navajo constel- lations relate to hunting and planting cycles, ways of living in harmony with Mother Earth and Father Sky, and how Navajo Coyote sto- ries can speak to the origins of the universe. Check the museum calendar for up-to-date museum locations and show times.


NATIVE PRIDE DANCERS Friday, Nov. 9 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Potomac Atrium Authentic regalia…rhythmic drumming… skilled footwork…experience the excitement of a Native powwow! World Champion Fancy Dancer Larry Yazzie of the Meskwaki Nation, and the Native Pride Dancers perform music and movement celebrated by their American Indian cultures. Enjoy the beauty, athleticism and majesty of the Fancy Dance, featuring freestyle movement with focused energy, dance regalia and traditional songs from the Northern Plains. Enhanced by indigenous vocal and flute music, other dances like the Buffalo, Eagle and Round Dances celebrate various animals, crops, the sun and the wind. For more information see www.nativepridedancers.com.


NIXON AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN: THE MOVEMENT TO SELF-DETERMINATION Thursday, Nov. 15 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Rasmuson Theater, First Level Live Webcast President Richard Nixon dramatically changed the federal government’s Native policy. He directed it toward restoration and self-determination and away from termina- tion of the reservations and destruction of Native cultures. Fortifying the fiduciary relationship of the federal government for the tribes was central to ensuring that Nixon’s policy and practice succeeded. The President set this course early in his administration with a landmark Special Message to the Congress on Indian Affairs of July 8, 1970. Significant legislation was submitted, litigation instituted and direction provided by presidential appointees and legislative leaders during Nixon’s time in office from


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