EXHIBITIONS + EVENTS CAlendar DECEMBER 2015/JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016


Maidu Independent Theater.


THE ART OF STORYTELLING Maiduan Stories: A Coming Together of Konkow, Nisenan and Mountain Maidu Narratives Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 28 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Potomac Atrium February is a month for storytelling. Join the Museum in a celebration of Maiduan stories from Northern California through song, painted arts, storytelling and interactive story learning. Traditional Maiduan stories, often filled with humor and terror, teach and maintain the social customs of the Maidu peoples while they also vividly recreate historical events. Community representatives from the three Maiduan language groups, Konkow, Nisenan and Mountain Maidu, will present their styles of oral history and


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language art. Maidu language-keeper Paul Cason, Nisenan storyteller Rick Adams, Nisenan painter Alan Wallace and the musi- cians of the Maidu Independent Theater will each share their cultural knowledge, language work and a variety of unforgettable stories. This program is a partnership with the Vine Deloria Jr. Library, National Museum of the American Indian, which received a generous donation of limited edition Maidu storybooks from the Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California. This rare book collection is comprised of time- honored stories told a century ago by master storyteller Hanc’ibyjim which were translated into English by noted linguist William Shipley and have now been bound with exquisite Daniel Stolpe lithographs.


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