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10/10/2005
Contact: K.E. Schwab -- 724-738-2199;
e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu
SRU TO MARK INDIGENOUS CULTURES WEEK WITH
VISIT BY CALVIN STANDING BEAR
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa.
– “Dia De La Raza,” translated as
“Indigenous Cultures Week” will be celebrated today
through Thursday [Oct. 10-13] at Slippery Rock University,
including a musical performance by Calvin Standing Bear, a
full-blooded Oglala/Sicangu Lakota from the Rosebud reservation of
South Dakota.
Standing Bear will
offer “The Native American Flute” as a free concert at
7 p.m. Wednesday in Swope Recital Hall. Earlier in the day he will
meet for noon luncheon with students, faculty and staff in the
Pennsylvania Room of North Hall.
The talented
flutist, guitarist and composer of Lakota flute songs, will include
traditional Lakota music, including traditional and spiritual
Lakota songs, as part of the evening concert.
Standing Bear
is a member of the Sonoran Spirit Flute Circle. His mother is a
talented artist and has created many crafts which embody the
essence of native influence. She is also fluent in her native
language. A grandfather is an author of numerous books regarding
native life.
The week
opens today with a 7:30 p.m. reception and showing of excerpts from
the film “Black Indians: An American Story,” narrated
by James Earl Jones, offered in Spotts World Culture Building
Auditorium. A discussion will be held by Dr. Vernice Cain,
associate professor of English.
Thursday’s event is a
12:30 p.m. roundtable discussion of indigenous cultures in the
Americas, including Standing Bear, Dr. Esther Skirboll, professor
of sociology, anthropology and social work, Dr. Rachela Permenter,
professor of English, and Dr. I.T. Meztli, assistant professor of
English. The session will be held in Room 205 of the University
Union.
The project
is being led by the SRU chapter of the Commonwealth Association of
Students.
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