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Saturday, Feb 1, 2003 Annual Community Meeting at 12 noon, Everyone is invited. Snacks and beverages provided. Board of Directors Elections Feb 1, 2003 voting (AIC membership and tribal ID required). If you would like to become a member of the Board of Directors please contact Christine Redcloud 773-761-5000. You must submit a letter of intent, signed petition (10 current 2003 AIC member's signatures) and Resume', by January 20th to make the ballot.Pow-Wow & Potluck dinner to follow at 7:00 P.M., election results after ballots are counted.
"Spirit of the Plants - Native Medicine Garden" needs volunteers to help plan, prepare, plant and caretake a medicine plant garden at the American Indian Center. Chicago Greencorps will provide horticulturist, materials, time, energy and tools, we need a group of committed Garden Stewards to bring this vision to bloom and to tend it through the summer. Also needed: Medicine Plant Council - Elder's, young ones and in-betweeners to guide the vision of the garden, bring knowledge & plant lore to the People, and help create this sacred community space. Volunteers needed at Greencorps workshops on February 1 - 8 - 22, 2003 and March 8, 2003. Contact Sally Wagoner, RN, American Indian Health Service (SalWag@netzero.com; 773-883-9100); or Chris Drew, Uptown Multicultural Arts Center at AIC (773-561-7676).
Next Pow-Wow Committee meeting will be February 20, 2003. Come and be a part of the planning for the AIC'S 50th Anniversary celebration. 7:00 P.M. at the AIC.
12-STEP SPIRITUALITY SERIES: Every Monday night January 6 through March 31. They are held at Anawim Center, 4750 N. Sheridan Rd. each Monday evening starting at 5:30p.m. with a light snack. For further information please phone Anawim, 773-561-6155.
A limited number of E. Donald Two-Rivers' newest book entitled "Pow-wows, Fat Cats, and Other Indian Tales" is available by sending $12.00 & $3.00 packing and shipping to E. Donald Two-Rivers, 1002 Harvey St., Green Bay, Wisconsin 54302. Make check or money order payable to E. Donald Two-Rivers/Broeffle. Contact the author at (920) 437-2061. All you Indians and friends are always welcome whenever you are passing through GreenBay. Get off I-43 at exit #187 Webster, go south about one mile.
Friday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m., the Newberry Library, Red Path Theater, the American Indian Center, and NAES (Native American Educational Services) College will present the eighth annual storytelling program, Winter: A Time of Telling, featuring American Indian trickster tales. General admission is $10. Seniors and educators receive a discounted admission of $7, and students and Newberry Library Associates receive a discounted admission of $5. The program is free to children under 12. For tickets, call (312) 255-3700.
The artistic director for Winter: A Time of Telling will be Kelly Gilbreth (White Earth Ojibwa) from Red Path Theater. Storytellers will be Florence Dunham (Mohawk), Larry Lockwood (Northern Cheyenne) and Andrew Favorite (Ojibwa White Earth Band). Dunham is the granddaughter of a clan mother of the bear clan of the Mohawk tribe, and she shares stories of her childhood on the reserve. Lockwood is the cultural instructor of the Native American Heritage Perspective, and his presentations focus on the Grandfather Drum, War Dance Regalia, and other authentic cultural items. Favorite currently works for White Earth's tribal archives and history department, and he has given American Indian presentations for a wide variety of causes over the past 30 years. Contact the Newberry Library for more information, 312-255-3700.
February 3, 2003: Political Forum night at the AIC for the Aldermanic Elections 7 p.m.
February 8, 2001: "50 Years of Powwow" photo exhibition opens at the Chicago Historical Society.
February 22, 2003: Blues Band Concert featuring Mark Jourdan (Hochunk/Oneida) at the American Indian Center of Chicago. 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.. Music starts at 8:00PM. Food available! For more information contact (INAD) Ron Bowan, phone: 773-907-4665.
AIC Bingo is on the first Friday of the month. AIC Flea-Market: Second Saturday of each month .
March 1st and 2nd: Indian Summer Festivals Winter Pow-Wow, Milwaukee, WI March 8th: Joliet Junior College Pow-Wow.
April 19, 2003: College of Lake County Pow-Wow.
If you would like to see pictures from the Christmas party and New Years Eve celebrations, please go to Image Station, join for free and the pictures can be found in the gallery section under Arts & Culture / Native American.
If you would like to add some news please submit one short paragraph to: aic@aic-chicago.org. The AIC Events Email goes out on Sunday and your paragraph must be submitted by Wednesday of the week prior. Please do NOT send flyers or attachments.
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