[nativestudies-l] Indigenous Peoples Weekend

[Ruth Garby Torres]

Indigenous Peoples Weekend
A Celebration of Native American Cultures

Monday, October 13, 2008
10:00 am to 3:00 pm



At the Yale Peabody Museum we celebrate Columbus Day with a closer look at
the lifestyles and traditions of native peoples. 

Join us for crafts, games, storytelling and a midday performance as we focus
this year on Native American cultures, with specific concentration on the
Inuit peoples from northern North America. 


Friday, October 10 * 5:00 pm
Songs in Stone: 
An Arctic Journey Home
<http://www.peabody.yale.edu/events/calendar/cal_inuit_houston.html> 
 <http://www.peabody.yale.edu/events/calendar/cal_inuit_houston.html> With
Canadian filmmaker John Houston 
Reception to follow.

Saturday, October 11 * 1:00 to 6:00 pm
Inuit Film Day
<http://www.peabody.yale.edu/events/calendar/cal_inuitfilms.html> 
At the Whitney Humanities Center, <http://business.yale.edu/map/>  53 Wall
Street, New Haven 
Nanook of the North and Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner). FREE. 

Check back for a schedule of weekend activities, including crafts, games and
a midday performance.

Above: An Eskimo mask from Nunivak Island, Alaska, in the Yale Peabody
Museum collections (YPM catalog no. ANT.015918).

Event and Program Information
<http://www.peabody.yale.edu/events/index.html>  | InfoTape 203.432.5050
The entire Yale Peabody Museum is wheelchair accessible.

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