Friday, November 3
Educational activities | ongoing
Storytelling/Silversmith & Goldsmith: Nelson Garcia
Ongoing
Nelson Garcia was born in the village of Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. He was raised in a large family made up of four brothers and four sisters. His father, Joe Jay Garcia, was a silversmith with talents in traditional designs and Heishi necklaces. From studying his father's workmanship, more than a talent was formed.
As the years have passed, Nelson has won many distinguished awards at some of the nation's largest art exhibits, from the Santa Fe Indian Market to Red Earth in Oklahoma City. His jewelry has traveled into the heart of Europe with shows in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He has formed relationships of trust with his many customers in the Western world.
Film Screening: More than Frybread
2 p.m. | Lelia J. and David N. Farr Auditorium
A Holt Hamilton film focused on Arizona tribal representatives gathering in Flagstaff, AZ to compete in the first State of Arizona frybread competition.
Film Screening: Smoke Signals
6:30 p.m. | Lelia J. and David N. Farr Auditorium
Saturday, November 4
Educational activities | ongoing
Storytelling/Silversmith & Goldsmith: Nelson Garcia
Ongoing
Nelson Garcia was born in the village of Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. He was raised in a large family made up of four brothers and four sisters. His father, Joe Jay Garcia, was a silversmith with talents in traditional designs and Heishi necklaces. From studying his father's workmanship, more than a talent was formed.
As the years have passed, Nelson has won many distinguished awards at some of the nation's largest art exhibits, from the Santa Fe Indian Market to Red Earth in Oklahoma City. His jewelry has traveled into the heart of Europe with shows in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He has formed relationships of trust with his many customers in the Western world.
Storytelling/Artwork: Maria Hussman
9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., noon
Maria Hussman (audience Age K- 5th grade) Maria will share stories about the Three (3) Sisters (bean, corn, squash) and how they were planted together. Some activities will include art on rocks, seed starter kits, butterfly dances, strawberries on stones, and a hand drum that children will surely enjoy. The children will come away with some stories and activities to share with others.
Victoria Meza and Octavia Bartmess will be presenting on the book Braiding Sweetgrass
10 a.m.
Braiding Sweetgrass by botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potowatomi Nation is an essay collection of Kimmerer's intersectionality of "indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and teachings of plants," according to the New York Times. Throughout the book, she highlights traditional, holistic ways of knowing as she describes Indigenous science - knowledge and subjective values that go hand-in-hand - whilst Western science looks for empirical, objective truth. Thus, Western science allows humans to know about the perils of climate change, but it is hard for people to take the initiative to do anything about these findings. They struggle because there is no connection between science and subjective community values. With this understanding, Kimmerer advocates for people to find their agency and create their own change by encouraging environmental stewardship. Indigenous peoples have had symbiotic relations with nature and know traditional ecological care, so people can use those teachings to shape environmental renewal.
Film Screening: Gather
2 p.m. | Lelia J. and David N. Farr Auditorium
Film Screening: More than Frybread
6:30 p.m. | Lelia J. and David N. Farr Auditorium
A Holt Hamilton film focused on Arizona tribal representatives gathering in Flagstaff, AZ to compete in the first State of Arizona frybread competition.
Sunday, November 5Educational activities | ongoing
Storytelling/Silversmith & Goldsmith: Nelson Garcia
Ongoing
Nelson Garcia was born in the village of Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. He was raised in a large family made up of four brothers and four sisters. His father, Joe Jay Garcia, was a silversmith with talents in traditional designs and Heishi necklaces. From studying his father's workmanship, more than a talent was formed.
As the years have passed, Nelson has won many distinguished awards at some of the nation's largest art exhibits, from the Santa Fe Indian Market to Red Earth in Oklahoma City. His jewelry has traveled into the heart of Europe with shows in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He has formed relationships of trust with his many customers in the Western world.
Film Screening: Smoke Signals
2 p.m. | Lelia J. and David N. Farr Auditorium