Unfortunately, I was unable to personally attend the Michigan Indian Day hosted at the Kellogg Center on Friday, September 28th. According to today's issue of the State News (Monday, October 1, 2007) the celebration of Native American culture within the state of Michigan was established twenty-three years ago by Governor William Milliken and this years festivities marked the seventh year that Michigan Indian Day was hosted at Michigan State. The article that appears have a link to a video of the event. (http://www.statenews.com/index.php/multimedia/26001)
I think it was interesting that in the video dance was equated to a "sense of self" and in thinking back on The Heart of the Chief and how our discussion fringed on the idea that Chris' sense of self was linked to his Native American culture and think that the video interview with Eva Menefee illustrates that Native Americans feel a connection to their self through their dance and is an interesting layer to add to the consideration of text that represent Native Americans. Also I think that the quest for self expression is one that is universal to humanity and can be a link to discussion all "differences".
Please check out the video and let me know what you think!
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I haven't had a chance to view the video yet, but I will!
An FYI--the link you posted was to the general State News site which gets updated every day. Each article has a permanent link that doesn't change, you'll want to use that if you don't want your readers to have to search!
Try editing the blog to change to the new link. (You might also think about adding the link as a hyperlink, rather than just cutting and pasting.)
I'll read the article and view the video when I can!
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