Post by blackcrowheart on Oct 10, 2006 14:22:29 GMT -5
Native American Culture and Traditions Highlighted as Campus
Posted by: "SAL CAMARILLo" salcamarillo1@sbcglobal.net salcamarillo1
Wed Oct 4, 2006 4:30 am (PST)
The first time Jane Dumas came to campus, a professor wanted to write down her language. Later, she became the first Native American woman to be inducted in the San Diego County Women�s Hall of Fame. On Thursday, Dumas came back to UCSD to give a blessing during the kick-off ceremony for the campus� first California Native American Day Celebration.
�This place is very important to me,� she told an audience made up of dozens of dignitaries, faculty and students at the Sun God Lounge. �Education is our number one weapon.�
Chancellor Marye Anne Fox welcomed Dumas and several tribal leaders. A California law designates the fourth Friday of September as �Native American Day,� making it a state holiday. Fox said she was surprised to find out that it wasn�t formally recognized on campus. So the university�s first California Native American Day Celebration was born. The two-day event featured several workshops and a performance of traditional Native American bird songs.
�We want to celebrate your contributions, thank you for your partnership, and hope that your children and grandchildren and aunts and uncles will come to UCSD,�Fox said.
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Posted by: "SAL CAMARILLo" salcamarillo1@sbcglobal.net salcamarillo1
Wed Oct 4, 2006 4:30 am (PST)
The first time Jane Dumas came to campus, a professor wanted to write down her language. Later, she became the first Native American woman to be inducted in the San Diego County Women�s Hall of Fame. On Thursday, Dumas came back to UCSD to give a blessing during the kick-off ceremony for the campus� first California Native American Day Celebration.
�This place is very important to me,� she told an audience made up of dozens of dignitaries, faculty and students at the Sun God Lounge. �Education is our number one weapon.�
Chancellor Marye Anne Fox welcomed Dumas and several tribal leaders. A California law designates the fourth Friday of September as �Native American Day,� making it a state holiday. Fox said she was surprised to find out that it wasn�t formally recognized on campus. So the university�s first California Native American Day Celebration was born. The two-day event featured several workshops and a performance of traditional Native American bird songs.
�We want to celebrate your contributions, thank you for your partnership, and hope that your children and grandchildren and aunts and uncles will come to UCSD,�Fox said.
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<http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/thisweek/2006/oct/10_02_native.asp>