Six Directions

May 2-3, 2008

Native American Languages in Crisis:

Exploring the Interface between Academia, Technology and Smaller Native Language Communities

This conference will provide a special, though not exclusive, emphasis on smaller Native language communities as it brings together a wide range of scholars and community language activists for analysis and open discussion of the impacts and trade-offs related to technology and academia in Native language revitalization work.
Conference presentations will be built on prepared papers and lead to roundtable discussions, engaging both presenters and audience.
Papers and proceedings of the conference are to be published in order to help clarify how the digital resources from technology and the intellectual resources from academia can help revitalize Native languages.

Classroom 2, Penn Museum

Sunday May 4, 2008

Lenape Language Workshop

The final day is reserved for a Lenape Language Workshop organized by Ann Dapice. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for members of different Lenape communities across the US and Canada to compare information on the ongoing efforts to preserve the Lenape language and develop best practices.

Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum

For more information contact Robert Preucel at rpreucel@sas.upenn.edu

Native American Languages in Crisis Schedule

5th Annual Ivy Native Council Conference at Harvard College
REMIX: Indigenous Identities in the 21st Century

You can return your materials by e-mail to ivynativecouncil2008@gmail.com or by mail.

Please also note there is a $15 registration fee that can be paid in advance or on site at the conference registration table.

All Ivy Native Conference

Friday, April 20 through Sunday, April 22, 2007
Six Directions will be hosting the fourth annual All-Ivy Native Council’s spring conference from Friday, April 20 through Sunday, April 22, 2007. The conference entitled “Raising the Visibility and Voice for Native Americans on the National Scene.” will bring together Native American students from across the Ivy League and provide the opportunity for research presentations and community building. This is the first time the conference will be held at the University of Pennsylvania. If you are interested in helping to plan this ground breaking event at Penn contact Mia King at mailto:noemia@sas.upenn.edu noemia@sas.upenn.edufrom 6D- Six Directions, Lenape Community Members, The Center for Native Studies, Greenfield Intercultural Center, and other invited friends, staff and faculty from the Penn Community. The 'All Ivy Native Council Spring Conference' is two weeks away...let's get together!!

Conference Announcement

Conference Schedule

Conference Application

Exhibitor Registration Form

Friday, April 13
PRINCETON mini Pow Wow
The event will take place on Friday April 13th, 2007 from 7 pm to 9 pm. Featuring the Silver Cloud Singers and some non-competitive dancing going on during those two hours. For more information contact Rachel Younger, President of Native Americans at Princeton at ryounger@Princeton.EDU.

Thursday, February 8
Stalking on Campus: What Every College Student ShouldKnow http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/groups/dass/bios.html#dapice Dr. Ann Dapice, NU'74, GR'80 5:30-6:30 pm
Sweeten Alumni House
3533 Locust Walk

Sunday, September 10
The American Indian Cultures program (located on the 20th floor of Harrison College House), in conjunction with Six Directions, will be hosting an open house dinner on Sunday, September 10 at 7 p.m. in the Harrison 20th floor lounge. Please stop by to learn more about the AIC program, more about Six Directions, and more about how you can get involved in supporting Native issues here at Penn! RSVP to the AIC coordinator, sophomore Mia King, via email:noemia@sas.upenn.edu

9th ANNUAL LENAPE NATION POW WOW September 23rd and 24th, 2006. Bingham Park, Hawley, PA. Gates open at 10:00 AM. Grand Entry at Noon. Come enjoy Native American dancing, drumming, singing, storytelling, arts, crafts and food. Drums - Lead drum: Red Hawk Singers. Invited drums Ywhia Gunahita, Red Storm, Seven Cedars, Itchy Dog. Dancers - Lead man: Bart Standing Elk. Lead woman: Pacadaossay Beer. Lead Veteran - Dennis Wagner. EMCEE - Jim Augustine. Saturday evening special performance by Jim Beer and Friends. Admission - Adults - $5.00, Seniors - $3.00, Children 6-12 - $3.00, Children 5 and under - free. The Lenape Nation Welcomes You! All Proceeds benefit Lenape Nation educational and agricultural programs. For additional information call (215)257-0389.

The American Indian Cultures program (located on the 20th floor of Harrison College House), in conjunction with Six Directions, will be hosting an open house dinner on Sunday, September 10 at 7 p.m. in the Harrison 20th floor lounge. Please stop by to learn more about the AIC program, more about Six Directions, and more about how you can get involved in supporting Native issues here at Penn!

RSVP to the AIC coordinator, sophomore Mia King, via email: mailto:noemia@sas.upenn.edu>noemia@sas.upenn.edu.

A presentation and poetry reading by Qwo-Li Driskill. Qwo-Li Driskill is a Cherokee Two-Spirit/Queer poet, essayist, activist, and popular educator also of African, Irish, Lenape, Lumbee, and Osage ascent, and the author of "Walk with Ghosts: Poems." Driskill's work has been included in "Shenandoah," "Many Mountains Moving," and in the anthologies "Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology" and "Speak to Me Words: Essays on Contemporary American Indian Poetry," Qwo-Li lives in Three Fires (Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi) and Huron territories while pursuing a PhD in Rhetoric and Writing at Michigan State University. http://dragonflyrising.resystseattle.org/

A FRAGRANCE FREE EVENT: please do not wear perfumes, colognes, essential oils, or other scented products

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS to all undergraduate and graduate students that would like to present orginial Native-issue research in a workshop-setting at the Conference. Please send a written description of the research, and any papers that you have produced.

*Other than the following events Six Directions hold regular bimonthly meetings for discussion and planning at the Greenfield Intercultural Center. E-mail sixdirections@pobox.upenn.edu if you would like to attend and/or be notified of the date and time of these meetings and any upcoming events.

-4/28/05: Follow-up meeting with Vice President and Chief of Staff Joann Mitchell, Interim Provost Peter Conn, and Leah Popowich to discuss our concerns about Native American issues at Penn

-4/19/05: Evening with Catherine Struve from the law school for a discussion on tribal sovereignty

-4/8/05: Meeting with Six Directions and some of Penn’s faculty, staff, and Alumni to discuss the progression of Native presence on Penn’s campus

-4/7/05: Harold Jacobs, a Cultural Specialist from the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, speaks at University Museum as part of the “ Dialogues across Indian Country" Lecture Series (see http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/nagpra/lectures.shtml for more info)

-2/17/05: Meeting with Vice President and Chief of Staff Joann Mitchell, and Leah Popowich to discuss our concerns about Native American issues at Penn (See Agenda)

-2/17/05: Dr. Russell Thornton, a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and a registered member of the Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma), speaks at University Museum as part of the “ Dialogues Across Indian Country" Lecture Series (see http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/nagpra/lectures.shtml for more info)

Thursday, September 27
Six Directions, The Center for Native American Studies, The Greenfield Intercultural Center (GIC), and the Association of Native Alumni (ANA) invite you all to our Welcome event on Sept 27 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the GIC. Come meet students, staff, faculty and learn about the wonderful events and activities we have in store for you. For more info, contact Mia King at

September 29 and 30th
10th Annual Lenape Nation POW WOW will be at Bingham Park in Hawley, Pa
The Gates will open at 10:00 A.M. Grand entry is at noon. Come enjoy Native American dancing, drumming, singing, storytelling, arts, crafts, and Native American food. Host drums are Seven Cedars and Red Deer Drum. Guest Drum is Mother Earth Beat. Brian Windwalker will emcee. A variety of traditional and intertribal dances will be lead in the circle by Pacadaossay Beer and Terry Strongheart. All dancers are welcome and the general public is invited to join us in the circle . There will be a candy dance and traditional Lenape games for children. For additional information regarding the Pow Wow and the Lenape Nation, visit our website: www.lenapenation.org

Monday Nov. 12
SIX DIRECTIONS Gathering
Come learn about plans to attend the upcoming All-Ivy Native Summit and watch "On and Off the Res' with Charlie Hill"
7PM @ GIC (3708 Chestnut St.)
*DINNER PROVIDED*

All Ivy Native Conference Summit at Yale
November 30 - December 2
Registration ends November 15
Please fill out registration form and submit with your questions about the group trip to Yale contact to Mia King at noemia@sas.upenn.edu

12:00-2:00 p.m.
"Cave, City and Eagle's Nest: An Interpretive Journey Through the Rediscovered Mexican Codex-Mapa de Cuauhtinchan" Rainey auditorium at 4:30 p.m.
Co-sponsors: Office of the Provost and Office of the President, LALS, Office of the Dean of Letters and Sciences, Native American Studies Program, Department of Religious Studies, Greenfield Intercultural Center, Office of the Chaplain and Du Bois College House.

DOE's Tribal Energy Program Student Internships Available
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 22, 2008

DOE's Tribal Energy Program is offering summer internships to Native
American students who are interested in renewable energy and who are currently college upper-classmen or graduate students. To be considered for the 2008 summer program applications must be received by February 22, 2008.

See attached for the application. For more on the program, see
http://www.eere.energy.gov/tribalenergy/internships.cfm. For questions contact Sandra K. Begay-Campbell, Sandia National Laboratories at (505) 844-5418 or skbegay@sandia.gov.

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