Events

Museum exhibits • Tours • Festivals

Meetings • Education • Conferences

The Heard Museum’s 11th Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest and 43rd Annual Indian Fair and Market

Hoop Dance Contest: February 3–4,Indian Fair and Market: March 3–4,Phoenix,Ariz.Come see the world’s best Native American hoop dancers from across the United States and Canada showcase their skill,athleticism,and grace as they compete for the prestigious title of world champion.The Heard’s annual Indian Fair and Market draws nearly 500 of the nation’s finest Native American artists,including jewelers, sculptors,potters,painters,weavers,and beadworkers,who come to display and sell their work.The event also features traditional music and dance performances,storytelling, and native foods.(602) 252-8840 ■ NEW EXHIBITS Peabody Museum of Natural History New Haven, Conn.—The recently completed Hall of Native American Cultures showcases 360 objects from the Peabody’s substantial Native American collections. The latest Plains and Southwest installations complement the recently renovated Northwest Pacific Coast and Arctic culture exhibits. (203) 432-5050 (Permanent exhibit)

High Desert Museum Bend, Ore.—A recently opened exhibit, “Sacred Sites, Sacred Places: Whose Culture and Whose Property?,” displays rubbings of prehistoric rock art images along the Columbia River in northern Oregon. Ten rubbings, made before dams flooded sacred petroglyph sites in the 1950s, will be on display accompanied by explanatory material. (541) 382-4754 (Through January 14, 2001)

American Museum of Natural History New York, N.Y.—“Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga” examines the historic impact of recent archaeological finds and explores the creative and enterprising spirit that led the Vikings to North American shores 1,000 years ago—more than 500 years before Columbus landed. (212) 769-5100 (Through January 21, 2001)

Yorktown Victory Center Yorktown, Va.—The exhibit “Shipbuilding in Colonial Virginia” traces the shipbuilding industry from the Virginia colony’s earliest days through the American Revolution. Examples of tools used in ship design and construction are exhibited along with paintings, maps, documents, models, and nautical armaments. (888) 593-4682, (757) 2534838 (Through February 28, 2001)

Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures

Aurora University, Aurora, Ill.—After closing for renovation,the Schingoethe Center will unveil new exhibits in its Main Gallery, including artifacts from the Northeast Woodlands’ historic period,with special emphasis on the Great Lakes region.Another exhibit highlights new acquisitions from the Arctic region. (630) 844-5402 or visit the museum’s web site: www.aurora.edu/museum (Opens February 1,2001)

Events

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

Battery Park,New York,N.Y.— The new exhibit “Beauty, Honor, and Tradition: The Legacy of Plains Indian Shirts”features beautifully crafted beaded,quilled, painted,and ribbon shirts, as well as headdresses, leggings,and buffalo hides from the mid-19th to the early 20th century. The exhibition offers insights into the materials used and the symbology embedded in the shirts,giving a better understanding of the history, cultural context,and development of shirts made and worn by Plains tribes of North America. (212) 514-3700 (Opens December 10) Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,

N.M.—“Andean Textiles and Rituals as

Cultural Communication” explores the ways in which the pre-Columbian Quechua peoples used textiles to symbolically express relationships with the natural and supernatural worlds. (505) 277-4405 (Through

June 2001)

Hudson Museum Maine Center for the Arts, The University of Maine, Orono, Maine—The prehistoric Mesoamerican exhibit “Realms of Blood and Jade” focuses on the civilizations of the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and West Mexico, showcasing 250 fascinating objects that date from 2,000 B.C. to the time of the Spanish Conquest. (207) 581-1901 (Permanent exhibit)

■ CONFERENCES & FESTIVALS Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting January 10–14, Queen Mary, Long Beach, Calif. This year’s theme is “Teach the Mind, Touch the Spirit.” For more information, call SHA headquarters at (520) 886-8006, or check the society’s Web site www.sha.org

Museum of New Mexico Spring Lecture Series Friday nights, January 26–February 23, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, N. M. Sponsored by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Friends of Archaeology, this series of lectures will cover topics regarding Southwestern prehistory and current research. (505) 827-6343

Arizona State Museum Southwest Indian Art Fair February 24–25, Tucson, Ariz. Some of the finest Native American craftspeople will again dazzle visitors at the museum’s annual Art Fair, which is expected to be bigger and better than ever. (520) 626-8381

The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Seattle, Wash.—“Entwined With Life: Native American Basketry,” the museum’s first major exhibit featuring the Burke basket collection, is unique in its focus on the people behind the artistry. The stunning baskets included in the exhibit vary in age from contemporary to over 600 years old and originate from the Southwest to the Alaskan Arctic.(206) 543-7907 (Through May 6,2001)