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A Navajo Smile, Edward S. Curtis (Library of Congress)The State of Indian Nations
Tex G. Hall, President of the National Congress of American Indians, will deliver the third annual State of Indian Nations Address this week. He joins us today to outline some of the major issues facing American Indians. Next, trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas discusses the connection he feels towards the rural mountain culture he celebrates in his new album, Mountain Passages. Then, Sherill Tippins recreates the time when W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee all lived under one roof. Finally, William Powers discusses struggling to fight poverty and save the environment as an aid worker in Liberia: Blue Clay People.
State of the Nations
Tex G. Hall, President of the National Congress of American Indians, on the challenges and opportunities facing Amercian Indians.
» More on the National Congress of American Indians
Music:
Tribal Winds: Music from Native American Flutes: "Circle of Life," Tom Mauchahty-Ware / "Song for Grandfather," William Gutierrez
High Notes
Jazz trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas finds inspiration in rural mountain culture for his album Mountain Passages.
Events:
Dave Douglas will be performing on:
February 1st through 6th, 9 & 11pm
Tickets are $20 w/ a $10 min.
The Village Vanguard
178 7th Ave South (just below W. 11th St.)
Music:
Mountain Passages, Dave Douglas: "Gumshoe" / "Twelve Degrees Proof"
Bow River Falls, Dave Douglas: "Blinks" / "Bow River Falls"
Creative Space
Sherill Tippins on the adventures W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee shared under one roof in Brooklyn: February House.
Events:
Sherill Tippins will be appearing on:
Wednesday, February 3rd at 7pm
Barnes & Noble, Brooklyn Heights
Music:
Britten: Paul Bunyan, Philip Brunelle: "Introduction--Prologue"
Blue Clay People
William Powers recounts his efforts to fight poverty and save the environment as an aid worker in Liberia: Blue Clay People.
Events:
William Powers will be appearing on:
Wednesday, February 2 at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Astor Place
Music:
Pieces of Africa, Kronos Quartet: "Kutambarara (Spreading)"
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