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Cover: Allan Houser (U.S., Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994)“Apache Singer Kneeling by Fire,” 1985; Charcoal, 18 x 21 in.Courtesy Chiinde, LLC.This spread: sunrise at the White Mountain Apache reservation; photograph by John Jernigan

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RADIO>Chickasaw Community RadioKCNP 89.5 FM>Indians For IndiansSaturdays at 10 am on KACO 98.5 FM>Kiowa VoicesSundays at 12 noon on KACO 98.5 FMMusic and more from the Kiowa and area tribes.>Seminole Nation Weekly Radio ShowLive on Tuesdays, 11 am on KWSH 1260 AMhttp://www.kadaradio.net>>

WASHINGTON, DC>Cherokee Days at NMAINational Museum of the American IndianThursday, April 3 thru April 5An unprecedented educational event by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee Nation.http://nmai.si.edu>>

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>ALLAN HOUSER DRAWINGS: THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION>Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK>

Relatively unknown to those who champion

Houser’s art, and exhibited here for the first time, are one hundred drawings by the artist that show, as Professor W. Jackson Rushing III and guest curator of the exhibition describes it, “Houser visually thinking out loud.” The exhibit unveils a side of the artist little known and features, among other subjects, warriors and hunters, women and their work and abstract Apache designs. >http://www.ou.edu/fjjma 405-325-1660>>For other celebrations of the centennial of Houser’s birth: http://www.okhouser.org

Allan Houser Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994The Old Storyteller1961, Pen and ink, 13 ¾ x 13 3/16 inCourtesy Allan Houser Foundation

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Allan Houser Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994Buffalo Hunt c. 1992, Charcoal, 58 ¾ x 47 ½ inCourtesy Allan Houser, Inc.

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Allan Houser Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994Study for Warm Springs Apache Man 1991, Charcoal, 58 ¾ x 47 ½ inCourtesy Allan Houser, Inc.

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Allan Houser Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994Apache Father and Son c. 1992, Charcoal, 58 ¾ x 47 ½ inCourtesy Allan Houser, Inc.

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Allan Houser Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994Large Ga’an Dancer in the Glow of a Fire, 1994 Pastel and charcoal, 50 x 28 ¼ inCourtesy Allan Houser, Inc.

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NA'II'EES APACHE SUNRISE CEREMONY

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>The Apache

Na’ii’ees(Sunrise

Ceremony)isa

four-dayritual

thatApachegirls

experienceaftertheir

firstmenstruation.

Throughnumerous

sacredceremonies,

dances,songs,and

enactments,thegirls

attainthephysical

andspiritualpowerof

WhitePaintedWoman,

andbecomewomen

oftheApachenation.

>TheSunriseDance

startsonSaturday

morning.Cierrais

wokenupbefore

sunrisebyoneof

themedicineman’s

assistantsandisled

outtothedance

grounds.

>Allphotographsby

John Jernigan

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NA'II'EES APACHE SUNRISE CEREMONY

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> Cierra, her helper,

the medicine man and

his assistants greet

the first warm rays of

the Sun. Cierra must

prepare the blankets

she will dance and be

massaged upon.

A buckskin is also

placed there and

pollen is placed in an

abalone shell. Lots of

candy, fruit and sodas

to be given away are

nearby. That day,

Cierra will dance to

the four directions,

re-creating a spiritual

journey through the

stages of life. She

will be massaged by

her godmother to

mold her into White

Painted Woman.

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> After the Sunrise

Dance, two men cut

down trees that will be

used to build Cierra’s

prayer tipi. Eagle

feathers adorn the

ceremonial structure.

That evening, dinner

is served to everyone

and there are gift

exchanges.

>We thank Cierra’s

family and Mr. Bert

Hinton for allowing

us to document this

occasion. We will

feature this Na’ii’ees

in four parts.

This is Part II. >>

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