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This is so cool! It gives me chills...I wish I could see it. Jennifer Patterson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Soto, Gustavo Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ALA President-Elect Loriene Roy to be honored with Native Dance (fwd) Hola Corazones: This will be a fantastic-historical event. I will try to borrow a camera to tape it. We are in the process of exploring our Chapter to see who would like to be an officer for 2007-2008? If you are interested please send an e-mail. Gustavo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Margo Gutierrez Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 7:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ALA President-Elect Loriene Roy to be honored with Native Dance (fwd) How fabulous! Wish I could be there. If someone tapes the honor dance, can we see it at our next meeting? De nuevo, felicitaciones to Loriene! Margo >FYI, >Loriene Roy > > >NEWS >For Immediate Release > >ALA PRESIDENT-ELECT LORIENE ROY TO BE HONORED WITH NATIVE DANCE > >(CHICAGO) When an individual accomplishes a great achievement, it is >acknowledged through an honor dance in many American Indian communities. >On Friday, June 22, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., hundreds will gather at the >Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian at Fourth Street >and Independence Ave., S.W. in Washington, D.C., to honor the American >Library Association's (ALA) President-Elect Loriene Roy. The event >recognizes Roy's accomplishment as the first American Indian to serve as ALA president. > >Roy, an Anishinabe (Ojibwe), is an enrollee of the White Earth Indian >reservation, a member of the federally recognized Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. >She will assume the ALA presidency on July 27 following the ALA Annual >Conference in Washington, D.C. Roy will serve a one-year term as the >chief elected officer for the oldest and largest library organization in the world. > >The honor dance will be led by a color guard as Roy, her family and >friends are escorted into the museum's main gathering space, the >Potomac Atrium. A drum group will set the tone for the event by providing music and songs. >Many indigenous people will wear traditional clothing while female >attendees will be encouraged to bring dance shawls. All who attend may >join in the dance. > >Established in 1876, the ALA is the "voice of America's libraries" >and has more >than 64,000 members. Its mission is to provide leadership for the >development, promotion, and improvement of library and information >services for the profession of librarianship in order to enhance >learning and ensure access to information for all. > >For more information on the Honor Dance please contact Leonda Levchuk >with the National Museum of the American Indian at 202-633-6613. >### >Contacts: >Macey Morales >ALA Media Relations >312-280- 4393 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Leonda Levchuk >National Museum of the American Indian >202-633-6613 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Macey L. Morales >Media Relations Manager >American Library Association >50 E. Huron >Chicago, IL 60611 >312-280-4393 > >American Libraries Magazine, 1907-2007 >Celebrating the First 100 Years
