And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 21:49:31 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Cyd Crue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mending the Circle. Benefit Concert Changes
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For Immediate Release
10/10/99
National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media
For more information, contact:
Paula Ostrovsky or Cyd Crue, NCRSM-IL, Co-coordinators. 217-840-6594 or
355-6757
Champaign, IL. The National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media
(NCRSM) wishes respected Native American musician, actor and activist,
Floyd Red Crow Westerman a speedy recovery and regrets not having its newly
established Chairman at the NCRSM's third annual symposium "Mending the
Circle". Westerman, suffering from upper respiratory complications, will
not be able to perform at the benefit concert to take place Sunday October
17th, 1999, from 7 to 10 PM at the Urbana High School Auditorium, 1002 S.
Race St, Urbana, Illinois (please note the change of venue from previous
release). Instead, the audience will be able to enjoy the poetry and
"heartspeak" of John Trudell, as well as the schedled performances by
Ulali, a trio of Native American women, and Julian B, a Native American rap
artist.
Identified as a poet, a leader for Native American Rights, a powerful
speaker, and an "extremely effective" communicator, John Trudell calls
himself "a blue Indian." Trudell is an accomplished poet and musician, and
his newest release, Blue Indians, was produced by long-time friend Jackson
Browne and released on his own imprint Dangerous Discs in Browne's Inside
Recordings. "I see a real future for spoken word with music. Poetry is
based on the oldest oral traditions. In music, lyrics are written to what
the math of the music allows us to say; poetry is what we need to say. And
to me...it's a canyon worth of difference", explains Trudell.
In addition, Trudell was cast in two movies, one fictional (Thunderheart)
and one documentary (Incident At Oglala) - both dealing with Indian clashes
with the U.S. government during the 1970's. Most recently, in 1998, Trudell
was cast as the Radio DJ, in Sherman Alexie's award winning Sundance film,
Smoke Signals.
