Barrow Suurimmaanitchuat Dancers in Obama's Presidential Inauguration Parade

Alaska's Suurimmaanitchuat Dancers in Obama's Presidential Inaugural Parade.

Alaska Democratic Party
http://www.alaskademocrats.org
Alaska Native and American Indian performers at the Inaugural events.

Tlingit Yaaw Tei Yi Dancers from Juneau, Alaska who performed at the National Museum of the American Indian Multicultural Festival as Part of Inaugural Events -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11483960@N08/3216719836/in/photostream/
http://www.nmai.si.edu/outofmany/performers.html

American Indian Inaugural Ball Performers - Jana Mashonee, Joanne Shenandoah, Bill Miller, Michael Bucher, Phoenix, Micki Free, Keith Secola, Martha Redbone, Shea Keck, Derek Miller, Levi and the Plateros, Hawk, Gary Farmer, Casper.

Native Music Rocks and AIS put together incredible lineup By Vincent Schilling (Indian Country Today - January 21, 2009)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/politics/37896814.html

The Suurimmaanitchuat Dancers Story -

Alaska band gets a wave from new president PARADE: Barrow dancers, Colony band glow under Washington's bright lights. By KYLE HOPKINS (ADN)
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/661963.html

Obama dance -Suurimmaaanitchuat Dance group - Barrow, Alaska. This dance was created for the Inaugural Parade by group leader Warren Matumeak, and performed (in video) by Uvluaq - from the description from the following YouTube Video posted by kokakok78 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buxgwojas-I

Group Picture of Obama Supporters in Barrow Alaska - August 2008.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2807313108_f508b54cfb.jpg

Picture of Obama supporters in Barrow Alaska February 2008. Alaska Democrats in Action.
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/cooday/ObamaSurportersinBarrowAlaska.jpg

Obama and Crow Nation Story -
Obama Adopted Into Crow Nation (May 19, 2008)
http://www.reznetnews.org/article/obama-adopted-crow-tribe-13960

Crow Nation of Montana march during the inaugural parade for President Barack Obama (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/cooday/crownation.jpg

Parents proud, son Barack Black Eagle enters White House By Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Indian Country Today correspondent. Story

Published: Jan 30, 2009
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/38693927.html

Cool Radio Stations -

Undercurrents Radio - host Gregg McVicar (Tlingit)
http://web.me.com/radiocamp/UnderCurrentsWebsite/HOME.html

KBRW Radio; produced in Barrow and streaming from the Top of the WORLD
-KBRW Web Site
http://kbrw.org/
-Listen to KBRW live
http://nada.netoldies.com/kbrw.asx

I thought I would add this for my friend Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's film "Sikumi (On the Ice)," honored at Sundance festival

Inupiaq-language drama can be viewed online today By SARAH HENNING (ADN)
http://www.adn.com/rural/story/294554.html

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[serena1232]

=D yay!

[bawwyoa]

pretty cool

[tongassberry]

Its like Obama and Michelle waved to all of us Alaska Natives and American Indians :-)