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Cravath to make AWC presentation


Wednesday, February 3, 2010 1:59 PM MST

Dr. Jay Cravath, of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Education Department will make a presentation at the AWC Parker Learning Center, Feb. 4, 2 to 3:15 p.m. The program is free and is open to faculty, staff and community members.

This program will be The Music and Ritual of Arizona's Native Americans. Cravath will have comparisons of various rituals from Arizona's tribes using live and recorded music, stories and verse.

The Great Tellings of the Mohave are descriptions that map journeys to the Mission Tribes; songs of the Navajo teach moral lessons; and the Apaches have a ritual component for "teen dancers."

Music is an important part of social life for Arizona's tribes: daily swimming songs of the Pima; the Yavapai Cricket songs sung during acorn gathering; and the Apache Big Owl Witch Song, sung to enjoin children to good behavior.

Cravath is a composer, writer and scholar in the field of music and American Indian studies. His publications include North American Indian Music and Songs for Ancient Days.

The project is funded by the Arizona Humanities Council. Arizona Western College Parker Learning Center is located at 1109 Geronimo Ave., the event will be in the multipurpose room.


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