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1) AT IUN:
    1A) Native American comic Charlie Hill, and October guest speaker at IUN, to be
on Letterman show Wed Oct 30
    1B) IUN Anthropology Club, booksale
2) IAS and IASS meetings
3) Indiana events, mostly archaeology:
    3A) take your artifacts to the archaeology roadshow;
    3B) throw an atlatl
    3C) Indiana Archaeology month in September
    3D) "First Look" at the finds of the 2006 Collier Lodge Dig
    3E) Fall harvest festival and antique equipment show
4) King Tut
5) Outside Indiana:
    5A) Abstract deadline extended: Midwest Archaeological Conference, Urbana, Illinois
    5B) Midwest Forensic Anthropology Meetings, Central States Anthropological
Society meetings
    5C) Conference on Parks, Protected Areas and Cultural Sites
6) video on newest and tiniest lemur
7) Interesting Job in Chicago


The details:

1A) Native American comic, and guest speaker at IUN, to be on Letterman show
Wednesday Oct 30
    Comedian, writer, actor Charlie Hill will give a special performance at Indiana
University Northwest on Thursday, October 19, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the Savannah
Auditorium.   This event will be free and open to the public.  He will also be
featured on the David Letterman show on Wednesday night, October 30, 2006.
    Crossing cultures to lighten and enlighten with healing laughter, Americans
around the country have been enjoying veteran comedian Charlie Hill in concert
and on radio and TV for years.  This Wisconsin Oneida comic has broken a lot of
stereotypes about Indian people through his biting comedy. Charlie has appeared
before with Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and Roseanne.
 A Thanksgiving appearance on Roseanne was so funny and thought provoking; ABC
gave him a job as a writer.
    Charlie is the featured performer in the PBS program, On and Off the Res, from
Native American Public Telecommunications.  In his appearance at IU Northwest,
Charlie will share his humor and his unique perspective as a Native American
comedian in the national spotlight.
    Charlie has also been the star of, or featured on, several radio programs in
the US and Canada; portions of his NPR program "Club Red" are available on CD.
He and his Club Red troupe have been described as  “Monty Python with moccasins!”
The blurb from the Club Red web site reads:
Each program spoofs and satirizes contemporary life. We offer poetry slams, film
festivals, wannabe Indians and just sheer nonsense. Regular features include:
The Adventures of the Flat Earth Rangers - an Indigenous duo who attempt to
thwart the discovery of the New World.
Grandma Mabel - everybody's favorite Indian! Grandma offers wisdom and swap
meets from the "big rez".
Connie Connie - offers insightful interviews with Native newsmakers.
Dr. Fido Multiplex - Anthropologist-at-large and curator of the Museum of White
People, shares the history and customs of the Mall Builders.
    The IUN Anthropology Club will also have a public showing of Hill’s PBS
program, On and Off the Res’, about two weeks before his live appearance at IUN.
    Sponsored by the IUN Anthropology Club, Student Life, Center for Regional
Excellence, and the Office of Diversity and Equity
    for more information please contact Cara Spicer at caraspicer@yahoo.com

1B)   The first IUN Anthropology Club meeting, with election of officers, is
scheduled for Wed Sept 6, in Savannah 207, but I have not heard what time yet...
Check the club page at:http://www.iun.edu/~anthronc/

The IUN Anthropology Club booksale, now billed as the “World’s Largest One
Dollar Used Book Sale”, will be held in the Moraine Center beginning Monday
October 30; details to follow, but we will have double the usual number of books
to browse, maybe 12,000 books on 50 or 60 large tables.


2)  The two Indiana societies with confusing names both have anthropology
sections and both are meeting this fall:

IASS Annual Meeting:  The 2006 Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Social
Sciences is being hosted by Indiana University Northwest in Gary and Purdue
University Calumet in Hammond. The Annual Board Meeting and Dinner will be
Thursday evening, October 12 at Purdue University Calumet and the 2006 IASS
Annual Meeting will be at Indiana University Northwest on Friday, October 13.
Register by October 1, 2006 at http://www.ius.edu/SocialSciences/iass/

IAS Annual Meeting:  The Indiana Academy of Science has scheduled the next
annual meeting for November 3, 2006 on the beautiful -- and centrally located --
campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.  This is a great opportunity
for the delivery of presentations concerning all fields of anthropology (and the
geographic area of focus does not need to be restricted only to our fair state).
 The setting is relaxed, the people are convivial, and the trip is cheaper than
any other meeting you may attend this year.
Please participate!  The due date for abstracts is coming soon: September 1.
But it could not be easier to submit a vague and non-limiting 200 words.  Just
surf over to the IAS Meeting homepage and click the proper link to submit an
abstract:
http://www.indianaacademyofscience.org/htmlfiles/meetings.html
Student registration is $20 (and that includes a $10 annual membership fee).
Don't pass this opportunity to add two new lines to your CV...
Contact with any other questions you may have:
Jay VanderVeen
Chair, Anthropology Section, IAS
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Indiana University South Bend
jmvander@iusb.edu


3)  All from Amy Johnson:

3A)  Step into the past and celebrate the start of Indiana Archaeology Month at
Spring Mill State Park during archaeology weekend, Sept. 2-4.  Spring Mill is
near Bloomington.
On Saturday, take your artifacts to the archaeology roadshow for identification.
Professional archaeologists will present a program on the archaeology of the
park and the Pioneer Village on each day, then lead an archaeological tour
through the park.
Other programs include grass mat making, a hike on Native American plant uses
and an evening presentation on the Native Americans who once lived in the park.
There will also be skill demonstrations, a simple coiled basket craft using
recycled materials, a workshop on how to “read” the landscape to locate ruins
and other historical features, and a walk down the Stagecoach Trail.
For more information, call the nature center, (812) 849-4129. Schedule details
are online at www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/interpretiveservices/programs/schedule/
(September schedule under Spring Mill).
All archaeology weekend programs are free; however, a gate fee of $5 per
in-state license vehicle or $7 per out-of-state license vehicle will be charged
at the entrance to the park.

3B)  Visit archaeology day at Falls of the Ohio State Park, Sept. 2 (near
Louisville)
Enjoy a day of archaeological activities for adults and children of all ages at
Falls of the Ohio State Park’s archaeology day, Sept. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Visitors who want to know how a particular object was used or how old it is
should bring their prehistoric and historic artifacts with them for
identification. Those interested may also learn about prehistoric and historic
artifacts by using them.
Gwynn Henderson, staff archaeologist and education coordinator at the Kentucky
Archaeological Survey, will present her talk “Prehistoric Lifeways of the Ohio
Valley,” at 2 p.m. in the park’s auditorium.
Participants can make a pottery vessel to take home or throw long darts at
targets with an atlatl (spear-thrower). Attendees can watch flintknappers make
prehistoric stone tools, view interpretive poster and artifact displays about
the prehistoric and historic past of the Falls area and even participate in a
mock dig.
Other opportunities include learning how an archaeological site is formed,
asking questions of professional archaeologists and learning how to become
actively involved in local archaeology.
All activities are sponsored by the Falls of the Ohio Archaeological Society.
For more information, call Anne Bader, (502) 636-2560, or Sundea Murphy, (502)
964-2614.


3C)  Indiana Archaeology month in September
Hoosier history buffs can learn about archaeological sites and
artifacts, make stone tools, talk with archaeologists and much more
during September, Indiana's eleventh annual Archaeology Month. The event
slogan, "Unique in Indiana," conveys the state's rich archaeological
heritage, which is supported by its artifacts and sites.
    Governor Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. issued the official proclamation to
recognize the contributions of archaeology to the state and the clues it
can offer about Hoosier history. Years of archaeological investigations
have helped state residents understand the complexity of the prehistoric
and historic people who called this land home.
    In honor of this celebration, the DNR invites Hoosiers to discover the
stories behind the facts of the state's archaeological tale. For
instance, the state archaeologist works for the DNR. Archaeologists have
done investigations in Indiana since the early 1800s, finding and
recording more than 49,000 archaeological sites.
    Indiana Archaeology Month will feature events for all ages. For a
schedule, please visit the DNR Web site, at:
http://www.IN.gov/dnr/historic/archeomonth.html
    The web site also provides information on available educational and
outreach materials, the commemorative Archaeology Month poster, the
official Archaeology Month T-shirt that is available for purchase, and
much more.

3D)  September 20, 2006: "First Look" at the finds of the 2006 Collier Lodge Dig
Details: Dr. Mark Schurr will present an illustrated lecture giving a “First
Look” at this summer’s archaeological dig at the Collier Lodge site at Baum’s
Bridge.  The investigations were conducted as a cooperative research project
between the Kankakee Valley Historical Society and the University of Notre Dame
Archaeology Field School.  The lecture will be held at Valparaiso University
Dr. Schurr's program will be hosted by Valparaiso University's branch of the
Archaeological Institute of America.  Dinner at 6:30, program at 8:00 in the
"Great Hall" in the  Valparaiso University Student Union Building.  More
information at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s web site:
http://www.kankakeevalleyhistoricalsociety.org/2006%20ND%20Dig%20press%20release.htm

3E)  September 23 - 25, 2006
FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL AND ANTIQUE EQUIPMENT SHOW
Sunset Hill Farm County Park near Valparaiso, U.S. Highway Rt. 6 & Meridian Road


4) King Tut continues in Chicago thru New Year’s Day:
http://www.kingtut.org/chicago/


5) Outside Indiana:
5A) Abstract deadline extended to Sept 4:
52nd Annual
Midwest Archaeological Conference
Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center
Urbana, Illinois
October 12–15, 2006
In 2006 the Midwest Archaeological Conference is joining with the Illinois
Archaeological Survey in celebrating a half-century of contributions to
Midwestern archaeology. The Conference will be held in Champaign-Urbana,
Illinois and is sponsored jointly by the Illinois Transportation Archaeological
Research Program (ITARP), the Department of Anthropology at the University of
Illinois, and the Illinois Archaeological Survey (IAS).
Special events include:
    * Friday night reception at the Conference Hotel (with cash bar) honoring
50 years of the Illinois Archaeological Survey and Illinois Archaeology
    * Banquet Dinner at the Conference Hotel with speaker Dr. Steve Lekson
more info at: http://www.midwestarchaeology.org/meetings.htm

5B) Midwest Forensic Anthropology Meetings: BARFAA is being held
Nov.3-5 at Illinois State Museum in Springfield:
http://www.luc.edu/depts/anthropology/BARFAA/
Central States Anthropological Society meetings are April 12-15, 2007,
Minneapolis, MN (Univ. of MN): http://www.iupui.edu/~csas/Annual_Meetings.htm



5C) October 6 is the deadline for abstracts for “Rethinking Protected Areas in a
Changing World,” the George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks,
Protected Areas and Cultural Sites, which will be held in St. Paul, Minnesota,
from April 16 to April 20 next year. The GWS biennial conference is the USA's
largest interdisciplinary professional meeting on parks, other kinds of
protected areas, and cultural sites.  The scope of the conference includes parks
and protected natural areas at all levels; historic, archaeological, and other
cultural sites; cultural landscapes; research areas and designated wilderness on
public lands; tribal reserves; marine and freshwater sanctuaries; private
land-trust reserves; and similarly designated areas. The GWS conference also
encompasses disciplines and activities that support the work of parks, such as
ethnography, GIS, and museum work.  The conference is international in scope.
Proceedings will be published.  Abstracts are being accepted for sessions,
papers, posters, exhibits, workshops, and side meetings. Full details at the
conference website: http://www.georgewright.org/2007.html . For more
information, contact Dave Harmon at dharmon@georgewright.org .


6)  From Becky Andis, a video of the newly discovered tiniest lemur:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=3443AB75-CFA9-4159-BB63-FB313116C1CF,B0226171-780C-4A8A-A51C-5E271F686894,39AAA546-1E99-45C1-A6F4-1F3961276AE3,C0C97D05-0FBE-4005-A083-0FD0D8417591&t=m205&f=06/64&p=source_national%20geographic&GT1=8404


7) Interesting Job in Chicago:
    The College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is
seeking a Data Resource Analyst.  This individual's primary focus will be to
maintain and update information on applicants and enrolled students in the
College Database (CORE). In addition, compile, analyze, and interpret student
enrollment/graduation statistical data and prepare summary reports for
management review.  Assist in the review and revision of the statistics for
training grants, and prepare them for submission to the appropriate agency or
department. Work with Director on national survey requests.
     A Bachelor's Degree plus at least two years of experience is strongly preferred.
    For fullest consideration submit electronically a cover letter, resume and
three references by September 22, 2006 to: Denise Sobotka, Director, Office of
Academic Programs at denisem@uic.edu. The University of Illinois at Chicago is
an AA/EOE.