1) Chicago & Indiana events, including Cultural Connections on Rites of

Passage, forensics, more Leakeys, IUN universal health care conference

2) powwows

3) party reminder

4) Native Americans film series at IUN

5) Apache Dancers coming to IUN in November

6) More on the "New Ape found in Africa"

7) IAS/IASS confusion

8) upcoming stuff, email problems

1) events

A) From Rosa Cabrera:

The Center for Cultural Understanding and Change will kick-off the 2003-2004

Cultural Connections program. This event is scheduled for Wednesday,

September 10th from 6-8:30pm at The Field Museum- complimentary

parking will be available. You can come as a guest or as a volunteer,

we will be in great need of help that evening. Thus, just let us know

by the end of this week so that we can plan accordingly. Here is the

event description:

Cultural Connections Kick-off Assembly,

Perspectives on the Cycle of Life

Join The Field Museum's Center for Cultural Understanding and Change

for a unique opportunity to experience a diverse continuum of

perspectives on the cycle of life. Cultural Connections brings

together the traditions related to birth, identity and death of

Chicago's Filipino Americans, Swahili community and a special

international guest partner from the Andes of Ecuador for this year's

kick-off assembly. The new theme for the 2003-2004 program year -

"Traditions of Transition: Understanding Rites of Passage" - will

take us on a year-long journey of exploration through life's many

phases from diverse cultural as well as gender-specific perspectives

- from birth to coming of age to weddings to death. You will have the

opportunity to acquaint yourself with some of The Field Museum's

hidden treasures that are connected to rites of passages all over the

world as well as with the rest of the Cultural Connections partners

and their respective institutions. And to complement your overall

experience, there will be samplings of several ethnic foods.

Hope to hear from all of you and to continue our collaboration during

the next program year.

Rosa Cabrera

Public Involvement Manager

Center for Cultural Understanding and Change

The Field Museum

312/665-7470

rcabrera@fmnh.org

(although this invitation was intended for the CAPA group of anthropologists and

graduate students, they have accepted undergraduate volunteers before, so please

contact Rosa if you are interested.) More info on the Rites of Passage program

for volunteers and for general attendees is at:

http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20030821/21aug2003122013.html

(select Illinois if the website asks you.)

CCUC general site: http://www.fmnh.org/research_collections/ccuc/default.htm

(I see they will be doing the Hi Hop and Social CHange Conference in October

that was presented to the CAPA group recently.)

B) BARFAA 2003

Loyola University Chicago

October 10-12, 2003.

The Tenth Annual Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association

meeting will be hosted by Drs. Anne L. Grauer and Maria O. Smith, the Chardin

Anthropological Society, and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at

Loyola University of Chicago. The meeting will consist of formal and informal

papers (each approximately 10 minutes in length), open discussions and

posters. "Works in progress" and posters are strongly encouraged, as is

student participation. As always, the goal of the conference is to provide an

informal forum for osteologists, forensic anthropologists, and

bioarchaeologists to present and get feedback on current research,

methodological advances, and specimens of particular interest.

Tentative Schedule:

Friday Evening: Reception 6:30-9:30pm

Saturday Morning: Breakfast and paper presentations

Saturday Afternoon: Lunch and Discussion session on Reburial issues

Saturday Evening: Hit the town

Sunday Morning: Breakfast, posters, hands-on contributions, Discussion session

on Careers, Futures and Directions in Bioarch and Forensic Anth

Abstracts

Electronic submission of abstracts is preferred. Please email the abstract or

attach it to an email to barfaa2003@yahoo.com. An abstract form will be made

available on the web shortly. Send snail-mail

abstracts to: Department of Sociology/Anthropology

ATTN: Dr. Anne L. Grauer

Loyola University Chicago

6525 N. Sheridan Rd.

Chicago, Illinois 60626

ABSTRACT AND PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2003

Registration

The registration fee is $40, due on September 15, 2003. This fee includes all

conference materials, a welcome reception Friday evening, lunch on Saturday,

and continental breakfasts Saturday and Sunday mornings. There will be no late

registration fee for individuals registering after September 15th, but we will

not be able to guarantee that lunch on Saturday afternoon will be included

after that date.

A registration form will be available on

BARFAA websites shortly.

http://archlab.uindy.edu/2003meetings.html

http://www.luc.edu/depts/anthropology/BARFAA/

Please make checks payable to "Department of Sociology and Anthropology/LUC"

Hotel Information: Please make your reservations ASAP

Here are three suggestions for nearby accommodations:

Super 8 Motel: 773.973.7440 7300 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago

Best Western: 1.800.EVANSTON 1501 Sherman Rd. Evanston, IL

Margarita Inn: 847.869.2273 1566 Oak Ave. Evanston, IL

(http://www.margaritainn.com)

The most inexpensive accommodation is the Margarita Inn, which is a

European-style inn with rooms that share bathrooms (as well as with rooms with

private bathrooms). It is quiet, lovely, and close to Loyola.

Further Information

Directions, maps, information about hotels and restaurants, parking, etc.,

will be sent to all preregistered attendees. Questions? contact Anne Grauer at

Dr. A. L. Grauer

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Anthropology Program Director

Loyola University of Chicago

6525 N. Sheridan Road

Chicago, IL 60626

Tel: 773.508.3464 (office)

Tel: 773:508.3480 (lab)

Fax: 773.508.3383

Email: agrauer@luc.edu

and let me throw in a link for a directory of schools that offer training in

forensic anthropology:

http://www.forensicanthro.com/forensic-programs/

C) As previously announced, the Leakeys will be in Chicago for fundraising

events Oct 10-11, but there is also a full day of great scientific presentations

by 20 paleoanthro folks on Sat Oct 11 at the Field Museum for $35 for students,

teachers, and Field members; and $40 for the general public. I called the

ticket number (312-665-7400) and they took my word for my status, no service

fees to use credit card over the phone, got my ticket in the mail in 3 days.

Info and mail in form at http://leakeyfoundation.org/

And Richard Leakey will also be at (surprise) The Paramount Theatre in Aurora

Illinois (about 30 miles west of CHicago) "in an entertaining and informative

format" at 3 pm Sunday Feb 15, 2004; tickets are $40 to $60 - now that is a

fundraiser. http://www.theparamounttheatre.com/

D) From Ruth Needleman:

HEALTH CARE FOR ALL!!

JOIN THE NORTHWEST INDIANA COALITION

FOR HEALTH CARE FOR ALL!

ONE-DAY EDUCATION CONFERENCE

Saturday SEPTEMBER 13, 2003

Indiana University Northwest

Conference Center

9am to 2 pm

Hear Dr. Quentin Young explain how national health care would work for us! He is

the national coordinator of Physicians for National Health Care. Over 9000

doctors have endorsed his program for a single payer health care program.

Dr. Linda Murray will explain why our health care system has failed! She is the

chief medical officer of county-run clinics in Cook County.

Hear the facts about the Canadian Health Care System from Canadians!

The conference includes sessions on local, state and federal action on health

care, information on health care bargaining, and a special exchange with

Congressman Pete Viscloskey.

Registration includes refreshments/lunch: $5 ($2 for retirees and unemployed. To

"Health Care Conference."

2) Powwows

A) Sept 5-7, Indian Summer Powwow, Milwaukee Wisc http://www.indiansummer.org

B) Nov 14-15, 50th Anniversary AIC Powwow, IUN Pavilion, Chicago

(info on AIC and many other local powwows can be found at the AIC site:

http://www.aic-chicago.org/powwow%202000%5Cpowwow%20calander%5Cschedule.htm)

3) reminder of Bob's welcome back gathering:

Saturday September 6, 2003. I'll be cooking corn, chicken, and sausages

starting around 2 pm and going late into the night. Guests can bring side

dishes, snacks, drinks; BYOB only if you are 21 and have a designated driver.

The address is 935 west Altgeld Street, Chicago 60614; it is less than two

blocks NW of the corner of Fullerton, Halsted, and Lincoln (where the Biograph

Theater is) and one mile west of Lincoln Park Zoo. For a detailed map, type in

the address in Mapquest.com or MSN or any web map service. My phone is

773-929-0456. This should be a great opportunity to see those who we haven't

seen in years as well as those who we haven't seen all summer. It is also an

opportunity to meet IUN's newest anthro faculty, Michelle Stokely. Not everyone

got the last newsletter with the announcement due to some email glitches.

4) Films about Indians at IUN

New IUN Faculty member Michelle "Mik" Stokely will be conducting a film series

every Thursday at 1 pm in Raintree 151; the showings are open to the public, but

it is also possible to take the one credit hour course built around them. The

film for this Thursday Sept 4 is about the prehistoric civilization in southern

Illinois known as Cahokia. (Oh hey I worked three summers digging there...)

http://medicine.wustl.edu/~mckinney/cahokia/cahokia.html

5) Prof Stokely is also arranging to bring some Apache dancers to IUN in

November for Native American Heritage Month. (Would we like to do a sort of

potlatch potluck for that event?) Call her at 219-981-5601 or mstokely@iun.edu

for more info about either films or dancer event.

6) There have been a few mentions in this newsletter over the last few years

about the possibility of an unknown large ape still living in Africa. There are

at least two native names for such an animal, intermediate in size between a

chimp and a gorilla. I have speculated myself that such sightings are

adolescent male gorillas who can resemble overgrown chimps and have been known

to travel in a group; newer evidence suggests that they are in fact a new

subspecies of chimps who have some gorilla like behaviors. I once suggested the

site:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0414_030314_strangeape.html

An IUN student of a decade ago, Jim Soos, recently sent me a link to a very

interesting website with much more about this topic:

http://karlammann.com/bondo.html

7) IAS/IASS confusion

There are two Indiana scholarly groups with similar names that have four-field

anthropology sections and encourage attendance and even presentations by

undergraduates at their meetings. I have mentioned both and have been asked to

clarify: The Indiana Academy of Science has its Fall annual meeting on Friday, October 17 at Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana. see

http://www.indianaacademyofscience.org/

The Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences has its annual meeting on Friday

October 17 at IPFW in Fort Wayne Indiana. They do not seem to have a current

website, but information about them and the meeting can be obtained from Sushil

Usman, Sociology, IU-PUFW

260-481-6842 usman@ipfw.edu

8) Ericka Menchen's CAPA links page has links to the CHicago area anthro

departments (IUN's got broken during the time it was down from this summer's

deletion). http://www.erickamenchen.net/capa/links.htm

Last issue I mentioned that I received a request from an IUN office for names of

potential tutors for A105; I have been madly forwarding names of quite a few

people who asked about it and who I also thought would do a good job. We do not

need any more names, and in fact we have a very uncomfortable situation in that

it looks as if two different campus facilities have hired tutors for the class.

How confusing. How frustrating. I hope that no one is disappointed and that

the two offices can work it out.

The anthro club academic achievement awards (AKA Clarke Johnson memorial

scholarship) will be announced shortly.

The used booksale needs to be scheduled, it is usually held the week after

midterms, but that would make it the week of Halloween; any feedback, should we

have it then? (If you are unfamiliar with this event, go to:

http://www.iun.edu/%7Eanthronw/cal/2003/3-24-03.htm)

email problems; as spam proliferates, so do anti-spam policies; unfortunately

many ISP spam blockers have prevented the delivery of this email newsletter.

Netnitco will not deliver any email with over ten recipients; Yahoo refuses or

delays this newsletter because there are too many unknown recipients, AOL

because there are too many links in the newsletters, and some (even

universities) because my reply-to address does not seem to match the mail relay,

or because there are too many blind copies (done so no one gets a mail that

begins with a few hundred addresses); even my own ISPs will not let me send one

mailing to the 700 subscribers all at once. I have been contacting these groups

and trying to work within their requirements. I am going to try to send this

one differently, from a new address, as 70 mailings of ten recipients each.

Let me know if you do not receive it, lol.

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Bob Mucci

Associate Professor and Coordinator of Anthropology

Indiana University Northwest

3400 Broadway, Gary IN 46408

219-980-6607

RMucci@iun.edu

http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw

"Education not slogans is our motto"