Tag: native

Rainstick & Wampum Weaving

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube every Monday at 4:00 PM. Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years and older. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

Monday, October 11th
Starts at 4:00 PM

Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day by learning how to create your own rainstick and wampum weaving. A musical instrument that was used by many indigenous cultures to summon rain for crops, animals, and thirst. Wampum weaving is popular in Eastern woodland tribes for ornamental, ceremonial, diplomatic, and commercial purposes.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Crafty Kids – October 2021

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

Premiere Dates:

  • October 7th – Hot Air Balloons
  • October 14th – Sun & Moon Art
  • October 21st – Bracelet & Bookmark Straw Weaving
  • October 28th – Paper Plate Halloween

We READ, We TALK Book Club – July 2021

Register at ofpl.online/ofpl-book-club for a copy of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer now through July 19th.

Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices.

Register for OFPL’s Book Club HERE

Zoom discussions will be held in August.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Native Speaker Series

Visit YouTube, @galluplibrary to view episodes of the OFPL Native Speakers Series.  Introductions to the Zuni and Navajo Languages during the month of November.  Videos are posted Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m.

Zuni (A:shiwi)

November 4th
Greetings

November 11th
Colors

November 6th
Counting

November 13th
Animals

Navajo (Diné)

November 18th
Greetings

November 25th
Colors

November 20th
Counting

November 27th
Animals

November Film Series – Smoke Signals

Wednesday, November 20th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

Victor’s father left when he was a boy, and he now learns that his father just died, and his mother sends him to collect the ashes. He is only able to make the trip with Thomas’ help, however, and there is a condition that is difficult for him to accept: Victor must swallow his pride and take Thomas with him.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 1998
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Duration: 1 hr. 29 mins.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.