THE ETHNIC HOOSIER ��..�..���. April 2001

��Published by the Nationalities Council of Indiana, Inc.

Nationalities Council update�

Plans for the next International Festival are well underway. This is a special year for us in many ways.

• It�s the 25^th anniversary of the festival, first held during the American Bicentennial in 1976.
• We are partnering with the Spirit & Place festival sponsored by the Polis Center at Indiana University-Purdue University. The theme for this year�s event, scheduled for 2-11 November is �Crossing Boundaries,� so it is a natural fit.
• We welcome back The Promotion Company as manager of our event.

Mark your calendars for 8-11 November at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

���� The Nationalities Council has sent a letter to the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee (GIPC) in support of its initiative to conduct a cultural diversity survey of Indianapolis as part of its Race Relations Leadership Network initiative.

���� Transformation of our three volunteer-developed websites into one continues. We�re not quite ready to announce the new portal, so input is still needed. Check out the listing for your group on the work-in-progress site http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~smckee., and e-mail corrections, additions, comments, etc., to [email protected]. Other information we�re using comes from Phil Hu�s site, http://www.am-biznet.com/indyfest, and Chao-Hung Lee�s site, http://134.68.129.11/. Look those over, too, please, and let us know what�s important, what�s not, what should be included, dropped, added or changed!

Susan

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April�s International Calendar for Indy�.

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"Remember the Alamo! Reflections of the Americanization of a Mexican," lecture by Dr. Luis Proenza. 3:30 p.m., University Library, IUPUI.

"Conflict Resolution in Africa," lecture by Toby Malichi. 7 p.m., Butler University.� Sponsored by Indiana Council on World Affairs.

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Royal Ballet of Flanders, �The Three Musketeers,� 7.p.m., Pike Performing Arts Center, 6701 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis.

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Nationalities Council of Indiana, 7 p.m., Willkie Room, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. All are welcome.

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"Transitions, from Asian International to Asian American; Legal, Cultural and Social Implications," panel discussion, 6:30 p.m., Leo R. Dowling International Center, Bloomington. Part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month; for information, 812:856-5361.

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�Crossing Boundaries," lecture by Helen Zia, author of Asian American Dreams. 4 p.m. Indiana University Bloomington. Part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month; for information, 812:856-5361.

Stammtisch and program, "A Genealogical Journey" by James Feit, 6 p.m., Athenaeum, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Indiana German Heritage Society.

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German language Good Friday Service, 10 a.m., Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ, 416 East North Street, Indianapolis.

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"Stroll Gardens of Edo Japan" slide and video lecture by Anne Hoover, 8 p.m., Indianapolis Museum of Art. Free and open to the public.

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Global Crisis of Internally Displaced Persons and Violations of Human Rights." Presentation by Roberta Cohen. Dinner meeting of Indiana Council on World Affairs. 5:30 p.m. Butler University, Indianapolis.

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Fourth Canadian Studies Roundtable, Canadian Studies Department, Franklin College, Franklin. Theme: "The 'Two Solitudes' Today".

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Family Day: "Native Americans", Indiana Historical Society.

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Rap Performance by Tou Ger Xiong, a Hmong-American artist. 7:30 p.m., IU Bloomington. Part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

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Ethnic Fair, Goshen College, Goshen.

Dyngus Dinner/Dance sponsored by Polish Cultural Society of Indiana. Reservations, Bill and Sharon Johnson, 317:882-8885. All are welcome.

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10th annual spring traditional Pow Wow, Boone County 4-H Community Building, Lebanon. Sponsored by American Indian Council.

Did you know�

Yung Choi, who was born in Kyungjoo, South Korea, was featured on the cover of the Indianapolis Business Journal for 19-25 March 2001? He owns Paradise Landscape & Nursery Inc.

Prince Julius Adeniyi, delegate to the Nationalities Council from the African Cultural Resource Center, was one of the chefs participants in this year�s MeatOut?

Three Latin American consuls general visited Indianapolis in February? Calling on Mayor Bart Peterson and making other official calls were Carlos Manuel Sada Solana, Consul General of Mexico; Abraham Espinal, Consul General of Honduras, and Elizabeth Gonz�lez de Herrera, Consul General of El Salvador. �

Do you have an item for the calendar, or an �international sighting� for the next issue of The Ethnic Hoosier? E-mail it to: [email protected].� Deadline is 1 May 2001.