Swift-Cloud, the popular Bay Area drumming and dancing group, will return to the Santa Clara City Library Redwood Room on Tuesday, November 25 with a performance for families and children who are AT LEAST 5 years of age. The above photo, from Swift-Cloud's 2007 Library appearance, depicts some of the color and excitement that this authentic, Native American group generates while performing traditional music, dances and chants.Swift-Cloud's performance will be presented by the Youth Services Department as a tribute to American Indian Heritage Month. Throughout the month of November, we're also featuring a display of books about Native American traditions and folk tales.
Another special Native American event is planned for Saturday, November 22, at 2:00 p.m. in the Redwood Room. We'll be showing the movie, Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, for families and children who are AT LEAST six years of age.
In closing, we leave you with a message from Chief Seattle, whose eloquent speech to Congress more than 100 years ago established Native American beliefs and connections to nature that have ultimately found a place in the minds and hearts of all Americans. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle, with its beautiful paintings by Susan Jeffers, brings us these words from Chief Seattle:
posted by jtb"This we know: All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. . . . Preserve the land and the air and the rivers for your children's children and love it as we have loved it."
