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Updates from the Field - Promoting Kickapoo heritage for kids in Mexico
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Recent Updates from the Field
Good news fron Tamichopa
By Maria Inmaculada Puente Andres - manager, September 01, 2009 10:52 AM
We are very excited to keep working in collaboration with the Kikapú people of Tamichopa, Sonora, México for the recovery of their historical memories.
As part of the project, several workshops have taken place in the new Community Center. In July, the women of the community received technical training along with organizational talks. Dolls were elaborated with variations from the original costume, activity that contributed, among other things, to the development of their creativity. It also prepared them for the next step: the confection of the typical costume for themselves and for their families, topic of the training program of September.
Liliana, a young kikapoo woman, proudly presented it to the women.
During summer vacations, we also gave the young people the chance of having a digital photography and computer workshop. We will present the results in the exhibit “Nosotros, los Kikapús en Sonora” (“We, the Kikapoo people in Sonora”), in the state photographic festival “Fotoseptiembre” in Hermosillo, capital city of the state of Sonora. Next fall, we have planned a workshop of traditional drums with the men of the community. For the children, we are hopefully awaiting the support of our Global Giving friends to print the didactic material that will allow them to “learn playing” about their cultural inheritance; it would be wonderful to be able to give them that gift. We hope to hear from you soon!
As part of the project, several workshops have taken place in the new Community Center. In July, the women of the community received technical training along with organizational talks. Dolls were elaborated with variations from the original costume, activity that contributed, among other things, to the development of their creativity. It also prepared them for the next step: the confection of the typical costume for themselves and for their families, topic of the training program of September.
Liliana, a young kikapoo woman, proudly presented it to the women.
During summer vacations, we also gave the young people the chance of having a digital photography and computer workshop. We will present the results in the exhibit “Nosotros, los Kikapús en Sonora” (“We, the Kikapoo people in Sonora”), in the state photographic festival “Fotoseptiembre” in Hermosillo, capital city of the state of Sonora. Next fall, we have planned a workshop of traditional drums with the men of the community. For the children, we are hopefully awaiting the support of our Global Giving friends to print the didactic material that will allow them to “learn playing” about their cultural inheritance; it would be wonderful to be able to give them that gift. We hope to hear from you soon!
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News from Tamichopa
By Maria Inmaculada Puente Andres - Manager, May 23, 2009 08:07 AM
The Kikapoo community lives in Tamichopa, a small town located at the mountains of the northern mexican state of Sonora. For many years, Sonoran Kikapoos have been living isolated, away from progress and from their mother culture. For about a year, Lutisuc has worked with them throughout many activities that have keep them not only busy and excited, but has developed on Kikapoos a new perspective for a better future.
Nowadays, Lutisuc is being helped to sponsor the construction of Tamichopa’s Kikapoo Community Center. This Center is meant to be a place for Kikapoos to improve their life quality, promote and preserve their cultural heritage, and to reinforce community bounds, throughout workshops, meetings and other activities for their benefit. In order to do so, Lutisuc will fully equipped the Center and pass it to the Kikapoos for today and tomorrows´ generations.
Kikapoo men are actively participating in the construction of the Community Center, and with the support and encourage from their families, they hope to have it in full function by June. Meanwhile, the Kikapoo Lottery and Memory Game, a didactic material that will be print with the generous donations of our Global Giving friends is ready and waiting for the Center to be presented.
Lutisuc kindly asks for your help to accomplish the goals of this project. Helping Lutisuc will allow Kikapoo children to play and learn about their cultural heritage in space of their own, the Community Center. We will appreciate all your donations. Thank you!
Nowadays, Lutisuc is being helped to sponsor the construction of Tamichopa’s Kikapoo Community Center. This Center is meant to be a place for Kikapoos to improve their life quality, promote and preserve their cultural heritage, and to reinforce community bounds, throughout workshops, meetings and other activities for their benefit. In order to do so, Lutisuc will fully equipped the Center and pass it to the Kikapoos for today and tomorrows´ generations.
Kikapoo men are actively participating in the construction of the Community Center, and with the support and encourage from their families, they hope to have it in full function by June. Meanwhile, the Kikapoo Lottery and Memory Game, a didactic material that will be print with the generous donations of our Global Giving friends is ready and waiting for the Center to be presented.
Lutisuc kindly asks for your help to accomplish the goals of this project. Helping Lutisuc will allow Kikapoo children to play and learn about their cultural heritage in space of their own, the Community Center. We will appreciate all your donations. Thank you!
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The Kickapoo People of Sonora
By Maria Inmaculada Puente Andres - Manager, Lutisuc Asociación Cultural I.A.P, February 17, 2009 03:42 PM
Hello everyone! Here's the latest update about our new project with the Kickapoo People of Sonora. The Lottery and Memory Games are almost finished! They’re going to be a fun way to learn about animals, colors, people, family and traditions of the kikapoo tribe, in three languages: kikapoo, english and spanish.
Right now the proyect is designed and waiting to print!. As you know, the games are based on drawings of the kikapoo children, as you can see in the examples attached, please check them out.
“We all are very excited with this project” had said Luz (Light in english) a young kikapoo woman who also is learning with Lutisuc the way to make a representative doll and another traditional kikapoo handcrafts.
We thank all of you who can make the printing possible, with your help the kikapoo kids will play with their friends and families and at the same time, learn and preserve the kikapoo language and heritage.
Right now the proyect is designed and waiting to print!. As you know, the games are based on drawings of the kikapoo children, as you can see in the examples attached, please check them out.
“We all are very excited with this project” had said Luz (Light in english) a young kikapoo woman who also is learning with Lutisuc the way to make a representative doll and another traditional kikapoo handcrafts.
We thank all of you who can make the printing possible, with your help the kikapoo kids will play with their friends and families and at the same time, learn and preserve the kikapoo language and heritage.
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