Back to the roots.Native American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Rulan Tangen Tangen is a village lying near the shores of Mjøsa in the municipality of Stange, Norway. Its population (as of 2005) is 471. combined her rich traditional heritage and her love of dance when she founded Dancing Earth in 2004. A collective of 13 artists who represent indigenous nations from the Apache Apache (əpăch`ē), Native North Americans of the Southwest composed of six culturally related groups. They speak a language that has various dialects and belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American in the Southwest to the Papanga in the Phillipines, the group is dedicated to exploring native identities and culture. Known for her solo performances, Tangen turns her solo invitations into group opportunities for Dancing Earth. "I do this," Tangen says, "because of my belief that the spirit of indigenous nations must be shown ideally with an intertribal in·ter·tri·bal adj. Existing or occurring between tribes. Adj. 1. intertribal - between or among tribes; "intertribal warfare" group." Dancing Earth has shared their dance vision throughout North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. as well as Europe, recently performing for the royal family in Jordan and appearing in the film The New World by director Terrence Malick. On September 13, Tangen will be performing solo again in the Dancenow/NYC Festival at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. For more information visit www.dancingearth.org or www.dancenownyc.org. |
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