News for Kyrene's
Native American Community
October 24,2008
Dancers
Performing TONIGHT at Mariposa!
Make sure to see this special performance of the Yellow Bird Indian Dancers at tonight's
Kyrene de la Mariposa PTO Harvest Festival! Dancers are
scheduled to perform at 6:30 pm. The Festival starts at 5:30 and
also features games, bouncers, food and a Mariposa Choir performance.
Kyrene de la Mariposa is located at 50 E. Knox Road in Tempe (just South
of Warner, between Kyrene and Rural Roads).
The Yellow Bird Indian Dancers is
a family of nine: Ken Duncan, a full-blood Apache, is the father; Doreen Duncan, his wife, is from Arikara, Hidatsa and Mandan
Nations; and their children (one girl and six boys) range in age from 1 to
20 years old. They received the Culture Keepers of Arizona Award representing the
essence of American Indian culture: "The Family." Some
of their performances have included dancing for First Lady Laura Bush,
and at the Smithsonian National Museum
of the American Indian, the US State Department, and the Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts.
See you tonight at Mariposa!
