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Collections - Special - North American Indian and Native Hawaiian About special collections North American Indian and Native Hawaiian Quilt Collection [ click here to see samples ] Native quilters in the Hawaiian Islands and on the North American continent have long used colors and designs distinctly their own to make quilts which function in ways both similar to other cultural groups as well as in ways that have specific tribal or pan-Indian meanings. Quilts have been used in nearly every Native community for everyday purposes such as bed coverings, shelter coverings, infants' swing cradles, weather insulation, and providing a soft place to sit on the ground. In some communities, quilts are also used to honor individuals, in ceremonies, and in a variety of activities that strengthen community life. Native peoples in the Hawaiian Islands and North America have always had many indigenous traditions of textile production and use; the materials and skills of quiltmaking had many precedents in these communities. When commercially-manufactured cloth and steel needles became available to native peoples, it was not surprising that, adept at similar craft forms, they quickly picked up quiltmaking. Native needleworkers continually combine or replace old materials and technologies with new. Finger-woven animal pelt blankets have been replaced by wool blankets and quilts, hides replaced by cotton fabrics, and awls and needles replaced by sewing machines and rotary cutters. The initial conveyance of quilting skills to Native peoples occurred in the nineteenth century with the establishment of mission schools and churches in Native communities. Numerous references in missionary diaries and letters, mission records and newsletters, and oral histories point to the substantial influence that Christian denominational mission churches and schools had in introducing quiltmaking to Native peoples. Through both formal instruction and in the context of affiliated women's social groups, missions promoted Euro-American domestic arts, including quiltmaking and other forms of needlework. Whether Mennonite missions on Hopi land, Mormon missions in Utah and Nevada, Quaker mission schools in Pennsylvania, or Catholic missions in frontier outposts, these Christian evangelical and educational efforts were instrumental in introducing and sustaining interest in these crafts. Within Native communities, quilts are often used to mark rites of passage or special occasions and to honor individuals for their special achievements or contributions. At naming ceremonies, quilts are given to friends and family in honor of the loved one being named. Students graduating from high schools or college are given quilts as a sign or recognition of their academic accomplishments. Athletes winning competitive events are given quilts for their physical achievements. Veterans returning from military service are honored with quilts to thank them for their bravery and personal sacrifice. Any one who has contributed significantly to his or her own, family's or community's well being is honored, either by being given a quilt or having quilts given away on their behalf. Production techniques (patchwork, appliqué, quilting, tied work), material preparation (batting, recycling cloth), patchwork patterns, quilting designs, and quilt names were shared among Native and non-Native quiltmakers. Yet choices of patterns, construction techniques, materials, and names often are tied to Native or tribal identity. Native artists adapt the beadwork, rug weaving, and basket weaving patterns of their cultural heritage of their own experience into their quilts. Color choices often reflect the Native quilter's close spritual ties to the natural world. Many times Native quilters, irrespective of their own tribal background, will select printed fabrics that incorporate Southwestern or pan-Indian imagery, such as eagles, running horses, or motifs from or resembling those of Navajo rugs. Of all the discrete collections of the MSU Museum's quilt collections perhaps the most important is the collection of North American Indian and Native Hawaiian quilts. Several museums have one or a few samples of Native quilts and a handful of museums have quilts specializing in the quilts of one culture or tribe (for instance Native Hawaiian or Lakota Sioux) but no other musuem in the world has a collection that not only represents the breadth and diversity of Native quilting in North Amercia but also is accompanied by documentary information resulting from historical and ethnographic research. There are a number of reasons why Native quilters have been so little known to those outside their families or communities and that museums have so few examples in their collections, but perhaps the chief reasons were that it is an art form that has appeared so extensively in everyday life and that it was primarily the result of indigenous cultural contact with outsiders. Considered commonplace and perceived firmly tied to a European rather than a Native artistic tradition, quilts, unlike other Native arts, were historically not collected or studied as items of ethnographic, aesthetic, or marketplace value. In addition, most quilts made within Native communities were made for everyday use; even those made and given in ceremonies were intended for everyday use. Thus, there are few extant historical quilts in either private or public collections. The first Native American quilt acquired by the Michigan State University Museum was one documented in a Michigan Quilt Project Discovery Day in 1985. The quilt, made c. 1920 by Margaret (or Anna) David, an Odawa quilter, from Peshawbestown, Michigan has distinctively Woodland Indian floral motifs in the corners and sides of a traditional Star quilt pattern. It was donated by a non-Native family who had acquired it from its maker. Subsequent research has uncovered five more quilts done in this style and has revealed that the quilter was probably affiliated with a group of women who quilted together in the basement of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Peshawbestown, Michigan, a community where Ojibwa and Odawa had long resided. Additional research by museum staff on Ojibway, Odawa, and Potawatomi quilting resulted in the collection of narratives, photographs, and quilts documenting the long-time engagement in quilting by many Native women in the region. Working in tandem with the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, Atlatl (the national service organization for professional Native artists), and many tribal museums as well as quilters, collectors, and other scholars, the Michigan State University Museum staff continued to document Native quilting traditions throughout the United States and Canada. These efforts have resulted in the exhibition "To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions" that toured to major museums across the nation, a smaller version of the exhibit that is touring to tribal museums, a publication, and the collection of well-documented quilts and related materials at MSU. -- by Marsha MacDowell [excerpt from Marsha MacDowell, ed., Great Lakes,Great Quilts. 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2004/12/15 - Hawaiian and Island Air Eliminate Lines for Interisland Connections Help/FAQ Sitemap Hawaiian Airlines News Release Hawaiian and Island Air Eliminate Lines for Interisland Connections HONOLULU -- Hawaiian Airlines has teamed up once again with Island Air to improve interisland travel by introducing interline e-ticketing for their mutual customers. The new e-ticketing agreement further enhances the code share partnership established between the two carriers in August and makes flight connections even more convenient to Molokai, Lanai, and West Maui. Mutual customers of Hawaiian and Island Air having travel itineraries with flights on both airlines can now enjoy the ease of purchasing a single e-ticket and checking in only once at the original point of departure. Hawaiian's agreement with Island Air means we have now extended the technology and convenience of paperless ticketing to travelers of all six islands, said Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiians president and chief operating officer. There's no unnecessary hassles, no messing with paperwork, and, most importantly, no waiting in check-in lines. Interline e-tickets are now being issued by Hawaiian and Island Air through their respective reservation centers, at airport locations and ticket offices. In addition, e-tickets for Hawaiian are scheduled to be available at all domestic travel agencies by end of December. Dunkerley added, Our goal is to convert our ticketing to 100 percent paperless and we're getting close. The biggest e-ticketing conversions we still need to make are with international carriers and that will be accomplished by next year. Island Air is the latest carrier Hawaiian has launched an interline e-ticketing agreement. Previous e-ticketing arrangements include American, United, Northwest, Alaska, America West, ATA, Delta, and Continental. Hawaiian plans to establish interline e-ticketing partnerships with a number of international carriers in 2005, including British Airways and Japan Airlines. About Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines, the nation's number one on-time carrier, is recognized as one of the best airlines in America. Readers of two prominent national travel magazines, Cond Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure, have both rated Hawaiian as the top domestic airline serving Hawaii in their most recent rankings, and the fifth best domestic airline overall. Celebrating its 75th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is Hawaii's biggest and longest-serving airline, and the second largest provider of passenger air service between Hawaii and the U.S. mainland. Hawaiian offers nonstop service to Hawaii from more U.S. gateway cities than any other airline. Hawaiian also provides approximately 100 daily jet flights among the Hawaiian Islands, as well as service to Australia, American Samoa and Tahiti. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (AMEX and PCX: HA). Since the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee in May 2003, Hawaiian Holdings has had no responsibility for the management of Hawaiian Airlines and has had limited access to information concerning the airline. Additional information is available at www.HawaiianAir.com . Back HOME Reservations Flight Schedule/Info Special Offers HawaiianMiles Programs/Services About Us Access My HawaiianMiles • Help/FAQ • Sitemap • Contact Us • Privacy Policy © 2006 Hawaiian Airlines

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KAHEA - The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance Calendar of Events Portraits of Life in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands by Susan Middleton and David Liittschwager 2/4 - 2/25 Maui Ocean Center 3/3 - 3/25 Kaua'i Community College Libary 4/3 - 4/28 UH-Manoa Hamilton Library 5/5 - 5/27 Molokai Museum* (tent) 6/1 - 6/30 Kahilu Theatre, Waimea (Big Island) 7/7 - 8/12 Wailoa Center, Hilo SAVE UH! STOP UARC!! KAHEA supports the community's effort to save our only public institution of higher education - the University of Hawaii - from being commandeered by the U.S. Navy through a secret military research program called a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). It's not too late to join the effort! Send the UH Board of Regents a fax explaining why so many oppose a UARC at UH: UARC Action Alert . Read news coverage of the public hearing from the Honolulu Advertiser and Star Bulletin . To learn more about the issue, visit the Save UH/Stop UARC website. Mahalo! Wespac is subject of a request for investigation sent to the Department of Commerce's Investigator General: We fully support a federal investigation of Wespac for its mismanagement of public funds, violation of the public's trust, and continuing to allow overfishing in the NWHI. To learn more about reasons to support the investigation click here and visit www.scottfoster.org to review the actual report sent to the Investigator General. Winter Appeal 2005 Check out KAHEA's latest E-News Update here . Our website is currently under reconstruction. Please bear with us as we work to improve our site. Mahalo nui! Order our NEW Bumper Sticker! Email us at: kaheainfo@kahea.org Sign Our Petition to Protect the NWHI! Get KAHEA's Latest NWHI Brochure! (400k PDF) Hawaiian Monk Seals: On the Verge of Extinction! Sign our petition Help Protect the ‘Ïlioholoikauaua (Hawaiian monk seal) Help Protect Hawaiian Monk Seals: a new brochure ‘Ilioholo ika uaua On the Verge of Extinction (1.2MB PDF) Kids Save the Seal Brochure (881k PDF) Help us raise funds for the lawsuit by Mauna Kea Anaina Hou to protect Mauna Kea. 11" x17" photo with donations over $30. Email kaheainfo@kahea.org . Message Clarifying Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Role in Protecting Mauna Kea (142k PDF) Cruiseships Renege on Promise The Northwest Cruiseship Association pulled out of their "good neighbor" agreement with the state in September, chosing instead to be regulated by a much weaker regulation. Read their letter of withdrawal. Federal Bill Could Stop Cruise Ship Pollution. Find out more >> Maui County Task Force Calls for Limits on Cruise Ships (124k PDF) Honolulu Advertiser, Sept 7, 2005 Calling All Ocean Users: Report Mucky Water, Garbage, Oil, etc. Help be the Eyes for our Ocean! Downloadable form available here . (370k PDF) KAHEA's brochure on Cruise Ship Impacts in Hawai'i (300k PDF) Call KAHEA (808) 524-8220 to receive a free copy of our new DVD/VHS Endangered Waters: The Cruise Ship Industry in Hawai'i. Watch a clip (1.6MB, requires QuickTime) Last Updated: Jan 24, 06 | 4:39 pm