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[From Sonja Keohane via FIRST_NATIONS@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]

All-woman drum group to perform in celebration of Women's
History Month

06/03/2000

        In celebration of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian's
National Museum of the American Indian will host "The Mankillers," an
all-woman drum group from northern California whose members represent
numerous tribes from throughout North America, including Apache,
Cherokee, Hupa, Karuk, Muskogee Creek, Jemez and Taos Pueblo, and
others.   Performances will be held on March 16 at 6:30 p.m., and on
March 18 at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3 p.m., at the museum's George
Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green, in lower Manhattan.  Admission
is free.
        The Mankillers' name pays homage to Wilma Mankiller, the
first woman to be elected chief of the Cherokee Nation.  The group
remains one of the few all-woman Native American drum groups to
release a professional recording (1997 Anya Music).  The women sing
in the northern style of Native American pow wow music in the same
manner as men, dividing leads, chorus, and calls among each other.
Formed in 1992 as a women's support group and mentoring circle, the
Mankillers are comprised of community activists, teachers, and
mothers who act as role models for youth.  The group inspires and
motivates women of all ages with their songs and also through
educational workshops.  "The group promotes the path of the drum in
place of drugs, alcohol, and other forms of self-destruction," said
group member and manager Irma Amaro-Davis (Chicana/Yaqui).
        The Mankillers are comprised of Irma Amaro-Davis, Carrie Dunn
Anderson, Michon Eben, Maggie Escobedo-Steele, Danielle Estrada,
April Frank, Genevieve Markussen, Kristi Orona-Ramirez, Tina Rizzo,
Geneva Shaw, Fawn White, and Sawar Young-Tripp.
The Heye Center is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on
Thursdays until 8 p.m. Admission is free.

  For more information, call the museum's 24-hour public program line
at (212) 514-3888 (recording).

  The museum's home page is at www.si.edu/nmai.

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