Here is a list of related events that coincide with "A Gesture of Kinship" at the Utah Museum of Natural History on the University of Utah campus. All events take place at the museum and are included with the price of admission.
Saturday, 10:30 a.m.: Forrest S. Cuch, executive director of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs, will discuss "Utah American Indians Today." Cuch, who was born and raised on the Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation, is also editor of "A History of Utah's American Indians."
Dec. 3, 10:30 a.m.: Navajo music and dance performance. Learn about the feather dance and the hoop dance, as demonstrated by Carl Moore Jr. Listen to the traditional songs of corn grinding, watch as Harry James demonstrates the traditional water drum, and participate in the Navajo social dance.
Dec. 10, 1 p.m.: Navajo oral history. Join Navajo Virginia Begay and anthropologist Donna Deyhle as they recount the importance of these narratives to understanding our own lives.
Dec. 17, 1:30 and 2 p.m.: Explore Navajo culture through children's books and artwork.
Jan. 7, 2 p.m.: The Navajo make use of hundreds of different plant species, sustaining both life and culture. Join Michael Windham, former archaeologist for the Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area and current curator of the Garrett Herbarium, as he discusses Navajo ethnobotany with specimens from the museum's collections.