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2/12/01

SIKUMIUT INUIT DANCERS, DRUMMERS PERFORMING AT SLU 

CANTON -- The Sikumiut Inuit Dancers and Drummers will give a performance 
at St. Lawrence University on Thursday, February 22, at 8 p.m. in Gulick 
Theatre, as part of the University's Festival of the Arts, which focuses 
on Inuit art and culture.
	Tickets are required for the free performance, and are available 
at the E.J. Noble University Center, Brewer Bookstore and Northern Music 
and Video in Potsdam.
	The Sikumiut Inuit Dancers and Drummers are based in Iqaluit, the 
capital of Nunavut, which means "our land." The group is dedicated to 
giving Inuit youth an opportunity to discover, recover and further their 
own culture through dance, drumming and song.
	The Sikumiut ("people of the ice") is an evolving and diverse 
blend of the traditional and contemporary, with works inspired by the 
graceful movements of the caribou, goose and raven, by Inuit legends and 
myths and by traditional games.  Established in 1999, the group has given 
acclaimed performances throughout the world.
	The St. Lawrence University Festival of the Arts, "From 'Nanook' 
to Nunavut: The Art and Politics of Representing Inuit Culture," continues 
through March 7 on campus, with a variety of exhibitions, performances, 
films, demonstrations and lectures included.

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