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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION Native tiveGroups to Open Millennium With Grand Powwow BY ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUCSON,Ariz. — Roseanne Salinas, an Aztec from Mexico City, is here preparing to dance with representatives from indigenous groups from around the world at a 10-day Indian world’s fair and millennium powwow. She, her husband, Luis, and their 8-year-old son, Rico, are among scores of native groups scheduled to perform at the event that begins with a special mid- night friendship round dance on New Year's Eve and a sunrise blessing ceremony. In addition to 150 American Indian tribes, native groups from ico, Cal and as far away as Australia plan to attend. Cultural events including na- tive song and dance, arts and crafts exhibitions, food festivals and a symposium for native writ- ers, actors and producers will conclude Jan. 9 after three days of Powwows. Theevents are all open to the public. TheNev New Millennium First World ppg PowWow not ours around people that want us there and respect what we do,it just means so much to us,” said directions, from all four races of man,from all four seasons and in harmonic balance with the four Salinas, wearing the spectacular elements that make up the world headdress with 5-foot-long pheas- ince the birth Fred Synderestimates 250,000 people will attend. “The only thing f can say is that this will be the mostattended gathering of indigenous People ever held in any corner of the world thai I know of. And I've been chasing Powwowsfor 35 years.” Salinas, who notes that the correct name for Aztecs is Mexica (pronounced Mesh-E-ca), said her family believes dance provides a ofChrist. But like the Chinese, for whom this year is 4697, and the Jews, for whomit is 5760, it lacks religious significance for most Indians, whose history also stretches further back. “People are coming here because they want to be part of the harmonic balance to realign Mother Earth andthe spirit and energies that come about with gathering people from all four _AS Wednesday, December22, 1999 — of Earth, wind,fire and water,” Syndersaid. “Our elders felt it important that this special time needed to be commemorated in some way,” said Synder’s wife, Carole Garcia. Indians mark such special as they come into the 2ist coatury” Garcia,a trustee for the Reservation Creations Women's Circle Charitable Trust, hopes the pow- wow will also raise scholarship funds for Indian students — including those wanting to learn traditional teachings. 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