The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian announced that it will host a special concert event called “Mother Earth” Saturday, July 7, with musical performances and speakers from the scientific and American Indian cultural communities in the spirit of the Live Earth message. Live Earth is a 24-hour, seven-continent concert series that will bring together more than 100 music artists to raise awareness about climate change. As part of this environmental message, the museum will make the broadcast of Mother Earth available to Live Earth.

“There is no more important matter before us than the question of how to live sustainably on the Earth,” said Tim Johnson (Mohawk), acting director of the museum. “As an institution of living cultures, the National Museum of the American Indian is committed to elevating human understanding of global climate change through education and cultural performances.”

The concert is free and open to the public. It will take place on the museum’s Welcome Plaza at 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW, facing the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Mother Earth will begin with an opening ceremony at 10:30 a.m. immediately followed by the concert’s first act, Blues Nation, an Oklahoma- based rhythm and blues band. Native American rock, funk, punk, reggae, gospel and Andean music; films; and guest speakers will fill out the day ending with a finale by Blues Nation at 9:30 p.m.

The schedule is subject to change. For updates, visit the Museum’s Web site by either clicking or copying/pasting into your browser:

http://www.americanindian.si.edu/motherearth/.

The broadcast portion of Mother Earth is being produced by Herring Media Group, Inc. of Connecticut, (HMG). HMG Chairman and CEO Marc Herring, said, “It is an honor and privilege to work with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and to collaborate with Live Earth to present this important program and to celebrate a new era of ecology awareness.”

About the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian:

Established in 1989, through an Act of Congress, this museum is an institution of living cultures dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of the life, languages, literature, history and arts of the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere. The museum includes the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall; the George Gustav Heye Center, which is a permanent museum in lower Manhattan, New York, New York; and the Cultural Resources Center, which is a research and collections facility in Suitland, Md.

Source for this post: Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian

Contact: Eileen Maxwell, +1-202-633-6615, maxwelle@si.edu, Amy Drapeau,
+1-202-633-6614, drapeaua@si.edu, Leonda Levchuk, +1-202-633-6613,
levchukl@si.edu, all of the Smithsonian Institution

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