The National Register of Historic Places is pleased to promote awareness

Tumacácori National Historical Park, this year's featured National Park Photo by Shannon Davis The National Register of Historic Places is pleased to promote awareness of and appreciation for the history and culture of American Indians and Alaska Natives during National American Indian Heritage Month. This month is dedicated to recognizing the intertribal cultures, the events and lifeways, the designs and achievements of American Indians and Alaska Natives. As part of the observance, this site showcases historic properties listed in the National Register, National Register publications, and National Park units. Join the National Register in paying powerful tribute to the spirit of American Indians and Alaska Natives, and their contributions to our history. Pascua Cultural Plaza, one of this year's featured places Photo courtesy of Pascua Neighborhood Center Pascua Cultural Plaza Tucson, AZ A sacred ceremonial site for the Yoeme (Yaqui) people, where the community's traditions continue today. Hydaburg Totem Park Hydaburg, AK A park established by the federal government and local Native Alaskans to protect their works of art and culture. Chilocco Indian Agricultural School Newkirk, OK An off-reservation agricultural school for Native American Indian children from tribes across the country. Knife River: Early Village Life on the Plains, one of the featured lesson plans NPS photo courtesy of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Teaching with Historic Places This program offers a series of award-winning lesson plans that use places listed in the National Register to enliven the study of history, social studies, and geography. TwHP has seven ready-to-use lesson plans, available for free downloading, that examine different aspects of American Indian history. Titles include: The Battle of Honey Springs: The Civil War Comes to the Indian Territory The Battle of Horseshoe Bend: Collision of Cultures The Battle of Oriskany: "Blood Shed a Stream Running Down" Gran Quivira: A Blending of Cultures in a Pueblo Indian Village Knife River: Early Village Life on the Plains The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Documenting the Uncharted Northwest San Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas Tonto National Monument: Saving a National Treasure The Trail of Tears: The Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation American Indians were the first explorers and settlers of the American Southwest. Learn more about their distinctive cultures they established here. Photo by and courtesy of Shannon Davis National Register Travel Itineraries Travel to historic places that convey the rich cultural heritage of our American Indian population with inspiring stories of their perseverance across America. American Southwest Lewis and Clark Expedition Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Pipestone, Minnesota Indian Mounds of Mississippi Along the Georgia-Florida Coast Three Historic Nevada Cities: Carson City, Reno, Virginia City Featured Park 2006: Tumacácori National Historical Park Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument Aztec Ruins National Monument Bandelier National Monument Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (previous feature) Big Cypress National Preserve Big Hole National Battlefield Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Canyon de Chelly National Monument Cape Krusenstern National Monument Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Chaco Culture National Historical Park Colonial National Historical Park Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Effigy Mounds National Monument (previous feature) El Malpais National Monument Everglades National Park Fort Bowie National Historic Site Fort Laramie National Historic Site Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Fort Smith National Historic Site Fort Stanwix National Monument Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Grand Portage National Monument Great Smoky Mountains National Park Hohokam Pima National Monument Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (previous feature) Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Hovenweep National Monument Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Katmai National Park and Preserve Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Kobuk Valley National Park Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Lava Beds National Monument Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Mesa Verde National Park (previous feature) Montezuma Castle National Monument Natchez Trace Parkway Navajo National Monument Nez Perce National Historical Park NorthwestAlaska Areas Ocmulgee National Monument Pea Ridge National Military Park Pecos National Historical Park Petroglyph National Monument Pipestone National Monument Piscataway Park Poverty Point National Monument Russell Cave National Monument Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Shiloh National Military Park Sitka National Historical Park Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve Tonto National Monument Trail of Tears National Historic Trail (previous feature) Tuzigoot National Monument Walnut Canyon National Monument Washita Battlefield National Historic Site Whitman Mission National Historic Site Wupatki National Monument Yosemite National Park Yucca House National Monument

WHAT??RE: Recognize Native American Month In Sept.

Blog: RE: Recognize Native American Month In Sept.

From: To:     »     Date: Sunday, March 4, 2007 Subject: RE: Recognize Native American Month In Sept.   We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition: Recognize Native American Month In September Target: roger versch, Native American Sponsor: Roger Versch Signatures: 251 Goal: 10,000 Deadline: Ongoing... See Full Petition Email this Petition I am starting this Petition to recognize Native American Month for the Month of September. I want to submit this to the congressmen and the senate to get this approved we must get as many signatures as possible. Send this to all your friends and Repost. Being The US was truely founded by the Native Americans Dont you think "WE" should be recognized!!! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/157208149 Please let's get this petition going. Note and vote, post and cross post if you believe in the cause. Thanks and HUGS! The Creation of American Indian Heritage Month A brief history Source: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs - BIA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Arthur C. Parker What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. Early Proponents One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the "First Americans" and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Lawrence, Kans., formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. It directed its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to call upon the country to observe such a day. Coolidge issued a proclamation on Sept. 28, 1915, which declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens. The year before this proclamation was issued, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On December 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House. There is no record, however, of such a national day being proclaimed. State Celebrations The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of N.Y. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday. Heritage Months In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 "National American Indian Heritage Month." Similar proclamations have been issued each year since 1994. The theme for 2004 is "Celebrating our Strengths."  E-News from Native American Public Telecommunications Celebrate Native American Heritage Month With A Three Course Feast For The Ear ... Coming soon to Public Television and www.visionmaker.org. ... http://www.nativetelecom.org/enews/2006/october.html     City

Sky Watchers Total Eclipse of Moon Happens Tonight

Updated:2007-03-03 14:50:59
Total Eclipse of Moon Happens Tonight

AP
LONDON (March 3) - The moon will turn shades of amber and crimson tonight as it passes behind the Earth's shadow in the first total lunar eclipse in three years.

Earth's shadow will begin moving across the moon at 3:18 p.m. EST Saturday, with the total eclipse occurring at 5:44 p.m. EST and lasting more than an hour.



Elaine Thompson, AP
The full moon turns red and orange as it passes the Space Needle in Seattle during a total lunar eclipse on Oct. 27, 2004.


Ed Andrieski, AP
A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon, in its orbit around the Earth, passes into the Earth's shadow in space, shown here in eight minute intervals.


Janek Skarzynski, AFP / Getty Images
At the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland, a lunar eclipse appears on May 5, 2004.


Robert Cianflone, Getty Images
Viewers in Melbourne, Austrailia, saw the moon turn amber on in this lunar eclipse on May 5, 2004.


Dario Lopez-Mills, AP
The eclipse will be at least partly visible from Asia to the Americas, but those in Europe, Africa and the Middle East will have the best view.

Lunar eclipses occur when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, blocking the sun's light. The event is rare because the moon spends most of its time either above or below the plane of Earth's orbit.

Although it will pass completely under Earth's shadow, light from the sun will still reach the moon after being refracted through Earth's atmosphere, giving the moon an eerie dark reddish tinge.

"It's not an event that has any scientific value, but it's something everybody can enjoy," said Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society.


Earth's shadow will begin moving across the moon at 3:18 p.m. EST Saturday, with the total eclipse occurring at 5:44 p.m. EST and lasting more than an hour.

Observers in eastern North America and South America will find the moon already partially or totally eclipsed by the time it rises over the horizon Saturday evening.

Alaska, eastern Australia and New Zealand will miss the show altogether.

The next total lunar eclipse will occur Aug. 28.


Peter H. Schultz, Brown University
Based on images like this one of the Ina Structure on the moon, researchers in November said the moon may have released volanic gas 1 million years ago.


Ken Seeber, AP
If true, it indicates that the central portion of the moon is still cooling, they said.


Corbis
Several bodies in our solar system exhibit volcanic activity. Earth has about 1,500 known active volcanoes. The largest in the world is Hawaii's Mauna Loa, above.


NASA Photo / ZUMA Press
The biggest known volcano in the solar system is on Mars. Olympus Mons is 370 miles in diameter and rises about 16 miles from the planet's surface.



AP
Venus has more volcanoes than any other planet in the solar system -- more than 1,600 major volcanoes and volcanic features, plus many more smaller volcanoes.


NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory / AP
The most volcanically active body in the solar system is Io, a moon of Jupiter. Scientists have identified hundreds of volcanoes, many of them active.


NASA Photo / ZUMA Press
On the Neptune moon Triton, right, there is evidence of volcano-like activity driven by melted ice rather than magma. Sources: worldbook.com, usgs.gov, volcano.und.edu

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