Places to visit native american culture exhibits in Missouri USA

 Culture-> Museums: Places to visit native american culture exhibits in Missouri USA Posted on Monday, September 26 @ 23:22:53 PDT Here is a list of places to visit in Missouri USA to learn about native american culture.

Missouri USA Places to Visit

Andrew County Museum
202 E. Duncan Dr.
Savannah, MO 64485-0012
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 12
Savannah, MO 64485-0012
tel (816) 324-4720
fax (816) 324-5271

Audrian Historical Museum, Graceland
501 S. Muldrow
Mexico, MO 65265
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 3
Mexico, MO 65265
tel (573) 581-3910

Clay County Historical Museum
14 N. Main
Liberty, MO 64068
tel (816) 792-1849

Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum
Schifferdecker Park
Joplin, MO 64802
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 555
Joplin, MO 64802
tel (417) 623-1180
fax (417) 623-6393

E.M. Violette Museum
Truman State Univesrity
Kirksville, MO 63501-0828
tel (816) 785-4532
fax (816) 785-4536

Fort Osage Historic Site
105 Osage St.
Sibley, MO 64088
mailing address:
22807 Woods Chapel Rd.
Blue Springs, MO 64015
tel (816) 795-8200, ext. 260
fax (816) 795-7938
TDD (816) 795-1427, ext. 301

Graham Cave State Park
N. Outer Rd.
Montgomery City, MO 63361
mailing address:
HC Rte., Box 138
Montgomery City, MO 63361
tel (573) 564-3476

Historic Hernamm Museum
4th & Schiller Sts.
Hermann, MO 65041
mailing address:
Box 88
Herrmann, MO 65041
tel (314) 486-2017

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
11 N. 4th St.
Saint Louis, MO 63102
tel (314) 425-4468
fax (314) 425-4570
TDD (314) 425-4467

Kansas City Museum
3218 Gladstone Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64123
tel (816) 483-8300
fax (816) 483-9912

Maramec Museum, the James Foundation
Maramec Spring Park
Saint James, MO 65559
mailing address:
320 S. Bourbeuse St.
Saint James, MO 65559
tel (314) 265-7124
fax (314) 265-8770

Mississippi County Historical Society
403 N. Main
Charleston, MO 63834
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 312
Charleston, MO 63834
tel (314) 683-4348

Museum of Anthropology
104 Swallow Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
tel (573) 882-3573 & 3764
fax (573) 882-9410

Museum of the Western Jesuit Missions
700 Howdershell Rd.
Florissant, MO 63031
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 1095
Florissant, MO 63031
tel (314) 837-3525

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak St.
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873
tel (816) 561-4000
fax (816) 561-7154
TDD (816) 751-1263

Pettis County Historical Society
c/o Sedalia Public Library
311 W. 3rd
Sedalia, MO 65301
tel (816) 826-1314

St. Charles Historical Society, Inc.
101 S. Main St.
Saint Charles, MO 63301
tel (314) 946-9828

St. Joseph Museum
1100 Charles St.
Saint Joseph, MO 64501
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 128
Saint Joseph, MO 64502
tel (816) 232-8471 & (800) 530-8866
fax (816) 232-8482

St. Louis Science Center
5050 Oakland Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110
tel (314) 289-4400
fax (314) 289-4420

Ste. Genevieve Museum
Merchant & DuBourg Sq.
Sainte Genevieve, MO 63670
tel (573) 883-3461

Southeast Missouri State University Museum
One University Plaza
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
tel (314) 651-2260
fax (314) 651-5103

Van Meter State Park
Rte. 122
Miami, MO 65344
mailing address:
Rt. 1, Box 47
Miami, MO 65344
tel (816) 886-7537

Springfield, Missouri USA American Indian Heritage Exhibit and Celebration

    October 2005
Oct. 1, 2005 -
Nov. 13, 2005  

American Indian Heritage Exhibit and Celebration
The rich heritage of the American Indian and the unique facility of Wonders of Wildlife provides for an incredible opportunity for celebrating "National American Indian Heritage Month." See Wonders of Wildlife through the eyes of the American Indian, as we incorporate Native American exhibits and displays throughout the museum. Exhibit is included in regular admission price - free for members!

http://www.wondersofwildlife.org/

 

American Indian Heritage
Exhibit and Celebration

October 1 - November 13, 2005
The rich heritage of the American Indian and the unique facility of Wonders of Wildlife provides for an incredible opportunity for celebrating "National American Indian Heritage Month." See Wonders of Wildlife through the eyes of the American Indian, as we incorporate Native American exhibits and displays throughout the museum. Exhibit is included in regular admission price - free for members!
Click here for schedule of activities

 

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 Osiyo - Elder's Meditation of the Day - October 31 "One is not born a Tewa but rather one is made a Tewa... once made, one has to work hard continuously throughout one's life to remain a Tewa." --Alfonso Ortiz, SAN JUAN PUEBLO Being Indian is being spiritual. It is not the color of our skin. Being Indian is how we think. We need to learn our culture, our language, our dances, our traditions and customs. It is one thing to know these things, but another to live them. We need to spend time with the Elders and get their guidance. We need to go to the mountains, woods and desert to pray. Being spiritual is the way for us to think right. Walking the Red Road and thinking right is the greatest gift we can give to our children. Dohiyi, Nvwadohiyada,

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Communities unite to reclaim the Highway of Tears

Communities unite to reclaim the Highway of Tears  Email this page     Print this page Posted: October 21, 2005 by: Stephanie Woodard Click to Enlarge Photos courtesy Dennis and Shelby Raymond -- Pipers led a group of marchers in Terrace, British Columbia during the recent Take Back the Highway event condemning the deaths or disappearances of 32 women and girls - most of them Native - during the 1990s. (Inset) Event Regional Coordinator Kathy Wesley, Nisga'a Nation, with participant Blaine Stensgaard. TERRACE, British Columbia - A killing ground became sacred space, as communities along Highway 16 gathered recently to celebrate the lives and deplore the deaths or disappearances of 32 women and girls - 31 of them Native - during the 1990s.

These largely uninvestigated, unsolved crimes took place on a 500-mile stretch of the road that threads its way through the lush rainforest and glorious mountains of western Canada. The route eventually became known as the Highway of Tears - more a place of horror than one of beauty.

Kathy Wesley, Nisga'a Nation, a counselor at Ksan House, a social-services organization and women's shelter in Terrace, coordinated the event. Called ''Take Back the Highway,'' the idea was inspired by Take Back the Night, an international demonstration against sexism and violence that takes place each September.

In each of many towns along the route, hundreds of men, women and children - Native and non-Native - prayed, sang, danced and marched. ''A butterfly suggestion became a tidal wave,'' said Grainne Barthe, of Hope Haven Transition House, a women's shelter in Prince Rupert. The First Nations and Bands represented included Tsimshian, Kitsumkalum, Stellat'en, Cheslatta, Hagwilget, Nak'azdli, Tsay Keh Dene, Lake Babine, Sai'Kuz and Nad'leh.

Beverley Jacobs, Mohawk, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, appeared on behalf of her organization, which has worked hard over the past few years to bring attention to the issue of rampant violence and discrimination against indigenous women in Canada. ''I am honored to know such powerful and strong people,'' Jacobs said of the marchers.

''I saw the sister and niece of Ramona Wilson [who went missing at age 15] holding tightly onto each other,'' said Shelby Raymond, spokesman for Terrace Amnesty International Action Circle, one of many national and local organizations that participated in the event. ''I realized this was a deeply needed statement, a moment to control one small section of highway, a moment to say we will remember every precious young woman who disappeared. A community was born on our march.''

In Hazelton, there was not a dry eye as family members remembered their missing sisters, daughters and mothers, reported Jim McAfee, an alcohol and drug counselor with the Hagwilget Village Health Team. ''Lucy Glaim spoke on behalf of the family of Delphine Nikal [who also disappeared while in her mid-teens]. The theme was reiterated that the families are still grieving and that it is healing to have the support of an event such as this,'' said McAfee. ''The deaths and disappearances affect us all in so many ways.''

Those who had experienced repression, sexism and violence spoke of feeling empowered. Participant Sherrice Lucier recalled her impressions of the day: ''Walking along that path was so symbolic for me. I was taking it back. Words cannot explain what I felt [while] walking with all you courageous women. So I will simply say, 'Thank you.'''

To find out more about NWAC's efforts to stop violence against indigenous women, go to nwac-hq.org or sistersinspirit.ca or visit hwy16.dsrhome.com/gallery/ terrace2005 for a slideshow.