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Canku
Ota
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(Many
Paths)
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An
Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
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January 2018 -
Volume 16 Number 1
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Favorite
Web Sites
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collected
by Paul and Vicki
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Ethnohistory
Ethnohistory reflects the wide range of current scholarship
inspired by anthropological and historical approaches to the
human condition around the world, but with a particular emphasis
on the Americas. Of particular interest are those analyses and
interpretations that seek to make evident the experiences, organizations,
and identities of indigenous, diasporic, and minority peoples
that otherwise elude the histories and anthropologies of nations,
states, and colonial empires.
https://read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory |
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Dustin
Mater - Chickasaw Visual Artist
“By exploring the modern world through the lens of a native
artist, my work connects the past to the future.
I use a variety of materials to tell my stories, never shying
away from trying new mediums but in each work there is ornate
consistent Muskogean aesthetic.
https://www.dustign.com |
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Brent
Greenwood Ponca/Chickasaw
I am a proud member of the Chickasaw and Ponca Nations of
Oklahoma. I was born November 27, 1971 in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
I've been creating art ever since I could remember. I am primarily
an acrylics and mixed media artist. I try to create depth
and emotion in my work by the various layers of paint, washes,
drips and splatters that I apply to the canvas.
http://www.urbanindian5.com/brent-greenwood.html
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Spirit
Aligned Leadership Program
The Spirit Aligned Leadership Program exists to elevate the
lives, voices and dreams of Indigenous elder women who are working
to heal, strengthen and restore the balance of Indigenous communities.
http://www.spiritaligned.org |
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Gingerbread
Houses
Gingerbread is a baked treat that dates back to the Middle
Ages. It is thought to have first appeared in the U.S. in
the nineteenth century, when the Swiss monks of St. Meinrad
Archabbey in Indiana baked gingerbread on holidays, and gave
it to the sick. Over the years, baking gingerbread cookies
and building gingerbread houses developed into a popular American
Christmas tradition.
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AllRecipes:
How to Make a Christmas Gingerbread House
Excellent step-by-step instructions, along with a house template,
dough and icing recipes, and decorating tips. "House doesn't
look picture-perfect? Don't worry; you'll be able to fill gaps
and cover errors later with more icing and decorations. A fool-proof
assembly method, if you're not going to eat the gingerbread,
is to use a glue gun. And remember, perfection is overrated."
http://dish.allrecipes.com/gingerbread-houses/ |
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King
Arthur Flour: Building a Gingerbread House
This fourteen-page PDF from King Arthur Flour offers the most
detailed gingerbread house building instructions I found online.
It includes a printable pattern, oodles of photos, and tips
you won't find anywhere else. For example, to create multi-colored
stained glass panels, try melting hard candies in the oven.
Or to create the look of window panes, paint diagonal muntins
on gelatin sheets. And to help your gingerbread people keep
their balance, attach mini-marshmallow kick-stands to their
backs.
https://www.kingarthurflour.com |
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New
York Times: Cooking: How to Make a Gingerbread House
This guide includes several videos, a recipe, and tips on assembling
and decorating your house. "Many a gingerbread-house builder
has watched in frustration as one side falls down while another
is being put up. But with the aid of some savvily placed props
and some sturdy royal icing, you can quickly move on to the
last – and best – part: adding the finishing touches."
https://cooking.nytimes.com/guides/47-how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house
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Pinterest:
Gingerbread Houses
Searching for gingerbread inspiration? Look no further than
this Pinterest search. You can refine the search by adding keywords
to the search function box in the upper left-hand corner, or
jumping directly to some of the featured boards and pinners
(which you'll also find in the upper left-hand corner.) If you
are new to Pinterest, just remember that you need to click twice
on an image to actually visit the associated web page.
https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=gingerbread+houses
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Wilton:
Gingerbread House Fun
Wow! Wilton (the baking supply company) brings us the mother
lode of gingerbread ideas. Visit for 158 gingerbread decorating
ideas and nineteen how-to articles. "Icicles capture
the magical moment of snow falling and gracefully trailing
down a winter cottage. Add this magical look effect to roof
edges, windowsills and trees."
http://www.wilton.com/searchsummary/?q=gingerbread%20houses
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Christmas
Crafts
“Tis
the season to be jolly.” And Christmas crafts certainly
add to the season’s jolliness, don’t you think?
This week’s website picks showcase Christmas craft projects
for kids of all ages.
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All
Free Crafts: Christmas
With more than 150 original Christmas crafts, All Free Crafts
is quite a find. Organized into six categories (such as Santa
Crafts, Light Bulb Crafts and Easy Tree Trims) many of the
projects focus on using recycled household items, and all
have photos of the finished project. Other featured holidays
include Valentines Day, Mother's Day, and Halloween.
https://www.allfreecrafts.com/christmas/christmas-crafts/
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All
Kids Network: Kids Christmas Crafts
"All of these Christmas themed crafts were made in our
own home so we know that they are fun and child-friendly.
So light a fire in the fireplace, make some hot cocoa, put
on your favorite holiday movie and gather the family around
the table to make some of our great kids Christmas crafts!"
This Christmas page has a couple dozen projects, with links
to printable worksheets, coloring pages, and mazes in the
right-hand column.
https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/christmas/
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Busy
Bee Kids Crafts: Christmas Crafts for Kids
"This Christmas why not create a Posable Reindeer, make
your own homemade Christmas Ornaments with our Salt Dough
Recipe, or design your own Winter Window card for a special
homemade teacher gift?" Visit Busy Bee Kids Crafts for
three dozen illustrated craft projects (for ages two and up)
and last, but not least, a whole slew of Christmas printables
including coloring pages, word search puzzles and dot-to-dots.
http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Christmas-Crafts-for-Kids.html
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Enchanted
Learning: Christmas K-3 Theme Page
"These crafts projects use materials found around the
house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string,
crayons, paint, glue, etc. See the page about color mixing
to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the
rainbow." Enchanted Learning hits the mark with oodles
of Christmas crafts and printable activity pages (which are
my personal favorites.) Those looking for Hanukkah projects,
will find them here.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/
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Pinterest:
Sassy Sites: Christmas Crafts for Kids
This beautiful Pinterest board was created by user Sassy Sites.
If you are new to Pinterest, you do not need an account to
view any of the boards, but just browsing this collection
may be enough to get you hooked. To visit the actual craft
sites, click on any of the pins (the photos) to open the image
in a new window, then click one more time to visit the originating
site. In addition to this board, you can search for more "Christmas
crafts for kids" using the search function in the upper
left-hand corner.
https://www.pinterest.com/sassysites/christmas-crafts-for-kids/
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Attack
on Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor Naval Station on the Hawaiian island of Oahu
is Navy headquarters for the United States Pacific Fleet.
Yet even after seventy-six years, its name is synonymous with
the surprise Japanese attack of “December 7, 1941 –
a date which will live in infamy.” The United States
suffered 3,700 casualties, along with damage to twenty-one
ships and 300 planes.
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Eyewitness
to History: Attack at Pearl Harbor
"The surprise was complete. The attacking planes came in
two waves; the first hit its target at 7:53 AM, the second at
8:55. By 9:55 it was all over. By 1:00 PM the carriers that
launched the planes from 274 miles off the coast of Oahu were
heading back to Japan." This single page description of
the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor includes quotes from eyewitnesses
and some amazing photographs. Links to related pages (The Japanese
View and The White House Reacts) are near the bottom of the
right-hand column.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pearl.htm |
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History:
Pearl Harbor
"Just before 8 a.m. on that Sunday morning, hundreds of
Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they managed
to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including
eight enormous battleships, and over 300 airplanes." The
next day, President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to declare
war on Japan. Visit History for an introductory article, and
a collection of short videos about the Pearl Harbor attack.
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National
Geographic: Remembering Pearl Harbor
The National Geographic Pearl Harbor site is overflowing with
excellent features. The following are just two of my favorite
clicks. Beyond the Movie takes a look behind the scenes of the
2001 "Pearl Harbor" movie from Touchstone, and at
characters such as Dorie Miller, the real-life cook played by
Cuba Gooding. The Attack Map is a multimedia map and time line
created with photos, narratives, and footage that "bring
the attack on Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, to life – moment
by moment, target by target."
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ |
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TIME:
Pearl Harbor Through the Eyes of a LIFE Photographer
These photos, captured after the Pearl Harbor attack by photojournalist
Bob Laundry, show the devastation in stark black and white.
At the time of the surprise attack, Laundry and a reporter were
"approximately 100 miles off the coast of Pearl Harbor,
working on a story about naval exercises in the Pacific. Landry's
photos, shot after the attacks, were some of the first images
to come out of Pearl Harbor for TIME and LIFE magazines."
http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2101677_2326573,00.html |
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