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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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July 2021 - Volume
19 Number 7
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Favorite
Web Sites
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collected
by Paul and Vicki
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The
World Eskimo-Indian Olympics
The games that are played display the preparedness one needed
for survival. They require skill as well as strength, agility,
and endurance. In this manner, the people could teach their
children that they had to be tough to make it on their own,
not just in one area, but in all. The games left no part of
the body untested.
https://www.weio.org |
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Dzil
Ta'ah Adventures
Back country cultural experiences through bike packing
https://www.dziltaahadventures.com |
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Navajo
YES
Our Mission: To promote community wellness, lifelong fitness,
youth empowerment and family togetherness across the Navajo
Nation. To achieve our mission, our work is grounded in five
programs: Dine Bike Project; Navajo Trails Task
Force; Outdoor Adventure Programs; Community Education
& Outreach; and Navajo Parks Race Series & Tour
de Rez Cup Series.
http://navajoyes.org |
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Red
Road to D.C. - A Totem Pole journey for the protection of
sacred places
This Summer, the House of Tears Carvers of the Lummi Nation
will transport a 25-foot totem pole from Washington State
to Washington DC, stopping for ceremony and live-streamed
events with communities leading efforts to protect sacred
places under threat from resource extraction and industrial
development. As the pole travels it draws lines of connectionhonoring,
uniting and empowering communities working to protect sacred
places. The pole carries the spirit of the lands it visits
and the power and prayers of communities along the wayultimately
delivering these prayers, power and demands to the Biden-Harris
Administration and Congress in Washington DC, and culminating
in an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of the
American Indian.
https://redroadtodc.org
VIDEO:
Red
Road to D.C. - A Totem Pole journey for the protection of
sacred places
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVjYHq6tqQc
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Kindergarten
Readiness
August
is "Get Ready for Kindergarten" month for almost two
million American kids entering kindergarten in the fall.
Today's collection of websites include a mix of online
and offline activities for parents to do with their
preschoolers. But remember, although worksheets and
online games are fun, reading out loud to your child
is the single best way to prepare your kids for learning,
no matter what form (virtual, in-classroom, or homeschool)
their schooling might take this year.
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ABCYa!:
PreK
Created by an elementary school teacher, ABCYa! provides
free, online games for use in a web browser, as well as
apps for your phone or tablet. The Pre-K collection includes
games such as Alphabet Bingo, Birthday Candle Counting,
Connect the Dots, and Letter Tracing.
https://www.abcya.com/grades/prek |
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All
Kids Network
All Kids Network offers hundreds of free printable worksheets
for preschool and kindergarten, but you do need to create
a free account first. Categories include Basic Concepts,
Reading, Shapes, Colors, Numbers, Writing, Alphabet, and
Math.
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Busy
Toddler: What is Kindergarten Readiness?
"We want to make sure our children are set up for
success but we often OVER-value skills we can quantify
and measure (like counting and knowing letter names) and
UNDER-value the truly important skills which are much
more abstract (like social skills)." Look at kindergarten
readiness through a "new lens", and learn why
it should not be all about academics and memorization
of numbers and letters. Blogger Susie is a former teacher,
and mom to three. Her mission is to "bring hands-on
learning back to childhood."
https://busytoddler.com/2019/02/kindergarten-readiness/
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CCSWFL:
9 Kindergarten Readiness Skills Your Child Needs
Child Care of Southwest Florida (CCSWFL) brings us nine
skills (both academic and social) that define kindergarten
readiness. "Teach your child to express their feelings
in a way that isn't aggressive or involve crying. Give
your children the opportunity to interact with other children
in early learning centers, church or at the park."
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Scholastic:
Countdown to Kindergarten
This archive page from Scholastic is a collection of
articles and book lists to answer all your kindergarten
readiness questions. "Some young children jump
right in to starting kindergarten, acting as if they've
been there all of their lives. But those easy adjusters
tend to be the exception. So expect some tentativeness
and ambivalence, along with genuine excitement about
starting 'real school.'"
https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/school-success-guides/count-down-to-kindergarten-new.html
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History
of Computing
ENIAC,
the world's first electronic, large scale, general-purpose
computer, was activated at the University of Pennsylvania
on February 14, 1946. Since then, computers have gotten
smaller, more powerful and nearly ubiquitous. But as
the following sites all point out, computing didn't
begin a mere half-century ago, but rather thousands
of years ago. Follow me to learn more.
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Computer
Museum History Center
"This Internet Timeline begins in 1962, before the
word 'Internet' is invented. The world's 10,000 computers
are primitive, although they cost hundreds of thousands
of dollars. They have only a few thousand words of magnetic
core memory, and programming them is far from easy."
The Computer Museum History Center (of Mountain View,
California) is my pick of the day! Best clicks are the
forty-five year timeline of computer history and the online
exhibits devoted to History of the Internet and Evolution
of the Microprocessor .
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Time
Warp
With an interface that feels like you've walked into a
cartoon, Time Warp has taken on the task of archiving
vintage technology of the twentieth century. Dial a decade
on the Time Warp control panel, and you're transported
back in time. Roll your mouse around the living room,
and as you pass over clocks, radios, stereos, televisions
and home computers, additional choices will appear. Make
your selections in these pop-up menus to see the (sometimes
oddball) artifacts that have been collected.
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Triumph
of the Nerds
"Nerds are not a recent phenomenon. It took many
years and many nerds to get where we are today."
Based on the PBS television special, Triumph of the
Nerds explores the lives of the young men that created
the personal computer revolution and "accidently
changed the world." There's a timeline that traverses
from abacus to Internet, stats and facts about five
favorite nerds, and a fun "Can you Guess the Computer?"
Shockwave game that lets you test your nerd quotient.
http://www.pbs.org/nerds/
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