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One of the most popular ceremonies among Native peoples is the Northwest Coast Native American potlatch (or potlach of Native Indians of the Pacific Northwest). The potlatch has been practiced by Native nations such as the Haida, Salish, Tlingit, Tsimshian and Kwakwaka’wak for thousands of years. Potlatches can be held to celebrate births, rites of passages, weddings, funerals, puberty and honoring of deceased. These celebrations will typically include a feast, music, some theatrical performances involving tribal masks and spiritual events. The host family of each potlatch will also demon...

Montreal, Quebec, Canada - January 23, 2006 -- Traditional Northwest Native American Indian art is getting a boost in exposure worldwide with the help of today’s internet high technology. Previously, the only outlets to the outside world for Northwest Native American Indian art were mainly the relatively small number of street retail galleries that specialize in this traditional fine art form located in Vancouver or Seattle. Visitors to the Pacific Northwest region or those living there were the only people who got exposed to authentic Northwest Native American art. Now, with the help...

Contemporary Native American flute music duo NightDancers performs at storied New York City venue Kenny's Castaways on Thursday, December 6th, at 7:00pm. Billed as the Official New York City CD Record Release Party, NightDancers' set will include songs from their debut CD entitled, MONTANA CROSSINGS. MONTANA CROSSINGS - the debut studio recording from New York City based composer/flautists Gera Clark and John Sarantos is a well-crafted, melodic gem of an album featuring themes of exploration, transformation, interconnection and grace. Recorded at the world-famous AVATAR Studios in NYC by ...

(Thomson, Illinois)—By now most Americans know that the real first Thanksgiving had very little to do with what is shown in elementary school pageants. What they may not know as much about is the story of the Pilgrims’ survival in the New World, the Native American Squanto who helped them and how it all had a lot to do with the dirt underneath their feet. Even after surviving through their first winter, the Pilgrims’ fate was still very much up in the air and dependent on learning to cultivate the poor soil of the area in which they had made landfall. Squanto, a Native American who spok...

Learning Spanish can also be quite a serious goal for many individuals, whether it's for the use in the workplace, on vacation, or just for a challenge, learning Spanish poses many fresh obstacles and gets your mind working like the way it used to. In actuality, learning in life later on has been proven to help preserve mental agility and awareness. What is the most effective way to quickly pick up the language for people whom need to learn in a hurry? Hate to break it to you, but the quickest way of learning a language is to actually move to the country native to the language you wish to...

We love baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet or so an old ad for Chevrolet tells us. Apple pie is as American as well.. apple pie. If baseball is the All-American sport, then apple pie is the all-American dessert. And while the internet and book stores have spread the recipes far and wide, there are classic apple desserts in every region that are characteristic of the cuisine for that area. Wherever Johnny Appleseed spread orchards, there are recipes that make use of other regional ingredients and traditions to create unique desserts with apples and whatever! If you think of ...

The beauty and history of turquoise is hard to beat! Break into the history and mystery, it is really exciting stone. Turquoise history dates back over 6000 years. Archaeological and literary references to the stone before the Christian era by five millennia. These date back to the second rule of the first dynasty of Egypt, about 5500 BC Aristotle and Pliny both refer to turquoise. Marco Polo even wrote about it. Turquoise has always been considered a cornerstone of life. It also has a long history of over 1000 years with the Americans who used it for purposes of protection and hea...

Welcome to The Southern Baptist Academy's Easter Recipe's page! It is our hope that you and your homeschooling family will enjoy one or many of the following Easter recipes. Enjoy! Twin Groves: Try out these different recipes for Easter Ham. More than any other food, a plump roasted ham represents a traditional American Easter feast. AllRecipes: Your homeschooling family may find it difficult to bite into this adorable dessert. You might have to shut your eyes. Joy of Cooking: This fabulous Easter treat will thrill your homeschoolers with sweet carroty goodness.