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Monthly Announcements
September 2008
1. Wabanaki Ethnography
2. American Indian Culture and Research Journal
3. Mexican Treasures of the Smithsonian
4. 27th Annual Protecting our Children conference, National American
Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
5. HUD Awards $5 Million to Tribal Colleges
6. BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION Improving Interior's Assistance Would
Aid Tribal Groups Developing Academic Accountability Systems
7. Cool Uses for Google Maps
1. Wabanaki Ethnography
A website produced by the National Park Service. Today Maine's four Indian tribes—Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot—are known collectively as the Wabanaki ("Dawnland People" or "People of the Dawn"). Acadia National Park lies in the center of the Wabanaki homeland, which stretches from Newfoundland, Canada, to the Merrimac River valley in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The first-ever ethnographic study of the Wabanaki in the Mount Desert Island region, Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island 1500–2000, was completed in 2007 and is available online.
http://www.nps.gov/acad/historyculture/ethnography.htm
2. American Indian Culture and Research Journal
This title which is published by the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA has been added to the electronic journals listing on the SIL Tools for the Researcher page. Starts with volume 6 to the current issue.
http://aisc.metapress.com/content/120819?sortorder=asc
3. Mexican Treasures of the Smithsonian
Companion to an exhibit that "showcases collections from across the [Smithsonian] institution that illustrate Mexico as a place of human, scientific, and historical wonder." View selected images and short essays on topics such as early cultures, religion and festivals, New World foods, natural heritage, languages, labor, changing borders, money and stamps, and popular culture. In English and Spanish. From the Smithsonian Latino Center.
http://latino.si.edu/Mexican%20Treasures/index.html
4. 27th Annual Protecting our Children conference, National American
Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
This conference is titled “Access to Prevention, Protection, and Treatment: A Matter of Fairness, Justice, and Action” and will be held on April 19-22, 2009 in Reno, Nevada. It will focus on the need to address access to resources by taking control and action to overcome the barriers that keep tribal communities from preventing the occurrence or recurrence of child abuse and neglect. Workshops and presentations will feature innovative strategies to effectively meet the needs of our children and families through strong, collaborative partnerships.
http://www.nicwa.org/conference/
5. HUD Awards $5 Million to Tribal Colleges
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today awarded $5 million to seven Native American colleges and universities to expand, renovate, and equip their own facilities, to improve student housing, and to support construction of new facilities. The funding announced today is provided through HUD's Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)
http://falmouth-air.blogspot.com/2008/09/hud-awards-5-million-to-tribal-colleges.html
6. BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION Improving Interior's Assistance Would
Aid Tribal Groups Developing Academic Accountability Systems
GAO Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION Improving Interior's Assistance Would Aid Tribal Groups Developing Academic Accountability Systems Statement of Cornelia Ashby, Director Education, Workforce, and Income Security.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081125t.pdf?source=ra
7. Cool Uses for Google Maps
An infotip from Mary Ellen Bates at Bates Information Services Inc.
http://www.batesinfo.com/sept-2008-infotip.html
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