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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
3 , 2004 - Issue
116
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Favorite
Sites
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collected
by Paul and Vicki
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This
week we travel back in American history to the time of thirteen
colonies struggling to free themselves from the rule of the
British monarch. The story of the creation of the Declaration
of Independence is a dramatic one, and I've found some excellent
sites that tell the tale. Have a happy and safe Fourth of
July!
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America's
Freedom Documents
In July of 1776, bells rang out over
Philadelphia signaling the approval of Declaration of Independence
by the Continental Congress. Two hundred and twenty-five years
later you can view the original document on your computer.
Also available are the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Best clicks are the six mini-movies on topics such as The
Real Face of George Washington and Paul Revere, Messenger
of the Revolution. Look for the small link titled Movies at
the bottom of any page.
http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/
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Declaring
Independence: Drafting the Documents
In June of 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote
the first draft of the Declaration of Independence in congressionally
imposed secrecy. In anticipation of a vote for independence,
the Continental Congress appointed a committee to compose
a document declaring the colonies' independence from Britain.
That committee then delegated the task to Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson's first draft of the Declaration can be viewed online
at this Library of Congress exhibit. Also on display are fragments
of a "Dunlap Broadside," one of twenty-four surviving
copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence,
done by John Dunlap in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
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NARA:
Charters of Freedom
The Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights
are the focus of this site from the U.S. National Archives
& Records Administration (NARA.) The exhibit is designed
to be visited sequentially, following a path from the Making
of the Charters, three chapters on the documents themselves,
and concluding with the Impact of the Charters.
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters.html
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TIME
AND THE RIVER - A History of the Saint Croix
A Historic Resource Study of the Saint Croix National Scenic
Riverway
For more than 10,000 years the St. Croix
River has added its cold clear northwoods waters to the flow
of the Mississippi River. For the people of its valley the
St. Croix has been a source of hope and renewal, as well as
a vehicle of transformation.
http://www.nps.gov/sacn/hrs/hrs.htm
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HISTORY
OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY
Faithful Record of all Important Events,
Incidents, and Circumstances that have Transpired in the Valley
of the Chippewa from its Earliest Settlement by White People,
Indian Treaties, Organization of the Territory and State;
Also of the Counties Embracing the Valley, Senatorial, Assembly
and Congressional Districts, and a Brief Biographical Sketch
of the Most Prominent Persons in the Settlement of the Valley.
BY Thomas E. Randall 1875. Free Press Print. Eau Claire, Wisconsin
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/history/randall/
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Looking
Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People
The traveling exhibition Looking Both
Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People was produced
by the Smithsonian Institution's Arctic Studies Center (Department
of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History) in collaboration
with the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository in Kodiak,
Alaska. The participation of Alutiiq Elders, advisors, and
communities was essential to its creation. Quyanásinaq
to all who gave so generously of their time and knowledge.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/lookingbothways/
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Johns
Hopkins Center for American Indian Health
The mission of the Johns Hopkins Center
for American Indian Health (CAIH) is to work in partnership
with American Indian tribes to raise the health status and
self sufficiency of American Indian people to the highest
possible level. This mission is accomplished through three
core activities: 1) research, 2)service, and 3) training.
http://www.jhsph.edu/CAIH/index.html
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Dakota
Commemorative March 2004
On November 7, 2004, as in 2002, Dakota
people from the United States and Canada will begin a 150-mile
long Commemorative March through southern Minnesota in honor
of their ancestors who were forcibly removed from the Lower
Sioux Agency to concentration camps at Mankato and Fort Snelling
in November of 1862. For the Dakota this commemoration signifies
an opportunity to remember and grieve for the suffering endured
by their ancestors as well as to relate a perspective of the
event which has rarely been told.
http://www.dakota-march.50megs.com/index.html
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STAR
Students And Teachers Against Racism
announces their new website that offers insight into the Native
American perspective to teachers and educators.
http://www.racismagainstindians.org/
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