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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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October
1, 2009 - Volume 7 Number 10
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Favorite
Sites
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collected
by Paul and Vicki
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The
Rez We Live On
This website was created by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes to dispel untruths about life on our reservation.
http://therezweliveon.com/
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Tusweca
Tiospaye
Tusweca (two-swe-cha) Tiospaye (tee-o-shpa-yea) is a Native
501(c)(3) non-profit organization located on the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation, home of the Oglala Lakota Oyate, that
is dedicated to the promotion and strengthening of the Lakota
language.
http://www.tuswecatiospaye.org/
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The
School for Advanced Research
The School for Advanced Research, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization,
was established in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1907 as a center
for the study of the archaeology and ethnology of the American
Southwest. Since 1967, the scope of the School's activities
has embraced a global perspective through programs to encourage
advanced scholarship in anthropology and related social science
disciplines and the humanities, and to facilitate the work
of Native American scholars and artists. SAR realizes its
mission through an array of programs, including the Indian
Arts Research Center; fellowships for scholars-in-residence;
week-long gatherings of scholars in advanced seminars; the
annual J. I. Staley Prize for excellence in anthropological
writing; residential fellowships for Native American artists;
and SAR Press, which publishes scholarly books arising from
SAR's programs as well as general-interest books on the Southwest
and Native American arts.
http://sarweb.org/index.php?home
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The
National Center for Home Food Preservation
The National Center for Home Food Preservation is your source
for current research-based recommendations for most methods
of home food preservation. The Center was established with
funding from the Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (CSREES-USDA)
to address food safety concerns for those who practice and
teach home food preservation and processing methods.
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/
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Owls
Owls are nocturnal birds of prey with an acute sense of hearing
and excellent night-vision. Because of the frayed edges on
their wings, they fly soundlessly as they swoop down on their
prey, which typically include small destructive rodents such
as rats and gophers.
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BioKids:
Owls
There are almost 200 different species of owls around
the world. These nocturnal carnivores (night-time hunters)
have large eyes that face forward, for seeing in three dimensions
in dim light. They also have disk-shaped faces that help focus
the slightest sounds their small prey might make in the dark.
BioKids is home to an excellent owl introduction, which includes
a photo gallery, some recorded owl calls, and a classification
listing of owl species within the order Strigiformes. BioKids
is a don resource for both school reports and the simply curious.
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Strigiformes/
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Biology
Corner: Owl Pellets
Owl pellets are masses of bone, teeth, hair, feathers
and exoskeletons of various animals preyed upon by raptors,
or birds of prey. Pellets are produced and regurgitated not
only by owls, but by hawks, eagles and other raptors that
swallow their prey whole of in small pieces. This classroom
(or homeschool) lab worksheet introduces owl pellets and provides
a form for summarizing the bones discovered in a dissected
pellet. Be sure to print out the accompanying Owl Pellet Bone
Chart, which diagrams the bones (skull, scapula, rib, etc.)
of rodents, shrews, moles and birds.
http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/owlpellet.html
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KidWings:
Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection
Dont have an owl pellet of your own? No worries! You can
perform a virtual pellet dissection online at KidWings. Start
with the great Pellet Information section (Are Pellets
Important?) then move on to read the directions about
how to perform the virtual pellet dissection. Then, last but
certainly not least, is the actual Virtual Pellet Dissection.
Click, click. Enjoy! Other worthwhile sections of the site are
the Teacher Materials and the Owl Crossword and Word Search
listed under Just for Fun.
http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/ |
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Owling.com
Owling.com is a huge collection of info about North and Central
American Owls with both biology and multimedia sections
to help with the identification, enjoyment, and appreciation
of these awesome winged predators. Highlights include
an introduction to the hobby of owling (owl watching), and the
owl species reference guide, organized as a photo gallery. Start
in either the North American or Central American multimedia
section, then click on any of the thumbnails to pull up a species
fact sheet that includes photos, video, audio, and field notes.
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Owl
Pages
Owls have fascinated man from time immemorial - to some
cultures they are symbols of wisdom, while to others they
are harbingers of doom and death. Here, The Owl Pages sheds
some light on these mysterious creatures. Owl Pages
is another encyclopedic site. Some of the unique content includes
owl mythology, owl artwork, and owl rehabilitation.
Only ever remove the bird from the area if you are positive
it has been abandoned or if it is clearly injured. Seek expert
advice immediately and do not attempt to treat or feed the
bird yourself.
http://www.owlpages.com/
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Biology
Biology
is the science of living organisms. It is taught at many grade
levels, and this week's selections include sites for AP Biology
high-school students, elementary grades, college kids and
adults.
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Biology
4 Kids
"It's not just biology for kids, it's for everyone."
Thanks to the excellent design, this outstanding site from
the Andrew Rader Studios is informative, easy to read and
simple to navigate. Topics include cells, microorganisms,
plants, invertebrates, animal systems and more. Each section
concludes with a self-scoring multiple-choice quiz. Overall
the site has thirty quizzes, a dozen videos, and a handful
of annotated slide shows, all of which can be found on the
Activities page. The Site Map is the best place to start
to get an overview of the site.
http://www.biology4kids.com/
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Biology
in Motion
Biology teacher and online game developer Dr. Leif Saul makes
learning high school biology fun with his interactive mini-lectures,
activities, animations and cartoons. He originally developed
these for use in his own classroom, and found them effective
in both capturing students attention and illustrating
difficult concepts. When browsing through the site, be sure
to note the icons that indicate whether the activity is a
mouse rollover, a drag-and-drop, an animation or a simulation.
http://www.biologyinmotion.com/
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Cells
Alive
The best clicks for high-school students (and adults) are
found on the left-hand menu starting with Plant Cells, Animal
Cells and Mitosis. Each chapter includes a dozen sub-topics
(such as nucleus and cell membrane) that are covered with
their own illustrated page. Additional highlights of the site
are the amazing photographs found in Cell Cams, Cell Gallery
and on free e-postcards to send to friends from your biology
class. Think you know your stuff? Try the three tough quizzes
on Cell Structure, Microbes and The Immune System.
http://www.cellsalive.com/
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HippoCampus:
Biology
HippoCampus, from the Monterey Institute for Technology and
Education, offers multimedia high school and college lessons
in biology (as well as eight other subjects including Algebra,
Psychology and U.S. History.) This particular site is a mini-overview
of the biology lessons available. If you want access to a
complete class such as AP Biology I or Biology for Non-Majors,
youll find that entrance at the main Hippo Campus. To
use this mini-site, simply choose one of twelve units, then
drill down to the individual lessons.
http://biology.hippocampus.org/
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Review
Game Zone: Biology Games
Hundreds of teacher-created games, in categories such as
Ecology, Genetics, and Human Physiology. Within each category
are dozens of quizzes, each annotated with grade level and
state, and a chance to preview the questions. Once youve
settled on a specific set of questions, the game can be
played in any one of six formats: soccer, ping pong, baseball,
basketball, golf or traditional quiz format. In the sports
formats, each correct answer is rewarded with an opportunity
to shoot a basket, hit a home run, etc..
http://reviewgamezone.com/site/subjects/biology-games.php
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Phonics
Games
Phonics is a widely used method of teaching children to read.
It is based on connecting the sounds of spoken English with
the letters that represent those sounds. Today's crop of websites
stand at the intersection of education and recreation, using
online games to reinforce phonetic concepts.
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Fun
Fonix
With phonics games, phonics worksheets, reading and spelling
games, Fun Fonix is, you guessed it, all about phonics! The
activities and printables are organized into an introduction
to hard consonants and short vowels, and three printable books:
short vowels, digraphs, and long vowels with a silent e.
The e-books are supplemented with a worksheet maker that includes
spelling, reading, word search, phonics mazes, bingo boards
and crossword puzzles.
http://www.funfonix.com/
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GameGoo:
Educational Games
Earobics is a K-3 reading intervention product
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. GameGoo is the free, online
educational practice game component. For a list of educational
standards addressed in each game (such as identifying the
letters in words), follow the Home button to the Teachers
& Parents link. The games are arranged on the menu from
advanced (the pink row) to beginner (the blue row.) Unfortunately,
a few of the beginner games didnt load for me, and thats
why I didnt award GameGoo the five-star rating theyd
otherwise deserve.
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
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Sadlier-Oxford:
Phonics Student Online Components
These phonics games from Sadlier-Oxford are organized by grade
level for students from PreK through grade six. To play the
games, youll need to turn your pop-up blocker off for
the site, because each game pops open a new browser window.
Concepts reinforced in the games include short and long vowels,
consonant blends, suffixes, dipthongs, contractions, and homonyms.
For teachers and home-schoolers, there are professional development
videos on how and why to teach phonics, discussed by literacy
professionals in a roundtable format.
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm
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SoftSchools.com:
Phonics
Although lacking a pretty interface, SoftSchools has a nice
collection of interactive phonics flashcards and phonics worksheet
generators. The flashcards come in two flavors: uppercase
and lowercase. On the first side of the virtual card is a
three-letter word; click flip to see a picture
of the object. The worksheet maker produces printable activity
sheets for short vowels, long vowels, matching words, beginning
sounds and ending sounds.
http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/
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Starfall
Where children have fun learning to read. Modeled
on recommendations from the National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development, the Starfall reading program teaches
phonemic awareness, systemic phonics, vocabulary, fluency,
and comprehension. It starts with the ABCs for preschoolers,
and also serves early readers with folk tales, plays and comics.
There are lots of interactive games, as well as printable
worksheets. For easy access to the printable resources, visit
the Download Center.
http://www.starfall.com/
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Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948) was a pioneer of
non-violent political action, and a leader in India's independence
movement. He is commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, which is
a honorific title meaning "great soul." In India,
he is also known as "Bapu" or Father because of
his pivotal role in the country's independence.
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Mahatma
Gandhi
Maintained by several non-profit organization in India, this
website includes a Gandhi biography, video clips, quotations,
articles by Gandhi, photos, timelines and more. Highlights
are the stories for kids and the pictorial biography. Look
for these under Students Projects. Quite a few of the
external links are broken, and the navigation is difficult
to follow at times, but the site has quite a lot of content
for those willing to dig through it.
http://www.mkgandhi.org/
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Manas:
History and Politics: Mahatma Gandhi
Manas is published by Vinay Lal, an Associate Professor of History
at UCLA. The illustrated Gandhi section includes a biography
and an overview of the development of his philosophies. Longer,
more academic articles (for high-school and college students)
are listed in the right-hand column. They include titles such
as Gandhi, Citizenship, and the Idea of a Good Civil Society.
Gandhis achievements spanned an extraordinarily
wide array of fields, even though to the outside world he is
known principally as the chief architect of Indian independence
and historys most creative theorist and practitioner of
mass nonviolent resistance.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/gandhi.html |
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Mark
Shepard: Mahatma Gandhi and His Myths
First, a quick one: Gandhi was not a scrawny little man.
Yes, his legs were scrawny and bowed but he had
a barrel chest, and a deep, booming voice to match it.
Mark Shepard debunks six common myths about Mahatma Gandhi and
explains Satyaygraha, Gandhis method of nonviolent
action. Satyaygraha means truth force,
but is usually referred to as nonviolence. Gandhi practiced
two forms of nonviolence: civil disobedience and non-cooperation.
Visit Shepards site to learn more.
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Nobel
Prize: Mahatma Gandhi, the Missing Laureate
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) has become the strongest symbol
of non-violence in the 20th century. It is widely held
in retrospect that the Indian national leader should
have been the very man to be selected for the Nobel Peace Prize.
He was nominated several times, but was never awarded the prize.
Why? Øyvind Tønnesson, an editor for NobelPrize.org,
takes a stab at answering this oft asked question.
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Thinkexist:
Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
This Matahma Gandhi quote is one of his most famous: Be
the change you want to see in the world. Pithy quotes
from famous people are a popular way to learn about them.
And this collection of Mahatma Gandhi quotes from Thinkexist.com
doesnt disappoint. The user interface is easy to use,
and even more powerful if you sign up for a free account.
Heres one more for you to ponder. Men often become
what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot
do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when
I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even
if I didn't have it in the beginning.
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/mahatma_gandhi/
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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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Changing
Winds Advocacy Center
Through presentations, classroom sessions, curriculum, fund
raising, charitable works, and multi-media efforts, we seek
to raise public awareness of the stereotyping, discrimination,
racism and other unique situations facing Native Americans.
http://changingwinds.org/
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