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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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December
1, 2010 - Volume 8 Number 12
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Favorite
Sites
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collected
by Paul and Vicki
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American
Indian Graduate Center
The American Indian Graduate Center is a national organization
headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico providing educational
assistance to American Indian and Alaska native graduate students
throughout the country. Since its founding in 1969, AIGC has
awarded more than 15,000 scholarships totaling over $44 million
to graduate students in all fields of study.
http://www.aigc.com/
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About
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum
In our language, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki means 'a place to learn' We invite
you to come to the Big Cypress Reservation and learn about our
exciting history and culture. The museum exhibits and rare artifacts
show how our Seminole ancestors lived in the Florida swamps
and Everglades. The museum film, 'We Seminoles,' tells our story
in our own words, including our dramatic struggle to remain
in Florida. Nature trails will take you throughout the beautiful
60-acre cypress dome to a living village. The museum also has
interactive computers, and a Native American gift shop. See
you at the museum." "Sho-naa-bish!"
http://www.ahtahthiki.com/index.cfm
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Gratitude
Sages throughout history have understood that giving thanks
has immense spiritual benefits for both thanker and thankee.
Take time during this holiday season to enrich your life and
lift your spirits. Be grateful. Give thanks. Wishing you the
happiest of holidays, filled with gratitude and warmth.
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Kaboose:
Thanksgiving Games and Activities
These games and activities from Kaboose are all about giving
thanks. For example, the Gratitude Grab Bag for preschoolers
and elementary grades, is a bag filled with cards that is
passed around the table or a circle. "Each child takes
a turn reaching into the bag and pulling out a card. If the
card says 'THANKSGIVING' the child should express something
or someone they are thankful for (parents, teachers, pet,
favorite food, etc.) If they pull out a picture, they show
it to all and then express why we should be thankful for that
item (food, clothes, trees, grass, stores, cars, etc.)."
http://holidays.kaboose.com/thanks-party.html
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Harvest
Celebrations Around the World
Gratitude, gratefulness, and thanks giving are central themes
not only of our American Thanksgiving holiday, but of many
cultural celebrations including the Jewish Succot, the Yam
Festival of Ghana and Nigeria, the Korean Chusok, and Pongal,
the Rice Harvest Festival of India. This fabulous site from
FamilyCulture.com explains the similarities and differences
between eight such holidays around the world. Includes links
to lesson plans for use in the classroom.
http://www.familyculture.com/
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Thinkexist.com:
Gratitude Quotes
"When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance
appears." Anthony Robbins. "Feeling gratitude and
not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving
it." William Arthur Ward. This searchable collection
of quotes about gratitude is sorted by multiple keywords and
author. Without a free membership, though, you are limited
to the number of pages you can view. Membership also unlocks
features such as saving favorite quotes, and voting on quotes.
http://thinkexist.com/quotations/gratitude/
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Thank
You in 465 Languages
From Abenaki (a native American tribe who say "wliwni")
to Zulu (a South African tribe who say "ngiyabonga"),
this just-for-fun page shows us how to give thanks in 465 languages!
Additions are always appreciated, so if you know how to say
"thank you" in a language not listed, Webmaster Jennifer
Runner wants to hear from you. Once you've mastered "thank
you," you can advance to learning greetings such as "Good
morning" and "How are you?"
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Thank
You Note Samples
Dozens of examples of thank you notes can help you find just
the right words or tone for you own thank you letter. "You
don't have to send the greatest note in the world or come
up with clever phrases. Just let them know you appreciate
it. When have you ever wished someone hadn't thanked you?"
Categories of sample notes include birthday thanks, graduation
thanks, hospitality thanks and so on.
http://www.thank-you-note-samples.com/
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What
is Phishing?
Phishing is the act of fooling a computer user into submitting
personal information by creating a counterfeit website that
looks like a real (and trusted) site. It is a hacker technique
of "fishing" for passwords and other secret financial
info. According to WordSpy.com, the word was invented by computer
hackers in the late 1990's, and it plays off a common hacker
word play of changing the letter "f" to "ph",
which was seen as early as the seventies with "phone
phreaks."
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Federal
Trade Commission: Phishing eCard
This educational anti-phishing Flash game, created by the
Federal Trade Commission, is also an ecard you can send to
friends. Clicking on Printable Tips, will take you to a rather
dry looking (but well-written) FTC page titled How Not to
Get Hooked by a Phishing Scam. This set of tips is also available
as a PDF download, to make printing and sharing as easy as
point and click. "If you get an email or pop-up message
that asks for personal or financial information, do not reply.
And don't click on the link in the message, either. Legitimate
companies don't ask for this information via email."
http://ftc.gov/phishing
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OnGuardOnline:
Phishing
Published by the Federal Trade Commission, "OnGuardOnline.gov
provides practical tips from the federal government and the
technology industry to help you be on guard against internet
fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information."
The phishing section starts out with helpful tips, but the
best clicks are the anti-phishing games and videos listed
in the right-hand column.
http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/phishing.aspx
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Security
Cartoon
Developed in 2006 by security consultants Drs. Sukamol Srikwan
and Markus Jakobsson, the Security Cartoon strip covers lots
of cybersafety topics, but mostly focuses on anti-phishing education,
or, as they put it: "Oops.. I clicked!" You'll find
the various keyword tags (spoofing, malware, pharming, phishing)
listed at the bottom of the page, but since they are all related
to today's topic, I have sent you to the front page of the site.
The cartoons are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No
Derivative Works, which means students and teachers can use
the cartoons in homework (or on non-commercial websites) along
with attribution and a link back to this site.
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Snopes.com
Snopes is my go-to site for checking out those annoying forwarded
emails that get passed from one naive Internet newbie to the
next. 99% of the time, Snopes tells me the emailed story is
simply not true. But Snopes.com also has a phishing section,
which lists many common phishing attempts, sorted by spoofed
institution, such as eBay, Facebook and iTunes. But remember,
just because your particular suspicious email is not listed
here, does not mean that it is an authentic message from a
trusted organization.
http://www.snopes.com/
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Wombat
Security: Anti-Phishing Phil
Developed by Carnegie Mellon, Anti-Phishing Phil is now a
commercial product available for corporate licensing from
Wombat Security. Lucky for us, however, a free, demo game
is available. You are playing as Phil, a young fish learning
how to find worms to eat and avoid danger. You are being taught
by Phish Guru. As you approach a worm, hover over it to reveal
its attached URL. Eat the worm, or discard it, depending on
whether the URL is legitimate or not. At any time, Phish Guru
is available to show you how to discern the difference between
bonafide URLs and spoofed sites.
http://www.wombatsecurity.com/antiphishing_phil/index.html
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Mayflower
Compact
Written in 1620 by the Mayflower passengers (who later were
called Pilgrims), the Mayflower Compact was the first document
of self-government in the colonies of the New World. Signed
by all the adult male passengers of the Mayflower, it was
based on the Covenant they lived by in Leyden, England before
setting sail. It is hailed as the first democratic government
created by voluntary agreement among men of equal rights.
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Learning
to Give: The Mayflower Compact
This research paper was written by Anne Marie London when
she was a graduate student at Grand Valley State University,
MI. Starting with the development of the Separatist religious
movement, this paper tells the story of the Pilgrims and the
development of the Mayflower Compact. It specifically addresses
its historical importance, and notes similarities in goals
to modern philanthropies. It includes an extensive bibliography
and links to additional online resources. "According
to the Mayflower Compact, a self-governing body rules for
the greater good."
http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper32.html
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Mayflower
History: Mayflower Compact 1620
Because transcriptions of the Mayflower Compact are quite
easy to find online, I did not include too many of those sites
here. This Mayflower History site starts with a transcription
(without any modernization to the punctuation or spelling)
but also includes an annotative section about its history.
"In a way, this was the first American Constitution,
though the Compact in practical terms had little influence
on subsequent American documents. John Quincy Adams, a descendant
of Mayflower passenger John Alden, does call the Mayflower
Compact the foundation of the U.S. Constitution in a speech
given in 1802, but this was in principle more than in substance."
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/PrimarySources/MayflowerCompact.php
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Pilgrim
Hall: Compacts and Contracts
"When the Mayflower reached Cape Cod, anchoring in today's
Provincetown Harbor, in November of 1620, some passengers
questioned the authority of the group's leaders. That authority
had been granted by a patent (or charter) for a settlement
in the northern part of the Virginia Colony. The patent was
not valid in New England." Visit Pilgrim Hall to learn
about the legal history of the Pilgrims, and how their authority
to self-govern was granted by patents, charters and the Mayflower
Compact.
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/compcon.htm
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Rootsweb:
The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony: 1620
Although totally without any aesthetic appeal, this well-written
history of the Mayflower journey and the Plymouth Colony deserves
a visit. The link provided drops into the middle of this long
page at the point in the story where the Mayflower makes landfall.
"The Compact was an agreement signed by all the men on
board - including the indentured servants - promising to abide
by laws that would be drawn up and agreed upon by all male
members of the community. The women were not allowed to participate
in the governing process."
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/
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Social
Studies for Kids: The Pilgirims: Voyage to Freedom
Although it only briefly mentions the Mayflower Compact, this
two-page illustrated story for elementary school students,
does tell a short history of the Pilgrims, putting the Mayflower
Compact into historical context. "The ocean crossing
was long and difficult. Many of the Pilgrims wondered if they
would ever see land. Two people died, and one baby was born.
On November 9, they saw land. Two days later, they dropped
anchor at Cape Cod, which is now in Massachusetts."
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/pilgrims1.htm
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Claude
Monet
Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 - December 5, 1926) was a
French painter who inadvertently named Impressionism, when
a title was quickly needed for one of his paintings in an
1874 exhibition. Monet named it simply "Impression"
but the show's curator, Eduoard Renoir added the explanatory
"Sunrise" to the painting's title. Throughout his
long and prolific career, Monet was known for his nature landscapes,
and paintings of Paris and the Normandy coast.
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Art
in the Picture: Claude Monet
"Monet was born in Paris, France. His family moved to
Le Havre in Normandy when he was five. His father wanted him
to go into the family grocery store business, but Claude Oscar
Monet wanted to paint." Visit for a short biography,
a page of Monet quotes ("Color is my day-long obsession,
joy and torment.") and a gallery of thirty-five paintings.
More impressionists (and an introduction to impressionism)
are just a click away. "Impressionism was an art movement
of the 19th century, which began as a private association
of Paris-based artists who exhibited publicly in 1874."
http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Claude_Monet/Biography/
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The
Clark: The Unknown Monet
In 2007, The Clark Art Institute, of Williamstown, MA, hosted
an exhibit that contradicted many assumptions about the way
Monet painted. Long thought of as an "anti-draftsman"
painter, Unknown Monet uncovered the importance of drawing
in the development of his paintings. In this virtual exhibit,
you can learn more about Monet's painting process and view
an interactive gallery of his sketchbooks. "In public,
Monet presented himself as an artist who painted spontaneously
from nature. This exhibition tells a less familiar story,
revealing his use of small sketches to define subjects for
pictures and the role of line in his painting practice."
http://www.clarkart.edu/exhibitions/monet/
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Claude
Monet: Life and Art
Best clicks here are an English translation of an autobiographical
memoir (published in a Paris newspaper on November 26, 1900),
a look at the Japanese woodblock engravings that Monet collected
and displayed in his home, and a discussion of the effects
Monet's cataracts had on the colors of his paintings. "Avoiding
black was so deeply anchored in Monet's manner that when he
died, his friend Georges Clemenceau would not stand the black
sheet covering the coffin. He exclaimed: "No! No black
for Monet!" and replaced it by a flowered material."
http://www.intermonet.com/
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Claude
Monet: Works of Art
Although the introduction and biographical timeline were probably
not written by a native English speaker, I am overlooking
the minor grammatical errors because I enjoyed the layout
and perusing the four gallery pages that house seventy-three
Monet paintings. The annotation on each piece includes the
year it was created, the size, the media, and the museum that
owns the piece. " By the year of 1909, Claude Monet had
already finished 48 of the Nympheas paintings (e.g., "Water
Lilies", 1906). The size of these canvases did not exceed
one meter in width at that time, however, after the year 1912,
the format of these water sceneries was growing in size bigger
and bigger."
http://www.claudemonetworks.com/about-painter.aspx
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National
Gallery of Art: Tour: Claude Monet
In the 1880's, Claude Monet began to paint the same subjects
over and over again. These paintings are known as the Series
Paintings. Some of the themes he returned to time and time
again are poplar trees, the Rouen Cathedral, the Waterloo
Bridge, and the Houses of Parliament. This online tour of
seven such paintings from the National Gallery of Art is like
walking through the museum with a guide. Just click "continue
tour" to move from one object to the next. "In late
January or early February 1892, Monet rented rooms across
from Rouen cathedral. He remained until spring, painting its
looming façade many times, most often as we see it
here, close up and cropped to the sides. The next winter he
returned to paint the cathedral again, making in all more
than thirty views of it."
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg85/gg85-main1.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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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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