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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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January
2013 - Volume 11 Number 1
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Favorite
Sites
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collected
by Paul and Vicki
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American
Indian Health and Diet Project
The goals of the AIHDP
are to bring to light the health problems faced by indigenous
peoples, to understand how we came to our unhealthy situations
and what we can do about them. You will find no fry bread
recipes here! This site also focuses on connecting with the
natural world, finding ways to do our part to be responsible
consumers and to halt environmental degradation.
http://www.aihd.ku.edu/index.html
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A
River of Recipes - Native American Recipes Using Commodity Foods
A River of Recipes is a collection of
Native American Recipes from tribes across North America. Some
of the recipes provide new and different ways to prepare USDA
commodities, in addition to traditional recipes. Traditional
recipes include bison recipes, blue corn recipes, and traditional
breads. Most of these recipes make use of USDAs commodities
that are provided to recipients who participate in the Food
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations. These items will
be designated in Italic print for your convenience.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/recipes/hhp/fdpir-cookbk_river1.pdf |
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Healthy
Traditions: Recipes Of Our Ancestors
An essential part of any groups
culture is the foods they eat. The preparation of foods and
how they are eaten say much about a peoples society and
the environment in which they lived. This cookbook is a documentation
of some of the foods traditionally prepared and eaten by some
of the tribes of Native Americans. It is hoped that it will
serve as another way of preserving traditional cultures of Native
people.
http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/nrcnaa/pdf/cookbook.pdf |
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The
Cooking Post
Welcome to The Cooking Post, a tribal
enterprise of Santa Ana Pueblo, offering you a delicious selection
of foods, coffee, tea, recipes and gifts. You'll savor our own
Tamaya Blue blue corn, as well as a wonderful selection of Native
cuisine from across the United States.
http://www.cookingpost.com/index.asp |
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Super-Healthy Native American Foods
Thanksgiving may be the
only time many of us are aware of the influence of Native
American foods on what we eat. Yet, if some dietitians and
devoted cooks had a say, that would change.
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/5-super-healthy-native-american-foods
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Groundhog
Day
Groundhog Day folklore says if Punxsutawney Phil sees his
shadow when he comes out of his burrow on February 2, there
will be six more weeks of winter. If it is overcast, and the
groundhog does not see his shadow, then spring must be near.
How accurate is the furry rodent that is also known as woodchuck?
Visit the following sites to find out.
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Apples4theTeacher:
Groundhog Day
"The celebration of Groundhog Day
began with Pennsylvania's earliest settlers. It stemmed from
a combination of religious beliefs and facts associated with
hibernating animals. They brought with them the legend of
Candlemas Day." Apples4theTeacher has a nice selection
of printable activities, poems, stories, related books, and
Groundhog Day crafts. For example, this poem from Robert Louis
Stevenson dovetails nicely with the holiday. "I have
a little shadow that goes in and out with me / And what can
be the use of him is more than I can see."
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/ground-hog-day/
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DLTK:
Happy Groundhog's Day
Celebrate Groundhog's Day at DLTK with
printable coloring pages, a fun tongue twister poster, puzzles,
printable books, bulletin board ideas for teachers, and dozens
of craft projects. "The first little groundhog digs a
home in the fall, And curls up all winter rolled up like a
ball." Print out the rhyme, and make five felt groundhogs
(from a printable template) for a fun finger puppet activity.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/happy_groundhog.htm
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Groundhogs at HogHaven
Visit HogHaven to meet some of the groundhogs
that live there, watch videos, hear sounds, and peruse the
frequently asked questions. What do groundhogs eat? "We
are mostly vegetarians. We like fruits and vegetables of all
kinds, and some of us will eat eggs (I'll take mine scrambled
please!). I've also heard that some of us occasionally eat
bugs (yuck!). Other than that, we are not meat eaters."
http://www.hoghaven.com/
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Groundhog.org
The guys in the top hats at the Punxsutawney
Groundhog Day celebrations are the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney
Groundhog Club. They are the local dignitaries who run the
annual event, and this is their official website. Don't leave
without reading the FAQs, which cover Groundhog Day History,
Past Predictions and Fun Facts About Groundhogs. "A groundhog
can whistle when it is alarmed. Groundhogs also whistle in
the spring when they begin courting."
http://www.groundhog.org/
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Stormfax:
Groundhog Day History
"When German settlers arrived in
the 1700s, they brought a tradition known as Candlemas Day,
which has an early origin in the pagan celebration of Imbolc.
It came at the mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the
Spring Equinox. Superstition held that if the weather was
fair, the second half of Winter would be stormy and cold."
In addition to a great history of the holiday, this Stormfax
site lists all of Punxsutawney Phil's predictions going back
to 1887. And in case you were wondering, his accuracy is pretty
bad. His predications have been correct only 39% of the time.
http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm
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Giant Pandas
The giant panda is a bamboo-eating bear, native to China.
Because of deforestation and other habitat destruction, the
panda is endangered. However, conservation efforts such as
Chinese nature reserves and captivity breeding have been having
some success. Additionally, scientists have reevaluated their
original numbers, and now believe that as many as 3000 giant
pandas are still living in the wild.
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Activity
Village: Pandas
"The Giant Panda is one of the
most recognizable species on earth with their black eye patches.
Their Latin name ailuropoda melanoleuca means ?black and white
cat foot'." This panda theme page for elementary grades
includes Fun Panda Facts ("Pandas spend about 12 hours
a day eating!"), printable panda bookmarks, four panda
acrostic printables, worksheets, coloring pages, and a few
panda jokes. "What goes black, white, black, white, black,
white, black, white... A panda rolling down a hill!"
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/pandas.htm
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Animal
Planet: Meet the Pandas
Mei Xiang and Tian Tian arrived
from China at the Smithsonian National Zoo on December 6,
2000. Animal Planet called them " Washington's newest
power couple." Judging from "the popping flashbulbs
of panda paparazzi" that greeted their Federal Express
flight, they were right. The great photos, streaming video,
and wonderful interactive features (don't miss Wild Pandas)
make this site my pick of the day! Panda lovers of all ages
will find something here. Your littlest ones will enjoy clicking
around the photo galleries, and older students will appreciate
the well-written features.
http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/pandas/pandas.html
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National
Geographic Kids: Giant Pandas
"High in dense bamboo forests in
the misty, rainy mountains of southwestern China lives one
of the world's rarest mammals: the giant panda, also called
the panda." This National Geographic Creature Feature
introduces giant pandas with a Facts & Photos slide show,
a video, map, and a giant panda e-card. The entire package
can also be printed, and includes a double-sided 3"x5"
collector's card.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/panda/
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National
Zoo: Pandas for Kids
This one-page kids' summary serves as
a Table of Contents for all the panda content at the National
Zoo site. Highlights are the live streaming Panda Cams (with
audio from panda-watching crowd), a printable panda mask,
quiz, crossword puzzle, and the fabulous "Saving Giant
Pandas" activity e-book in PDF. If you are planning a
visit to the National Zoo, be sure to print out the activity
book and take it with you. It includes an observation log
to be completed at the Panda exhibit, and answers to frequently
asked questions.
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandasForKids/default.cfm
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San
Diego Zoo: Panda Central
Meet the pandas of the San Diego Zoo,
including the cub born this summer, Xiao Liwu (Little Gift).
" Xiao Liwu is not yet ready to make his public debut,
but he can be seen daily on Panda Cam. The cub receives weekly
exams by our veterinarian team, and highlights of those exams
can be viewed in our Videos section." In addition to
the Panda Cam (from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. PST) be sure to
visit the Photo Gallery and Fun Facts.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/pandacam/meet.html
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Haiku
Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry consisting of seventeen
syllables in three lines. The first line contains five syllables,
the second has seven, and the third returns to five syllables.
Traditionally, they also have some reference to the seasons
and nature, but many times this requirement is ignored in
English-language haiku. Here's one from a Threadless.com t-shirt
that I can't seem to get out of my mind. "Haikus are
easy / But sometimes they don't make sense / Refrigerator."
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The Four Seasons
of Haiku
Beatrice van de Vis is publisher and
host of this haiku blog, where all poets are welcome to submit
family-friendly haiku. You'll find the seasons listed in the
horizontal navigation at the top of the site, along with a
link to What is Haiku? "Traditionally haiku are rooted
in natural history and the seasons, and make us conspirators
with wildlife, as nature half-writes the haiku before we've
even put pen to paper."
http://www.4seasonshaiku.com/
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Haiku
Haiku (.com) is another site where you
can publish your own haiku. "Once you have posted at
least five original haiku in your personal page, our editorial
staff may contact you to publish your haiku in ?Favorites'
or across selected pages of the directory." Start your
exploration with Favorites, then give the Twaiku links (haiku
on Twitter) a try. You'll find them in the right-hand navigation
column.
http://www.haiku.com/
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KidZone
Poetry: Haiku
"Here's a Haiku to help you remember:
I am first with five / Then seven in the middle / Five again
to end." The KidZone haiku section includes printable
worksheets, sample haiku, and a haiku starter exercise for
elementary classrooms. "Haiku poems can act almost like
a riddle. Try writing a haiku poem about a certain animal
but don't mention the animal's name. See if your friends can
guess what you wrote about!"
http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm
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Nifty:
Children's Haiku Garden
The Children's Haiku Garden is a collection
of illustrated poems written by kids from the states, Japan,
Canada and the UK. For instructions on submitting your own
haiku and artwork, click on Ryo's Message link near the middle
of the home page. From Amanda, age 8, Wenatchee, WA, "In
the sunny times / Picking dandelions outside / I get a bee
sting."
http://homepage2.nifty.com/haiku-eg/
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PBS:
Creativity: Haiku
This fun interactive refrigerator-magnet
game will automatically make a haiku for you, or let you build
one yourself from the word magnets in the game space. For
more haiku exercises, click on the buttons to the right of
the game board: Understand, Expand, and Interact. "It
is no wonder that a syllable-based language like Japanese
(where for example if you wanted to say the girl's name Mina
backwards you would say Nami) would give us a syllable-based
form of poetry."
http://www.pbs.org/parents/creativity/ideas/haiku.html
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Riddles
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries? What can you
catch but not throw? What goes around the world but stays
in a corner? No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?* If
you enjoy a challenge, then today's mind-bending riddle sites
are for you.
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AzKidsNet:
Riddles
To reveal the answers to these riddles,
simply hover your cursor over the riddle or the purple push
pin. The answer should appear in a floating box, depending
on your browser. The site will most likely not work well on
mobile platforms. "What kind of cheese is made backwards?
Edam!"
http://www.azkidsnet.com/riddles.htm
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Brain
Food: Riddles
"Puzzles For the Brain To Gnaw
On." Brain Food's puzzle collections includes hundreds
of problems organized into seven categories: Riddles, Logic
Puzzles, Word Puzzles, Lateral Thinking Puzzles, Tricky Puzzles,
Word Boxes, Numbered Puzzles, and Logi-Number Puzzles. You'll
find the Groaners listed under Tricky Puzzles. "I have
two U.S. coins that add up to fifty-five cents. One is not
a nickel. What are they?" Click Solution to reveal "A
nickel and a half dollar. Only one is not a nickel."
I can hear you groaning from here.
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/p/riddles1.shtml
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NIEHS
Kids Page: Brainteasers
"Scientists get to solve puzzles
every day, because science and research involve finding solutions
from the clues that we are given. Just like with brainteasers
and riddles, the answers to science mysteries are not always
easy to see at first. With time and effort, they eventually
become clear." Unique sections in this National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences site are Palindromes, Optical
Illusions, and the Mind Over Matter tricks.
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/riddles/
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Mind Breakers
The Mind Breakers want to "brighten
up your grey brain cells" with the best in puzzles and
riddles. Each of their listed puzzles is rated for "coolness"
and complexity on a scale of one to four. Call me uncool,
but I couldn't tell what made one riddle cooler than another.
Temperature aside, navigation around the site is simple, and
answers are supplied. Be warned, however, some of the riddles
have trick answers.
http://www.mindbreakers.com/
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WU: Riddles
William Wu has created my pick-of-the-day
riddle site for high-school students and adults, especially
those with an interest in math or computer science. Because
he doesn't want to "spoil the problem-solving experience
for many visitors," answers are not available at the
site. Rather, they are posted to the community forum, where
you can search for them via the forum search function. Some
riddles do, however have hints. To view them, click and drag
your mouse over text area to the right of the "Hint"
label.
http://wuriddles.com/
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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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