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Rhythm of nations
Plan a powwow summer by referring to http://members.tripod.com/~windthruherhair/canada.html where
you'll find dates and locations of hundreds of powwows
across Canada and the U.S. Before heading out, get in
the spirit by listening to Native music, trying traditional
recipes and reading news clips and powwow lore at the
site of North America's largest Powwow, Gathering of Nations.
Also
check out this huge powwow on VHS with 'Gathering of
Nations Native American Indian Powwow' (Albuquerque
New Mexico, 2002, 19th World Collection.)
Take some traditional powwow music home with the 'Honour
the Earth Powwow: Songs of the Great Lakes Indians'
album, (Rykodisc, 1991), recorded on site by drummer
and ethnomusicologist Mickey Hart.
Feast your eyes on dozens of full-page portraits of
powwow dancers in full regalia, including captions in
the subjects' own words in Ben Marra's book 'Powwow'
(Harry N Abrams, Sept. 1996)
For more work by author Drew Hayden Taylor, check out
the list of plays and books on the website of the Whetung
Ojibwa Crafts and Art Gallery.
Rockhound heaven
Load your backpack with a couple of field guides such
as Chris Pellant and Henry Russell's 'Encyclopedia of
Rocks,
Minerals and Gemstones.' (Thunder Bay Press)
which displays color photos of mineral samples alongside
information on their associated uses, myths and legends.
Rely on 'A
field guide to Rocks and Minerals' by Frederick
Pough and Jeffrey Scovil (Houghton Mifflin Company)
for mineral identification, properties and geographic
distribution.
Dig up details for upcoming gem and mineral shows by
visiting the rock collecting authorities at www.canadianrockhound.ca where
you can also keep up to news and events in the geology
world, plan field trips and find links to gem and mineral
dealers. Click on Junior Rockhound for a kids' version
of the rock and mineral world
Get familiar with Bancroft on their town website,
www.town.bancroft.on.ca
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Boomtown echo
Trace the roots of the Fort McMurray boom at the Historical
Society's website
where you can browse through the First Nations crafts
and historical souvenirs in the gift shop, take a virtual
look at museum displays on the area's history and find
links to other information sources about the town.
Educate yourself about the extraction and processing
of the resource that drives development in Fort McMurray
at the Oil Sands Discovery Centre.
For a personal look at the technical challenges of tar
sand development, flip through 'Oil
Sand Scientist: The Letters of Karl Clark 1920 1949' (Michigan State
University Press, 1989) and tune into Newfoundland Born
Recording Artist, Calvin Hillier's folk song 'Fort McMurray,
Our Home Away from Home.'
Our Lady of the Bog
Acquaint yourself with the people for whom peat is a
passion at the website of the Peatland Ecology Research
Group
where you'll find publications and see photos of the
various restoration projects underway.
Watch video clips about peat harvesting, use and the
restoration process at the
home of the Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association.
Monitor the sensitivity of peatlands to climate change
at The Atlas of Canada site.
Scroll through www.cen.ulaval.ca/english/lrochefort.html for
a list of recent publications by peat scientist, Line
Rochefort.
Learning to love leeches
Click on the purple squigglers at the
American Museum
of Natural History Leech Lab's site
to see photos and learn about leech expeditions from
Madagascar to Ontario's Algonquin Park. Click on 'personnel'
to meet the folks who love leeches.
Read a biography on Canadian leech scientist Ron Davies
at the University of Calgary website, www.bio.ucalgary.ca/divisions/ecology/davies.html,
where you'll also find a list of his publications.
Learn about the fossil record and life history of bloodsuckers
and their cousins in the Annelida family.
Compiled by Jodi DiMenna
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