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FISHEYE.GIF Totally computer generated picture created on a Silicon Graphics IRIS (?) workstation and then ported to a personal computer. Here you're looking at a batch of rainbow colored cubes as if through a Fisheye lens. SCHOOL.TXT Information about a SCHOOL that will teach you how to use personal computers to communicate your ideas. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- HOGAN HEROES ------------------------------------- During World War II, America's cultural diversity helped insure its continued existence. For example, the NAVAJO INDIANS worked in very secret & sensitive areas of High Level communications. It was the very fact that only a few people on the planet speak NAVAJO that made them so invaluable in handling communications. The NAVAJO are the LARGEST Native-American tribe in the United States. Hunting around for something connected with the Navajos, I came across this. On page 21 of the 1992 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS catalog is a gift wrap paper made of Navajo designs. For a catalog write to: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON Catalog Sales Department P.O. Box 1044 Boston, MA 02120-0900 1-800-225-5592 They also have CORPORATE Gift Services. The PEABODY MUSEUM in Salem, MA also has Native American Indian artifacts. This museum, in addition, has an extensive collection of art from the CHINA TRADE. And don't be fooled by the size of the exterior of the museum building. This place looks small but you can easily use up a day touring it. This museum also has a good-size gift shop. And SALEM, MA is a beautiful city. A HOGAN is an earth-covered Navajo Indian dwellling. ------------------------------------- NAVAHO WITCHCRAFT (1944) ------------------------------------- by Clyde Kluckhorn ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- THE FINER THINGS ------------------------------------- Are you SCOUTING around for the biggest American Indian Museum in the country? I believe that one is located in Manhattan (New York City, New York) and it's way UPTOWN (Northern Manhattan). My FLASHMAPS INSTANT guide to New York City gives: American Indian (HEYE) Foundation Broadway & 155th street (212) 283-2420 I checked out the tour guide my folks used for their honeymoon trip (the Niagara falls to Quebec City tour). It dates from the early 1950's and it says that there's a PERMANENT "Indian Village" exhibit of American Indian dwellings and Ceremonial Houses on a SIX-ACRE plot at the BRONX branch of the American Indian Museum!! I don't know if this is still true. Early 1950's is almost HALF a century ago and New York sure has changed in that time. Hopefully, New York will tell us. This tour guide also mentions that the main American Indian HEYE Foundation museum contains the LARGEST collection of INDIAN CULTURE in existence! It says that student exhibits and a library are in the BRONX branch. New York has American Indian ART in many different museums around town. A New York city has a little of everything culturally speaking. New York even has a Holography museum! And there are Indian Art galleries in SOHO!! One of the BEST places to stay in New York, because of its central location on a scenic corner of Central Park, is the PLAZA HOTEL. NOTHING COMPARES TO IT. That's where Crocodile Dundee stayed in the movie of the same name. The OAK ROOM BAR there has smoked glass windows that add a French Impressionist's touch to its view onto Central Park and the Horse Drawn Carriages just outside. One of the views of New York definitely NOT to be missed. It must also be the Romance Headquarters for New York as I attended a friend's Pre-Wedding Party there many Moons ago. The PLAZA HOTEL is just a short taxi ride to Broadway Theaters and to Lincoln Center, too. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ROMANCING THE STONE ------------------------------------- Supposedly, in New England, Native American peoples would sometimes trek up into Maine to get Flint rock for making special tools. I believe the CLIFF of Flint, that I read about, is near Moosehead Lake. I'm sure that one of the Chambers of Commerce up there can tell you. They have a scenic boat cruise around that lake on an old-fashioned boat from which you can see the CLIFFs in the distance. One thing to keep in mind about Maine. It's a BIG state. You can go through several weather patterns just driving up or down that state in a day. Here's an interesting book on flint tools: MAN THE TOOL-MAKER by Kenneth P. Oakley (University of Chicago Press; Chicago; 1964) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE ------------------------------------- If you're trying to learn how to live off the land there are several ways to do it. First would be to pick up any books by Euell Gibbons. Mr. Gibbons was really into eating NATURAL foods. (Funny thing about this is that, you'll be happy to know, Mr. GIBBONS died of NATURAL causes!). I'm getting a NEW joke writer next week so don't worry about me. Another way to learn is to take classes at any of the OUTWARD BOUND schools across the U.S. You'll learn not only how to survive for 3 days without food on an island in Maine but also how to do Rappelling and many other useful wilderness skills. Some businesses even send their employees to these schools to build team spirit (esprit de corps). I couldn't find any information on Outward Bound Schools in my meager database but I'm sure if you contact any of the societies or stores below they can direct you to places that are similar. Places to contact for books and videos and courses about how to survive in the wilderness are: REI Recreational Equipment Inc P.O. Box 88125 Seattle, WA 98138-2125 They have stores across the U.S. as well as do Mail Order. 1-800-426-4840 will probably get you a FREE catalog Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) 1041 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA (617) 254-4250 EMS also has a store in North Conway, New Hampshire. If you ever get to North Conway you'll find it has tremendous variety in just a small area. There's a fantastic Lobster restaurant up there, too. I believe it's named the LOBSTER POT, but you better ask the locals up there (Chamber of Commerce) they'll know. AND the World Famous: L.L. Bean in Freeport, MAINE call 1-800-221-4221 for a FREE catalog. There are also various and sundry different societies throughout the U.S. that know how to find nature's goodies. I know there is one called the Mushroom Society in Massachusetts that knows where the best Morels are. But it is dangerous to eat the foods of the wild if you do not know ALL the hazards related to the plant you're seeking. If you're hunting BIRDs or if you're just interested in studying them or gathering their feathers, here's two useful books: BIRDS of NORTH AMERICA a guide to field identification (Golden Press; New York; 1966) AUDUBON SOCIETY FIELD GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS Eastern Region (Alfred A. Knopf; New York; 1977) A good general book is: FRONTIERS OF LIFE animals of MOUNTAINS & POLES with a forward by David Attenborough (Doubleday; Garden City; New York; 1977) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUBS ------------------------------------- Trail crews in different mountain regions of the country know how to survive in the wild. And they also perform many unsung useful functions. Like Trail Maintenance. And rescuing lost or CONFUSED hikers. My youngest brother was a member of the A.M.C. (Appalachian Mountain Club [A.M.C.]) and they did alot of work outdoors. They learned how to sleep in the mud, etc. And they performed mountain rescues. WILD BUNCH OF cRaZiEs. You should see photos of those folks. They look like LUMBERJACKs. But they're OKAY! Appalachian Mountain Club (A.M.C.) 5 Joy Street Boston, MA 02108 (617) 523-0636 Where Recreation and Conservation meet... THE BENEFITS LAST FOREVER. Appalachian Mountain Club (A.M.C.) Office North Conway, New Hampshire (603) 466-2727 I believe EXPLORER SCOUTS also learn how to survive in the wild. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- TSIN ------------------------------------- "tree" Looking in my kitchen for something made from WILD foods I cam across: HOT-SWEET MAPLE MUSTARD I all I have to do is combine this with vinegar and water and olive oil (and maybe a little honey) and I'd have an all natural mustard. Lucky for you I hadn't already done this or this wouldn't be here. This mix is from: RATHDOWNEY Herbs & Herb Crafts 3 River Street Bethel, Vermont 05032 (802) 234-9928 And here's something that is almost EMPTY. A container of Maple Syrup from: McLURE'S MAPLE SYRUP Littleton, New Hampshire 03561 (603) 444-6246 For FREE maple recipes. I've heard that Indian Pinôn nuts are good, too, but we rarely see them in these yar' parts. BREAD & CIRCUS natural food stores probably have them but there isn't one close to me. Another natural food that Indians may have eaten, and that people shy away from up here, is the PLANTAIN. It looks like a banana BUT you have to cook it BEFORE you eat it. Here's a cookbook that talks about it: JANE BRODY'S GOOD FOOD BOOK living the High-Carbohydrate Way forward by PIERRE FRANEY (W W Norton; New York; 1985) On page 152 & 153 it mentions that in the West Indies they cook it by slicing the meat of the plantain up, dipping it in FLOUR, and then frying it in a little oil or butter. I'm sure that, since it's related to the banana, you have to let it RIPEN first, too!! (That means let it TURN yellow). There are alot of assumptions in COOKING that aren't, unfortunately, written down with each recipe. [HELLO HYPERTEXT! CAN YOU READ ME?] In NEW ENGLAND, the food I always connected with the Indians was (what else) INDIAN PUDDING. Here's a recipe: INDIAN PUDDING -------------- 3 tbsps Quaker yellow corn meal 1 tbsp butter 1/3 cup Crosby's Barbados molasses 1/4 tsp salt 3 cups milk, scalded 1/2 tsp ginger 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 egg, beaten 1 cup cold milk 1. STIR corn meal & molasses into scalded milk and cook over low heat until it thickens, stirring constantly. 2. REMOVE from heat and ADD sugar, egg, butter, salt, and spices. 3. POUR into a buttered baking dish and BAKE in 300 degree F oven for 30 minutes. 4. ADD cold milk. Do NOT stir. Continue baking at 300 degrees F for TWO HOURS!! 5. LADLE into dessert dishes. TOP with plain, old-fashioned vanilla ice cream from Brigham's or whatever your local favorite ice cream is. STUPENDOUS in the fall. Adapted from the cookbook: NEW ENGLAND COOKBOOK by Eleanor Early (Random House; New York; 1954) Another handy cookbook: WILSON FARM COUNTRY COOKBOOK recipes from New Englands Favorite Farmstand by Lynne C. Wilson (Addison-Wesley; Reading, MA; 1985) CONSUMER REPORTs has several useful books: 1. Bean, Pea, & Lentil cookbook. 2. Personal Computer BUYING GUIDE. 3. A Kid's Book on the Body. Write to: CONSUMER REPORTS BOOKS 9180 LeSaint Drive Fairfield, OH 45014-5452 (513) 860-1178 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- TAKING A POWDER ------------------------------------- Chocolate was discovered by the Indians of South America. Here are three products that use it: 1. Hershey's Baking Cocoa (Powder) Get recipes from: HERSHEY CHOCOLATE COMPANY Hershey, PA 17033-0815 U.S.A. I hear that they give tours of their plant, too. 2. Natural Wagner's FLAVOR YOUR COFFEE Chocolate Orange For recipes: WAGNER'S Ivyland, PA 18974 3. Marie Brizard CHOCOLAT Liquer product of Bourdeaux, France Useful in fancy desserts or aperitifs. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- THAT'S NATURE'S WAY ------------------------------------- And here's two items that originated from nature: 1. 20 Mule-Team BORAX a natural crystal that dates back in history 4,000 years. It doesn't say it on the Box but if I'm not mistaken this stuff can be used to wipe out Cockroaches (La Cucarache?). If this is the same stuff (I'm not sure it is) but you put it down along your walls and leave it there for a month. Clean it up at the end of the month and you'll never see another cockroach. This stuff acts like a neutron bomb on them. You just have to keep your kids and pets out of it but that's not that hard if you place this stuff only in sheltered areas (which is where those buggers live anyway). 2. Glade's POTPOURRI SPRAY The folks near me either DIED or they have PETS or both. This stuff covers their aromas up. Sometimes you'll notice this fancy POTPOURRI fragrance as you enter the clothing departments of any stylish store, such as: FILENE's or JORDAN's or BLOOMINGDALE's. 3. A good book on Houseplants: Ortho's complete guide to SUCCESSFUL HOUSEPLANTS interior design * encyclopedia * problem solver (CHEVRON Chemical Company; San Francisco; 1984) Sometimes you get African Violets for FREE when you buy Perfume at Bloomingdale's. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ANASAZI ------------------------------------- "ancient ones" PLYMOUTH Massachusetts has a Giant carved Indian Totem Pole (you can see it from Route 3). And they also demo Indian skills at Plymouth Plantation. And in western Massachusetts there is a big POW-WOW of New England Indian groups that POPS up in the FALL (i think). There's also the MOHAWK TRAIL that winds into New York State out there. The ABSOLUTEly best archaeological display of Indian Artifacts that I've seen is near MACON, GEORGIA. It's the OCMULGEE INDIAN MOUNDS. This whole museum, I believe, was built during the 1930's as one of the W.P.A. projects. I've heard some people say that they never saw anything impressive from the W.P.A. projects but I don't think they looked very hard. If you just see what was reconstructed from the Indian digs in Georgia you'll be amazed! And there's Indian ART for sale if you go to Quebec City in Quebec, Canada. A beautiful and quaint city. There's ESKIMO ART & Sculpture & Wood carvings for sale there. And nearby is the scenic Montmorency Waterfalls. And in Massachusetts, I believe, on Nantucket Island, artists make realistic looking BEAR hand puppets. I don't remember who exactly makes these but I think their business name was FOLKWAYs or FOLKARTs. You occasionally see them in tourist gift shops. The CAPE COD Chamber of Commerce may be able to tell you. Call (508) 362-3225. It's in Hyannis. Hyannis has STARBUCKs restaurant and rumor has it that Hollywood Stars are seen there occasionally. One rumored to have been seen there was BRUCE WILLIS. Hyannis is a short drive from FALMOUTH where there are several beautiful beaches, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Labs. Boats leave FALMOUTH for Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard (they also depart Hyannis). Hyannis has outlet stores such as DANSK. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- SAND PAINTINGS ------------------------------------- I wouldn't be surprised if there are some anthropologists who can READ the wall paintings out in CANYON DE CHELLY inside MUMMY'S CAVE. The NAVAJO Indian Reservation is located near Flagstaff, Arizona. Scenic Monument Valley is part of their reservation. And remember RAINBOW BRIDGE? It is inside Monument Valley. Here's another interesting item. I know that JAPANESE & CHINESE are pictographic languages, too. Two books on learning to read the pictorial language called Japanese: 1. READ JAPANESE TODAY by Len Walsh (Charles Tuttle; Rutland, Vermont; 1987) 2. ESSENTIAL JAPANESE GRAMMAR by Everett F. Bleiler (Dover pubs; New York; 1963) I've never seen any books on American Indian Philosophy but here's one on Chinese Philosopy: CHINESE THOUGHT by Professor H.G. Creel Traces Chinese philosophy from Confucius to Mao Tse-Tung and covers how traditional values shaped modern China. Pictures (without words) can also be used to cross language barriers IF the viewer understands what the pictures mean. A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS... ONLY IF YOU SPEAK THE PICTURE'S LANGUAGE. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- DREAM WEAVER ------------------------------------- The most interesting place I've heard of for learning about MULTIMEDIA is: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Center for Creative Imaging For a course catalog WRITE TO: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 51 Mechanic Street Camdem, Maine 04843-1348 1-800-428-7400 ALSO SEE THE ENCLOSED FILE -->> SCHOOL.TXT <<-- Other places to learn about MULTIMEDIA: 1. MACWORLD September 1991 issue on QUICKTIME software. 2. IBM has a videotape entitled: "PS/2 Multimedia Solutions - Imagine the Possibilities" Contact the IBM Office nearest you. 3. The A.C.M. has an educational videotape entitled: "INTERACTIVE DIGITAL VIDEO" Write to: ACM PRESS Database & Electronic Products 11 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 ACM product Order number 217890. They have alot of educational material related to computers of ALL types. From the smallest to the Biggest. 4. And finally, there's a book entitled: INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA visions of Multimedia for developers, educators, & information providers Edited by SUEANN AMBRON & KRISTINA HOOPER Foreword by JOHN SCULLEY (Microsoft Press; Redmond, Washington; 1988) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- DREAM WEAVER II ------------------------------------- TOO BAD the NAVAJO don't have a manufacturing plant to crank out blankets, towels or rugs with their great NAVAJO geometric designs & colors on them. Up in these parts designs like that seem (to me anyway) to disappear. I know GE makes Numerically Controlled Machines. I don't know if they can be used to weave fabrics. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- DREAM WEAVER III ------------------------------------- MOVIES are also a good way to teach. Two videos on how computers are being used in movie production: 1. STATE-OF-THE-ART of Computer Animation (has the incredible Hawaiian Punch ad as well as the infamous DIRE STRAIT's "Money Fer Nothin'" MTV music video). 2. COMPUTER VISIONS a ride on the New Wave in Computer Animation (NOT as good as NUMBER #1 -> trust me). COMPUTER MUSEUM Gift Shop IN BOSTON, Massachusetts (call your long distance operator for their gift shop phone number) MEDIA MAGIC computers in Science & Art a connoisseur's catalog of Educational & Entertaining Books, Videotapes, Software and more... write to: MEDIA MAGIC P.O. Box 507 Nicasio, CA 94946 1-800-882-8284 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- CAN YOU PICTURE IT ------------------------------------- Pictures can teach MATH. Often people have difficulty understanding equations because they can't see an application for it or visualize what the equation represents or means. There is software out that enables users to easily see math equations because the software creates graphical pictures of the equation for you. The only problem with the packages below is that they don't have small packages for beginner's (junior high schools) to use. I may have seen only the literature on their high end stuff and they may actually have programs scaled to those types of users. But I really don't know. This group may be able to point you to a place that has MATH programs: THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCITY Educational Services Dept 5413 Washington, DC 20036 Here's just a few math packages: [NOTE These are COLLEGE LEVEL] 1. MATHCAD MathSoft, Inc 201 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139-9873 2. MATHEMATICA can even generate SOUNDS from your equations that can be played back on your computer. I don't have any literature handy on MATHEMATICA but if you look at any personal computer magazine you'll be able to find an ad for it. 3. IMSL/IDL mathematics you can see. Useful for scientific visualization & more. IMSL Inc 14141 Southwest FWY Suite 3000 Sugar Land, TX 77478-9923 4. MATHTYPE from Design Science. To enter math formulas into wordprocessor documents. DESIGN SCIENCE, Inc 4028 Broadway Long Beach, CA 90803-9822 A good book for junior high school general math outside reading (this author has written several, easy to understand books on math): MATHEMATICS FOR THE MILLIONS by Lancelot Hogben ( W W Norton; London; 1967) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- LET'S GET PHYSICAL ------------------------------------- Sometimes PHYSICS can help you visualize and understand MATH better. The best book I've seen for beginner's is: THE FLYING CIRCUS OF PHYSICS - WITH ANSWERS!!!!!! by Jearl Walker (John Wiley & Sons; New York; 1977) NOTE: Do NOT get the book without answers. It's useless. There was an interesting article on this teacher/author in: THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR page 29 November 17, 1986 (MONDAY) article entitled: "THE PERFORMING PROFESSOR, physics students pay attention when he walks over hot coals!" The BEST Physics Professor I ever had was PROFESSOR WALLACE (now retired). He was at: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 360 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- BIRDS-EYE VIEW ------------------------------------- If you'd like AERIAL PHOTOS of the Indian land that you're living on contact: MAP INFORMATION OFFICE U.S. Geological Survey Washington, DC 20242 Sometimes (you won't believe this) the U.S. government won't send you an aerial photo of your area. I can only guess as to why. The way around this is to contact your local RUSSIAN consulate!! I read that someone did this once and it WORKED!! The RUSSIANs were happy to send you an AERIAL photo of where you live (for the right price). TOO BAD the Russians don't sell models of their SPUTNIK satellite (or photos of same). It would be cool to have a model of MAN's first vehicle in space! ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- DINNEH ------------------------------------- "the people" It amazes me that American Indians and other native peoples in other parts of the world do not have any representatives at the U.N. It's also surprising that native peoples haven't banded together to ensure the continuation of their different cultures, especially since I continually see in the media how the native elders are concerned about their cultures fading away. Maybe the diversity of Native peoples prevents them from organizing. I would imagine that U.N. related anthropologists might know how to connect up native nations/tribes that are interested in pooling resources to aid each other in common interests. For a discussion of American Indians see page 92 of the book: THE UNITED NATIONS and how it works by David Cushman Coyle with an introduction by HERNANE TAVARES DE SÅ (Mentor Books; New York; 1960) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ------------------------------------- Here's just a few of the innumerable articles that can be found on Native Indians in National Geographic magazines: WHAT FUTURE FOR THE WAYANA INDIANS? - page 66 January 1983 AMERICA'S FOLK ART MASTERS - page 74 January 1991 MAYAN ARTISTRY UNEARTHED - page 94 September 1991 1491 AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS - most of October 1991 This last issue (OCTOBER 1991) is the best BECAUSE it includes a MAP of all the places of Native American Indian culture that you can visit throughout the U.S. ---------------------------------------------------------------- "The BEAT don't stop until the Break of Dawn." - SUGAR HILL GANG rapper's delight (1979) ---------------------------------------------------------------- B.U.D. ----------------------------------------------------------------