Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Baltimore DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Our Tradition, Our People, Our Goals
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Baltimore DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Voices of the People
Author: Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy
ISBN: 195117917X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Native people have lived in the area now known as Yosemite for thousands of years. From their unique vantage point, members of the Seven Associated Tribes of Yosemite National Park have much to say about themselves and their homeland. In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, the Tribes have partnered with the National Park Service to produce an account of their diverse histories, family chronicles, and visions for the future, all presented from their perspective and in their own words. This book presents the memories and stories of elders that take the reader back in time to the creation of Half Dome. Historical accounts through the eyes of the Tribes relate the devastation that occurred beginning with the California Gold Rush, as foreign diseases, genocide, and forced removal decimated the Tribes almost to the point of extinction. Over time, with remarkable courage and resilience, present-day members of the Tribes engaged with one another and with the park to begin the process of reestablishing themselves, their culture, and their rightful place within Yosemite. Their stories present readers with opportunities for introspection and to learn more about themselves and their interactions with others.
National Endowment for the Humanities Annual Report
Author: National Endowment for the HumanitiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to education
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Includes appendices.
Report
Author: National Endowment for the HumanitiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Endowments
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
My People's Prayer Book Vol 1
Author: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhDPublisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1580236111
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
"The prayer book is our Jewish diary of the centuries, a collection of prayers composed by generations of those who came before us, as they endeavored to express the meaning of their lives and their relationship to God. The prayer book is the essence of the Jewish soul." My People's Prayer Book provides diverse and exciting commentaries to the traditional liturgy, written by some of today's most respected scholars and teachers from all perspectives of the Jewish world. They explore the text from the perspectives of ancient Rabbis and modern theologians, as well as feminist, halakhic, medieval, linguistic, biblical, Chasidic, mystical, and historical perspectives. This stunning work, an empowering entryway to the spiritual revival of our times, enables all of us to claim our connection to the heritage of the traditional Jewish prayer book. It helps rejuvenate Jewish worship in today's world, and makes its power accessible to all. The My People's Prayer Book series belongs on the library shelf of every home, every synagogue—every sanctuary of prayer. Introductions tell the reader what to look for in the prayer service, as well as how to truly use the commentaries, to search for—and find—meaning in the prayer book.
Documents of Native American Political Development
Author: David E. WilkinsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019021208X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Before Europeans arrived in what is now known as the United States, over 600 diverse Native nations lived on the same land. This encroachment and subsequent settlement by Americans forcibly disrupted the lives of all indigenous peoples and brought about staggering depopulation, loss of land, and cultural, religious, and economic changes. These developments also wrought profound changes in indigenous politics and longstanding governing institutions. David E. Wilkins' two-volume work Documents of Native American Political Development traces how indigenous peoples have maintained and continued to exercise a significant measure of self-determination contrary to presumptions that such powers had been lost, surrendered, or vanquished. Volume One provided materials from the 1500s to 1933. This collection of primary source and other documents begins in 1933 and spans the subsequent eight decades. Broadly, the volume organizes this period into the following distinctive eras: indigenous political resurgence and reorganization (1934 to 1940s); indigenous termination/relocation (1940s to 1960s); indigenous self-determination (1960s to 1980s); and indigenous self-governance (1980s to present). Wilkins presents documents including the governing arrangements Native nations created and adapted that are comparable to formal constitutions; international and interest group records; statements by prominent Native and non-Native individuals; and sources featuring important innovations that display the political acumen of Native nations. The documents are arranged chronologically, and Wilkins provides concise, introductory essays to each document, placing them within the proper context. Each introduction is followed by a brief list of suggestions for further reading. This continued examination of fascinating and relatively unknown indigenous history, from a number of influential legal and political writings to the formal constitutions crafted since the American intervention of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of the history, law, and political development of Native peoples.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Author: United States. PresidentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.
Establishment of a Siletz Indian Reservation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Interior Department's megatrade proposal
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Water and Power ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska)
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description