Homegrown: July 2011 calendar
Following are gardening and eco-events happening in Eastern Iowa during July 2011:
Wed., July 6, 10 a.m., REAL Walk: Sloths in the Woods, Indian Creek Nature Center, 6665 Otis Rd. SE. Since2003 David Brenzel, ICNC naturalist and co-principal investigator on the Tarkio Valley Sloth Project, has led the recovery of the world’s only known Ice Age sloth family from southwest Iowa. Now, in cooperation with the University of Iowa, he is using cutting edge technology to duplicate these rare fossils. Examine the bones. Learn about the excavation, research progress, and what the bones tell us about the keystone role sloths played in Iowa’s woodlands. REAL Walks are geared for those age 50 or better. M: $3,NM: $4.
Sat., July 9, 10 a.m., Hike to Archaeology Field School Dig Site. The Linn County Conservation Department invites the public to Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area to participate in a naturalist hike to a recent archaeological dig site. Learn what the archaeologists have discovered during the previous two weeks of work. Meet at the kiosk near the parking area at Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center near Toddville. Cost is $2.50/adult, $1/child 16 and under or $5/family. There is no need to preregister.
Sun., July 10, 10 am to 4 pm, Exotic Lily Blooms & Daylilies Open Garden, 526 Bezdek Drive NW, Cedar Rapids. Come and see the
True Lilies bloom! With a little bit more sun & heat, a rainbow of stately lilies should be popping open all over the garden. Colorful Asiatics, LAs, Orienpets, Orientals & Species Lilies+ Hundreds of unusual Daylilies in all colors, shapes and sizes! Lily cultivation Questions? Wanda Lunn, Secretary/ Treasurer of the Iowa Regional Lily Society. Accredited Judge with the North American Lily Society will be happy to answer questions.
Sun., July 10, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Eastern Iowa Pond Society is hosting it’s annual Pond Tour. The pond tour will cover many communities this year from West Liberty through Cedar Rapids, Robins, Marion and East to Durango. The ponds will be showcasing many ornamental fish, water plants, waterfalls and varying landscape designs. The tour is open to the public and costs $5 per person for anyone 13 years of age and up. Portions of the proceeds go back to the communities for various projects. This event is always enjoyable for people of all ages and the members will be present to answer questions about their ponds and landscaping. Maps and directions will be available at pond locations. For more information please visit www.eips.org or email eipspres2011@yahoo.
Native American Indian Hiawatha - News
The Green Living Group (formerly the Environmental Book Club) meets the third Wednesday of every month at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha). Facilitators Maggie Anderson, Emmy Ball, and Emy Suatter will help participants explore the
Meanwhile extensive Hiawatha National Forest offers hundreds of miles of nature trails and 600 miles of shoreline (munisingmiup.com). While the landscape may loom large, the towns are notably small-scale, collections of a few thousand hardy individuals
LILY DALE - Auditorium bells will once again echo through the grounds Friday when the Lily Dale Assembly launches its 132nd season with opening day services followed by the annual Silver Tea and Native American Weekend. The 8 pm tea, an auditorium
in America by demonstrating familiarity with native peoples and their literary representation in American works like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's “Hiawatha.” Yet, as Weingrad shows, the Native American characters in these poems simultaneously serve
It is about American Indians. The Native American $1 Coin program was founded in 2009 to honor their contributions to US history. The first featured a woman farming; the second, the Hiawatha Belt. The current design recognizes a 1621 treaty between the
Lost Native American Myths of Various Tribes | Last Reporter ...
This 142-page rediscovered work by Carrie DeVoe is truly a treasure. It not only offers lost folklore of various Native American tribes, it is also beautifully written and illustrated with original paintings.
It includes folklore from the following tribes:
1. The Pawnees
2. The Sioux
3. The Kaws and Osages
4. The Delaware
5. The Wyandots
6. The Pottawatomies
7. The Shawnees
Author
Little is known about Carrie DeVoe except that she spend a good part of her life researching and recording the folklore and myths of ancient American Indian tribes. Her work, which was done in the early 20th century lives on as a testament to the complexities and beauty of Native American culture. For this we are exceedingly thankful to Ms. DeVoe.
Here’s an excerpt:
INDIAN MYTHOLOGY.
The history of Kansas has been of peculiar interest to the world at large, by reason of the struggles of ante-bellum days. The adventures of John Brown of Osawatomie and the achievements of General Lane, Governor Robinson, and other heroes of that period have formed the nucleus of many a story and song. All honor to the men who labored so successfully in the cause of freedom! There is another, equally brave, though less fortunate, race that wandered over the rolling prairies of the Sunflower State and camped along its rivers; a race stern, taciturn, and ever ready to do battle for home and liberty. Like the buffalo, former monarch of the plains, it has gradually diminished in numbers. Extinction or amalgamation is now a question of only a few brief years. This nation furnishes a romantic background, full of rich though somber color, to the later record of the great West.
Who can say that the traditions of the red man lack pathos, or that his character is devoid of the elements of nobleness, self-sacrifice and even martyrdom? Rude, wild and imperfect though it be, his folklore tells the story of a people, barbarous, it is true, but strong in their attachments and devoted to their faith. Many Indian myths, adventures and scraps of history are full of deep—often tragic—interest to one who delves in legendary lore. Like the tales of ancient Greece, as explained by Ruskin in Queen of the Air , each weird story admits of more than one interpretation. Sometimes a great spiritual truth lies hidden in its quaint phrases—sometimes a scientific fact.
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