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Have you ever wanted to start your own garden? Here is a great way to get started on your way to a beautiful garden.

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Thanksgiving is right around the corner and to honor it, most people in the United States cook huge amounts of food. It’s a tradition that’s been honored since the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620.

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Here’s an easy project that you can do at home. Make a turkey and have a ton of fun doing so!

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Imagine, somewhere in the distant past, warriors riding on horseback leaning over their animals to thwack a ball or stone with a long stick. Sound crude and unrefined? You know it was! What is now viewed as a gentleman’s sport, once was the past time of gruff warriors from Constantinople to Japan. Clearly the sport allowed military men the luxury of sport while keeping their horses in top condition.

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A dream catcher is a Native American craft created for children and adults. It is believed that the the dream catcher will filter out all the bad bawedjigewin (dreams) and allow only good thoughts to enter into our minds. You will see a small hole in the center of each dream catcher where those good bawadjige may come through. With the first rays of sunlight, the bad dreams would perish.

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The Hopi tribe comes from northern Arizona. As with all tribes, these people have certain traditions that they celebrate. One in particular that is of interest involves dolls called Kachina Dolls.

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This article is dedicated to Native Americans. As you may know, many Native American tribes have been living in this country long before anyone ever settled here from Europe. So, we decided to honor these people by giving some insight into the many different cultures and tribes that have paid respect to the earth in the past, and that still thrive today. Because there are so many tribes that exist, it would be impossible to honor each one.

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Chief Seattle was born in 1786 and became the chief of the Suquamish and Duwamish tribes. During his life, he saw many of his people fight to keep their land, however, he and his father took a different approach to the inevitable moving in of the white man. They decided to become friends with the white man and try to resolve things in a peaceful manner.

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The Lakota people of South Dakota have believed in a story and prophecy for 2,000 years. The story told of the white buffalo calf woman begins two thousand years ago when two warriors were hunting buffalo. All of a sudden they saw a white buffalo calf come near them.

As it got closer, it turned into a beautiful young Indian girl. She told them that she would return in four days with a sacred bundle. Indeed she came back and with her was her bundle which she spent four days explaining the meaning of.

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Jumping rope is one of the simplest ways to get a great workout. Think about it– jumping up and down while turning a rope with your arms– it really gets your heart beating. Some people use jumping rope as a great training exercise. Others skip rope for fun, while some folks have taken the sport to competitive levels.

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Many historians will argue that the Ancient Greek Civilization contributed more to our modern-day civilization than any other group of people. They were a knowledgeable people, who valued intelligence and ambition as well as physical strength. They lived in a democratic society and encouraged all the people to “strive for excellence”. They made many contributions in the fields of philosophy, astrology, physics, biology and mathematics as well as contributing to the dramatic arts and sports (As you may already know-they started the Olympic Games back in 776 BC). But what about their religious beliefs? We know that that they built many beautiful temples and buildings (ex-the Parthenon and the Acropolis), but who did they worship in these great structures?

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Have you ever wondered where a word came from? Do you know the meaning of the words echo and narcissistic? An echo is a repetition of a sound. Echo is also the name of a character in Greek mythology.

If someone is described as narcissistic, they are very in love with themselves. Narcissistic comes from the word Narcissus which is the name of a lovely white flower. Like Echo, Narcissus is also the name of a character in Greek mythology. These two words are common words to our modern society, but how they were derived goes back to ancient Greece. Read the Greek mythology about Echo and Narcissus and see if you can find the common thread between this ancient story and the words we use today.

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