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Article: VANCOUVER'S WATER CENTER COMMEMORATES NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 6 -- The city of Vancouver issued the following news release:
In honor of National American Indian Heritage Month, Vancouver's Water Resources Education Center presents a special Second Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m., Nov. 14, with family-friendly activities, stories and exhibits connecting the daily lives of Native peoples with the natural resources around them.
During this special Second Saturday, visitors to the Water Center will get a hands-on experience of how Native residents wisely used natural resources by:
* Making cordage out of garden plants and cattails;
* Making a gorge hook like the ones used by the Chinook for fishing;
* Creating a dance anklet with bells;
* ...