Article: Forgotten fires: native Americans and the transient wilderness

Article: Fires down under: in Australia's remote Northern Territory, ...
OnEarth;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... people use fire to shape their homelands and keep the land healthy. He is one of the first scientists to study traditional burning practices by working directly with native people. Today he is on the Rostrons' home turf in Arnhem Land, an Aboriginal "designated ...

Article: Workshops address CRP burning practices.
The Hays Daily News (Hays, KS);  October 22, 2008 ;     621 words ...Oct. 22--A series of burning workshops are on tap for upcoming weeks. The sessions were prompted after farmers encountered difficulties earlier this year when they went to burn grass enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program. In several cases, fires got out of control, prompting farmers

Article: Views sought on heather and grass burning ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  September 15, 2005 ;     496 words ...People who have an interest in, and are involved in managing heather and grasslands, are being asked for their opinions on proposed changes to the laws and code of practice governing heather and grass burning in England. Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity Minister Jim Knight said that public

Article: Richmond, Va., Banking Firm One of 17 Implicated in Yield ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 9, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Apr. 7--First Union Corp. will pay $7.73 million to settle claims that a Richmond subsidiary defrauded the U.S. government and overcharged state, city and public agencies. Wheat First Union, the predecessor of Richmond-based First Union Securities, is one of 17 investment banks that allegedly

Article: Rekindling an old flame: wood heat can be environmentally ...
Natural Life;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Few people would argue that there is nothing more relaxing on a chilly evening than gathering around a warm, cozy fire that radiates rich, soothing heat. But burning wood and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere might not seem so relaxing at this time of heightened

Article: NATIVE AMERICANS
Young Students Learning Library;      700+ words ... ... Today, we refer to Indians as ``Native Americans.'' The ancestors of these Native Americans had come from Asia many, many years ... groups of people--the ancestors of Native Americans--crossed this ``land bridge ...

Article: Native Americans and Taxes
The Native Voice;  January 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... find out many Americans perceive that Native Americans do not pay taxes. In light of the ... context. The devastating history of the Native Americans in the U.S. is widely known to ... depth of the destruction unleashed on Native Americans is another story. As American expansion ...