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Points of Interest

*Alberta                             *Utah
*Saskatchewan                 *Kansas
*Manitoba                          *Oklahoma
*North Dakota                   *Arizona
*South Dakota                   *Colorado
*Montana                           *Nevada
*Idaho                                *New Mexico
*Nebraska                          *Texas
*Wyoming

*Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Designated as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981, Head-Smashed-In
has been used continuously by aboriginal peoples of the
plains for more than 5,500 years.
*The paintings of Allen Sapp reveal what a reservation
means to those for whom it is home.
*These days, tourists are seeking something new and
different. In the light of last year’s jarring terrorist attacks,
many tourists are looking for something simple, maybe
even more spiritual. Places like the Brokenhead Ojibway
Nation are poised to meet the growing need.
*The native people of North Dakota invite you to " Discover
the Spirit" of the people and the land of five reservations.
Meet some of the icons of American history, like Sakakawea
and Sitting Bull.
* More than 62,000 American Indians live in South Dakota.
Most of them are Dakota, Lakota, or Nakota people, also
known collectively as Sioux.
*There are seven reservations in Montana, representing
eleven tribes. Each features a wealth of cultural institutions
such as the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning.
* Nebraska has been home to several great
American Indian nations: Crow, Lakota Sioux,Omaha, Otoe,
Pawnee, Ponca,Sioux, and Winnebago.
* The Plains Indian Museum  in Wyoming tells the
significant story of the lives of Plains Indian peoples, their
cultures, traditions, values and histories, as well as the
contexts of their lives today.
*Today's Utah has five major tribes with strong cultural
legacies which continue to flourish: Ute; Dine' (Navajo);
Paiute; Goshute; and Shoshoni.
*Pawnee Indian Village Museum in KansasState Historic
SiteThe Kitkehahki (pronounced KIT-ka-ha-key), or
Republican, band settled here along the Republican River
about 1820.
* Five tribes- the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee,
Muscogee-Creek, and Seminole were forced from their
homelands in the eastern United States to resettle in the
new territory of Oklahoma ,designated Indian territory by
Andrew Jackson ,that was already inhabited by nomadic
tribes who hunted buffalo on the plains.
The Blackfeet
Crazy Horse Memorial

The Blackfeet, once referred to as "Lords of the Plains," continue to take part in
traditional and contemporary ways of life. Although history and culture have both
mandated and allowed change, the Blackfoot Confederacy has withstood the challenge
of living in a world that sometimes conflicts with itself and some of its people have been
able to maintain their true identity, without getting into the blood-degree issues, which
are another way of creating division among the people.
The Blackfeet people consist of the Pikuni/Peigan, North Peigan Pikuni, Blood/Kainai,
and Blackfoot/Siksika. The four groups practice religious and ceremonials together, or
in their separate areas, but with the same way of life and beliefs. Within the ancestry, or
family relations, each group is connected by family members, being part of the four
groups.
The Blackfeet chose which band they would like to settle -- brothers, sisters and other
family members. This is why all four groups have remained connected by family.

The Blackfeet are referred to by many as the Blackfoot Confederacy. The 49th parallel
has impacted their relationships, but the people continue them, regardless of the
United States and Canada being separate. The Blackfoot belief and way of life has
allowed all groups to maintain contact and the recognition of extended families.

Crazy Horse Memorial, the world’s largest sculpture, now in
progress, is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota on
US Highway 16/385 just 17 miles southwest of Mount
Rushmore. The work was begun in 1948 by sculptor
Korczak Ziolkowski at the request of Native Americans.
Korczak died in 1982. His wife, Ruth, and their family
continue the project working with the Crazy Horse Memorial
Foundation.

The Memorial includes the Indian Museum of North
America, the Native American Cultural Center which was
dedicated at the 1996 Native American Day celebration, the
sculptor’s studio, as well as a new 40,000-square-foot
Orientation Center and theaters opened in May 2000. Many
Native American artists and crafts people create their
artwork and visit with guests at the Memorial during the
summer season.
Santa Fe
Situated at 2,133 metres above sea level in the foothills of the Sangre
de Cristo Mountains, much of Santa Fe looks as it did in the 19th
century, with low adobe buildings, Spanish and Indian designs, and
narrow, winding streets surrounding an old plaza.
American Indians still spread their blankets and display their jewelry,
weaving and pottery in the shade of the Palace portals. Other historic
buildings include St, Francis Cathedral and San Miguel Mission, the
oldest church (1610) still in use in the United States.
Nineteen Indian pueblos, stretching from south of Albuquerque
northward to Taos, welcome visitors. Many have museums and cultural
centres where one can purchase pottery, handmade jewelry, weaving
and distinctive craft items. Travelers can sometimes watch tribal
dances and religious ceremonies at the pueblos and sample Native
Indian cuisine.
Monument Valley

Experience the wonder of discovery among the buttes, mesas, canyons, and free
standing rock formations that fill Monument Valley. The tranquility of the land, culture,
and traditions infuse the valley with a uniquely Navajo flavor.
Monument Valley was created as material eroded from the ancestral Rocky Mountains,
and was deposited and cemented into sandstone. The formations you see in the valley
were left over after the forces of erosion worked their magic on the sandstone. A
geologic uplift caused the surface to bulge and crack. Wind and water then eroded the
land, and the cracks deepened and widened into gullies and canyons, which eventually
became the scenery you see today. Natural forces continue to slowly shape the land.
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