Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA) Southwestern Archaeology Special Interest Group (SASIG) "Got CALICHE?" Newsletter Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest! Saturday May 12, 2001 ***************************************** TEXAS http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/051101/new_tomeeton.shtml The Panhandle Archeological Society speaker will be Carl J. Phagen, plant archaeologist for Pantex, who will discuss the archaeological program at the plant east of Amarillo. Phagen has been the archaeologist for Pantex since 1993. Much of his expertise is in southwestern archaeology. He was a professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz., before he began working at Pantex. NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES (NM) All opportunities posted at ARIZONA From: johnwelch@bia.gov Although more than a century of federal policies have systematically alienated Western Apaches from their land and the material and cultural vitality they once derived from it, Apache elders and cultural specialists have safeguarded vast knowledge of oral traditions associated with landscape features, functions, and values. Ongoing inter-tribal efforts to document place-based oral traditions and give them new uses have been successful in preserving fragile and beautiful traditions. At least as importantly, the information collected has well-established, though incompletely understood uses in ecological restoration, cultural education, and the protection of sacred sites and other places having Apache cultural and historical significance. Apache people are creating opportunities to use their heritage to make their lives better, both materially and spiritually. Work being done in pursuit of this goal emphasizes cultural perpetuation rather than preservation. The elected and cultural leaders of the White Mountain Apaches are committed to finding innovative and meaningful uses for their culture, language, and history in the areas of economic and community development. Again, the goal of the diverse activities conducted under the aegis of the Tribe's Heritage Program is not merely to preserve Apache culture, but to revitalize the most important and useful elements of the past to guide Apaches through the present and into the future. From JohnWelch@bia.gov The Great Fort Apache Heritage Reunion May 19-20, 2001. Dallas Massey, Sr., Chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe announced the presentation of a celebration of Apache culture and history. The Second Annual Great Fort Apache Heritage Reunion (NDEE LA' ADE') will take place Saturday, May 19 and the closing ceremonies on Sunday, May 20, 2001 at the Tribe's Fort Apache Historical Park. The Great Reunion will bring together members of the Apache community, both on and off the Fort Apache Reservation, as well as former students and staff of the Theodore Roosevelt School, and Apache veterans of World War II, Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam Era, Vietnam War and the Gulf War. The Reunion will also include participation of re-enactments by Buffalo Soldiers' organizations and many diverse groups representing the Fort Apache history from the 1870's to present day. Among the events planned are various sporting events, including a horseshoe tournament, field events, basketball tournaments and old-time baseball games. An All-Class Reunion of Theodore Roosevelt School students and staff is also scheduled. In addition, living history exhibits featuring Apache camps, Apache Scouts, General Crook, Buffalo Soldiers, Cavalry and Infantry re-enactments with Ft. Hauchuca's 36 piece marching band will be presented. There will also be a Pow Wow; entertainment with Knifewing, and Tribal Jam presenting Native Stars representing excellence in Native American Performing Arts as well as live demonstrations of dance, music, arts and crafts, storytelling and traditional food preparation. The two day Geat Reunion will officially begin on the morning of Saturday, May 19 with a stirring procession of all the diverse groups involved in the Reunion at the Fort Apache Parade ground. Visitors and participants will engage in a number of events including guided walking and wagon tours through Fort Apache as well as the historic site of Kinishba. We also plan to have an Apache Video Documentary about Fort Apache, the Apaches and the local geography. The Reunion is intended to celebrate the heritage and diversity of Fort Apache, long recognized as one of the signature place names in Western American history. Fort Apache has been recognized by the White House Millennium Council as a Save America's Treasures Project and was listed as one of the World's 100 Endangered Historical Sites by the World Monuments Watch. For further information concerning the Great Fort Apache Reunion, please contact Dhris Chiesl at 520.338.3989. ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL http://swanet.org/zarchives/crmtng/sitfieldschool.pdf (207K) Squaxin Island Tribe 2001 Summer Field School, Olympia Washington South Puget Sound Community College CYBERIA From: Terry W. Colvin Regular transmission of daily telegraphic weather reports began on 1 November 1870 from twenty-four stations stretching from Boston, Massachusetts, south to Key West, Florida, and west to Cheyenne in the Wyoming Territory. The Signal Corps weather reporting included a station on Pikes Peak that began reporting in November 1873. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-smuseum11may11.story?coll=sfla%2Dnews%2Dbroward A lawsuit is the latest flare-up in an ongoing feud between the Broward County Archaeological Society and the museum, which until a few months ago was named the Graves Museum of Archaeology & Natural History. The group which founded the museum contends that it has been gradually shut out since the museum's board of governors took control in 1996. http://www.theage.com.au/news/2001/05/12/FFXJ1AYTKMC.html Over the past 30 years parts of Australia have descended into hell. These remote aboriginal settlements are "broken sociopathic ruins" as ethnographic film maker and retired anthropology lecturer Roger Sandall puts it. They are places where progress of any kind seems to have become impossible. ***************************************** Contact the Newsletter Editor (Brian W. 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