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High School Students Curate Exhibit on History and Culture of Brooklyn
Share ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CURATING A HISTORY COLLECTION? High School Students Curate Exhibit on History and Culture of Brooklyn “Inventing Brooklyn- People, Places and Progress” opens June 2 at Brooklyn Historical Society May 18, 2011: Brooklyn, NY – Fourteen local teens curated the exhibition Inventing Brooklyn: People, Places and Progress at the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS). Inventing Brooklyn: People, Places, Progress traces the evolution of Brooklyn into the place we know today. From Native American roots and Dutch colonial influences to icons such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Dodgers, Inventing Brooklynexamines how various people, places, and historical events have shaped the development of the borough. Drawing on archival documents, photographs, prints, artifacts, and oral histories from the Brooklyn Historical Society collection, Inventing Brooklyn takes on 400 years of Brooklyn’s history. The exhibit includes items relating to the Battle of Brooklyn, Brooklyn’s … Read entire article »
Filed under: Archival Preservation, Research Methods
THE PAY OF THE SHAMAN
Share The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees. By JAMES MOONEY. [1891] The consideration which the doctor receives for his services is called ugista’`tï, a word of doubtful etymology, but probably derived from the verb tsï’giû, “I take” or “I eat.” In former times this was generally a deer-skin or a pair of moccasins, but is now a certain quantity of cloth, a garment, or a handkerchief. The shamans disclaim the idea that the ugista’`tï is pay, in our sense of the word, but assert that it is one of the agencies in the removal and banishment of the disease spirit. Their explanation is somewhat obscure, but p. 338 the cloth seems to be intended either as an offering to the disease spirit, as a ransom to procure the release of his intended … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Indian History, Cherokee Tribe, Medicine