Weekend full moon the biggest in about 20 years

Weekend full moon the biggest in about 20 years (CNN) — If the moon looks a little bit bigger and brighter this weekend, there’s a reason for that. It is. Saturday’s full moon will be a super “perigee moon” — the biggest in almost 20 years. This celestial event is far rarer than the famed … Read more

A Song for the Horse Nation

http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/horsenation/ AFTER A LONG ABSENCE— THE HORSE RETURNS NOVEMBER 14, 2009–JULY 7, 2011 GEORGE GUSTAV HEYE CENTER, NEW YORK The story of the relationship of Native peoples and horses is one of the great sagas of human contact with the animal world. Native peoples have traditionally regarded the animals in our lives as fellow creatures … Read more

The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

  Forty-six years ago, at 4:15 a.m. on November 4, 1956, Soviet forces launched a major attack on Hungary aimed at crushing, once and for all, the spontaneous national uprising that had begun 12 days earlier. At 5:20 a.m., Hungarian Prime Minister Imre Nagy announced the invasion to the nation in a grim, 35-second broadcast, … Read more

Researchers Beware

Unfortunately, there are groups that claim to be tribal and will gladly assist you with your quest for enrollment for a fee. For example, there is a group presenting themselves as the Cherokees of Missouri and Arkansas. For $60.00, they will even issue you a card. However, they are not connected in any fashion to … Read more