Word: haida
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...discovery that offers a sharp contrast to the political hoopla over Kennewick Man, scientists and local Tlingit and Haida tribes cooperated so that researchers could study skeletal remains found in On Your Knees Cave on Prince of Wales Island in southern Alaska. "There's no controversy," says Erlandson, who has investigated cave sites in the same region. "It hardly ever hits the papers." Of about the same vintage as Kennewick Man and found at around the same time, the Alaskan bones, along with other artifacts in the area, lend strong support to the coastal-migration theory. "Isotopic analysis...
...Jordans also offered themselves as the perfect base material for mock tribal masks because their blacks, whites and reds, borrowed from the uniform of the NBA's Chicago Bulls, are also the colors that recur in carvings of coastal native peoples, especially the Haida. In the flash of an eye, tribal palette becomes team colors and vice versa. Native tribes and sports tribes flicker back and forth in the same slightly comic, slightly menacing face...
...said a woman behind the counter. Another displayed recyclable oil filters that use an ingenious toilet-paper-like roll to trap particles. The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University nestled in next to Sustainable Switzerland. A group promoted condom use to stop the spread of aids. A woman from the Haida Indian community in western Canada touted a cd-rom that outlined the importance of maintaining her culture. Brazil's stand featured a kitchen churning out "sustainable cookies" made of Brazil nuts grown in a tropical forest...
Members of the Jewish community gathered on Saturday at a rally held at Harvard Hillel to show solidarity for Israel in the wake of recent attacks on Israeli civilians in Haida and Jerusalem...
...seven-bedroom house, decorated with the work of indigenous Tlingit and Haida artists, is a warm home base from which to explore considerably icier surroundings. Homemade breakfasts include local delicacies like fireweed honey and salmonberry jam. The inconvenience of shared baths with most bedrooms fades with a scan of the water and mountain views from each...