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Cherokee language version http://www.YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net/mainindex.html
English translation version http://www.thePeoplesPaths.net/mainindex.html

Some Favorite Paths to Follow!
 'North American Indian & Indigenous'

"For youngers and elders!"
"For elders and youngers!"

Visit Some Favorite People's Holiday Paths!
"For Kid's of all ages!!!"

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Index "For youngers and elders" Path!

| Selected Home Pages! |
News For The Next Generation |
| Stories, Art, Movies! | Fun Learning |
| Games! | Communication Fun! |
| Youth Organizations! |
| Online Dictionary/Reference Path |
"And Homework helper sites!"

TOBACCO ''SACRED USE, NOT ABUSE''
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Wild Watch Cams
Live Eagle Cam ~ Seal Cam ~ Heron Cam ~ Bat Cam

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**SELECTED HOME PAGES

  • Cherokee Central School System/Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation
    ''Cherokee Schools are Good and Getting Better''
    "The mission of the Cherokee Central School System of the Eastern
    Band of Cherokee Indians, with an awareness of our cultural
    uniqueness, is to educate students to be productive and responsible
    citizens in an ever changing world by committing our energies and
    resources to provide meaningful and comprehensive programs."

  • Cherokee Youth Center ''The Positive Place For Kids''
    "Our goal is to provide every child with the essential
    tools needed for a successful and bright future. Since
    1931, the vision of Boys & Girls Clubs has grown and
    changed with the needs of our children. As the needs
    of our children and their families continue to change,
    so will the dynamics of our programs and services."

  • St. Anne's School Home Page Connie River, Micmac Community
    "St. Anne's School is a First Nations Band controlled school.
    It is located at the Conne River Reserve, which is the only
    reserve on the island of Newfoundland & Labrador."

  • Kids: Office of Indian Education
    "The Office of Indian Education is a special part of the U.S. Department
    of Education that focuses on American Indian and Alaska Native students.
    Our goal is to create programs that help kids learn. The Office of Indian
    Education is located in Washington D.C."

  • Montana Kids "Montana's Indian reservations
    are rich strongholds of Native American heritage.

  • The Wild West.org "This site is dedicated to my grandfather
    William Keith of the Cherokee Nation, born in Caddo, Oklahoma."
    "Welcome to CyberSoup's The Wild West. This site presents a
    look at the American West, the history and legends of Native
    Americans or American Indians, if you prefer, western cowboys,
    western cowgirls and women of the west..."

  • Apple Learning Interchange ~ Search for Native Americans
    When it comes to locating information about Native Americans on the Internet
    sometimes it seems as if it is like trying to spell using the letters from your
    bowl of Campbell's Alphabet soup. You know what you need is there if you look
    long enough but by the time you find it your soup is cold and you're not hungry
    anymore. This resource guide is designed to sift that Internet soup of Indian
    information so you can find what you are looking for before the seasons change
    and your children grow old.

**NEWS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

  • Native Youth Magazine Online "This is an online magazine
    designed to encourage and inspire Native youth by promoting
    positive messages through articles, profiles and photos about
    their lifestyles. Select Native youth are currently serving
    as cortributors and advisors for the site and others will
    continue to be asked for their input. It is a website that
    is long overdue!" Published by Mary Kim Titla, veteran
    Arizona TV news reporter and member of NAJA.

  • Canku Ota 'A newsletter, for Youth, celebrating Native America'
    "Canku Ota (Many Paths) is a free Newsletter celebrating Native America,
    its traditions and accomplishments." by Vicki Lockard and Paul Barry.

  • Midlink Magazine 'The Digital Magazine by Students, for Students (Ages 8-18)'
    "This Award-Winning Magazine is a nonprofit educational project.
    Sponsored by: SAS inSchool, NCSU, and UCF."

  • Desert USA ~ The Ultimate Desert Resource DesertUSA's purpose is to provide a tool for discovery,
    a publication which entertains educates and explores with our readers, the beauty, life and culture
    of the North American deserts. Put the Online Shockwave Desert Puzzle together right online!

**STORIES, ART, MOVIES!

  • Circle of Stories "Circle of Stories uses documentary film,
    photography, artwork and music to honor and explore Native
    American storytelling." Credits 'An Electric Shadows Project
    Presented by ITVS Interactive.' "Our deepest gratitude
    to Rosella Goodwill Archdale, Hoskie Benally, Corbin
    Harney and Tchin for sharing their lives and their culture."
    Launch Stories (Best viewed with a high-speed connection.)
    • Storytellers "Listen and learn from four Native storytellers."
    • Many Voices "Explore a gallery of stories and learn about the
      history of Native storytelling."
    • We Are Here "Find out how Native American tribes are
      confronting language and land issues today."
    • Community "Participate by sharing your ideas and stories
      about land, language and cultural preservation."
    • For Educators "Find lessons and activities for the classroom."

  • Blue Corn Comics: Peace Party 'A multicultural comic book featuring Native Americans'
    "Two young heroes fight everything from prejudice and pollution to
    supervillains and the supernatural. Ongoing series from Blue Corn Comics."

  • No t J us t f or Ki ds ! "Hello! My name is Rosie. I hope you enjoy these pages for families and kids
    of all ages. Rosie's 'Rhubarb Review' tells you about some of the best sites on the Internet.
    Visit 'Grandpa Tucker's Rhymes and Tales' for some of the silliest poems and stories ever."

**GAMES!

  • Shockwave.com Games Play and/or Download
    • Shockwave.com Games
    • Mahjongg Towers ~ Mah Jong Solitaire ~ Collapse
      (Download Free: Play on your computer for a limited time.)
    • Wallace & Gromit: Crime Fighting Solve this challenging puzzle!
    • Daily Jigsaw A puzzle a day keeps the brain sharp!
      "Our "Shockmachine Save" function is no longer available, but
      you can continue to solve the Daily Jigsaw online, every day,
      absolutely free! If you prefer to solve your jigsaws offline,
      download our jigsaw player, featuring 5 free sample puzzles!"
    • Redline Rumble 2: Detonator "Take command of a radio-controlled racer
      as it careens around a home made track complete with hazards galore!
      Want more ZipZaps Street Rally? Download this game to play offline,
      anytime and get 3 new tracks, 4 new car bodies and joystick support!"
    • Dynomite "Use "The Claw" and "Steggy" to solve a wide
      variety of puzzles using colorfully painted dinosaur eggs!
    • Groove Blender 2 "Get ready to lay down phat beats, snaky synth
      stabs, bombastic breaks, funky percussion, and the greasiest bass
      lines, and blend them together to make the soundtrack for your life.
    • Send Shockwave Greetings! ~ Join Birthday Alarm!

**FUN LEARNING

  • Lux-Aeterna Speaking Clock [**NOTE: Cherokee language available!]
    "Speaking Clock Deluxe is a program for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP that
    makes your computer tell the time out loud, along with functions for alarms,
    timers, a calculator and full support for agents and speech engines. You
    can have the time announced in over 25 languages, no other clock will offer
    more or better languages!" (Shareware ~ Made in Sweden)

  • Cherokee Trials Adventure Game ~ By Pharos Games On this adventure,
    you must lead Ally and a party of her friends on an imaginative journey
    that parallels the trek of the Cherokee tribe across 19th century America.
    (This game must be purchased in order to be played, so check with your folks!)

  • American Indian Coloring Books from Bellerophon Books
    "Bellerophon Publishes very inexpensive books of Ancient
    History, American History, Archeology, Native American
    Art and History, California History, Natural History,
    Music History, English Literature, and much more!"

  • "Welcome to Discovery Kids. Hey Discovery Kids! When we said, "The Adventure Starts Here"
    we weren't kidding. We've put together a whole site about adventure and the adventures.
    Ever wanted to climb a climbing wall? Ride a camel? Learn to take your own pictures?
    Well, Discovery.Com is the place to learn how." Discovery Channel School is proud to be the new
    home for Puzzlemaker, a puzzle and games generation tool for teachers, parents and students.
    Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.
    Build your own maze or print our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and
    classroom topics." Discovery School is dedicated to making teaching and learning an exciting,
    rewarding adventure for students, teachers, and parents. To that end we provide innovative
    teaching materials for teachers, useful and enjoyable resources for students, and smart advice
    for parents about how to help their kids enjoy learning and excel in school."
    • Welcome to PuzzleMaker "Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers,
      students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and
      math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print our specialty
      hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics. Don't forget
      to visit Brain Boosters and take the weekly challenge!

  • Celebrating Wildflowers ~ Coloring Books "Learning to love and appreciate nature
    can start at any age. You can Celebrate Wildflowers in your own home by using the
    Plant Conservation Alliance's Coloring Books for the Northwest and Texas Hill
    Country. Each Coloring Book also has an educational section discussing various
    topics dealing with plants. The On-Line Gallery gives kids an opportunity to send in
    their coloring for display on the web."

  • Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park "The Park offers a showcase
    of native Florida wildlife and endangered species. The park serves as
    a rehabilitation center and refuge for endangered West Indian manatees
    that have been orphaned or injured in the wild and also for manatees
    that have been born in captivity. Take a Virtual Tour of the park and
    don't forget to visit the Manatee Live Web Cam!

  • Bonus.com - the SuperSite for Kids "Founded in 1996, Bonus.com® the SuperSite for Kids™
    is a free, one-stop center of entertainment for the entire family. We offer a protected
    playground of internet content, featuring hundreds of games, puzzles and other activities."
      Parents and Teachers "Welcome to our Parents and Teachers section. As a parent
      or teacher we welcome you to Bonus.com - the SuperSite for Kids, and hope that you
      find our resources engaging and useful for your children."

  • Popcorn! ~ Popcorn for Kids! ~ Encyclopedia Popcornica!
    "Brought to you by The Popcorn Board"
    'Your source for healthy snaking information.'
    (The Popcorn Board is a non-profit organization funded by U.S.
    popcorn processors and supervised by the USDA. Chicago, Illinois)

  • NASA's The Space Place What kinds of activities are on The Space
    Place? "Make spacey things"! "Do spacey things" is mostly interactive
    games and puzzles. "Space science in action" has some interactive
    demonstrations of science and technology concepts, as well as little
    science demonstrations that kids can do with ordinary materials.
  • "Meet The First Native American Indian Astronaut"
    John Bennett Herrington (Commander, United States Navy)
    NASA Astronaut, Born September 14, 1958 in Wetumka,
    Oklahoma. John is a tribal member of the Chickasaw Nation.
    Visit the Johnson Space Center.
  • NASA Genesis Mission 'Search For Origins' ~ Genesis Kids
    What is the sun made of? Are the Earth and planets made of the same stuff?
    "On August 8, 2001, NASA's Discovery mission Genesis launched its spacecraft
    a million miles sunward to collect pieces of the sun, called solar wind,
    that may contain these answers. At L1, it unfolded its collectors and began
    a two-year "sunbath." Upon its return to Earth in 2004, scientists will
    study the solar wind samples for years to come."

  • Scholastic.com 'Connecting teachers, parents, and children to the world of Scholastic.'
    "Scholastic Inc., the global children's publishing and media company's corporate mission,
    which is supported through all of its divisions, is to instill the love of reading for
    lifelong pleasure in all children." For Kids ~ For Teachers ~ For Parents

  • NIEHS Kids Page (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids' Page)
    "Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
    Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together,
    all things connect." --Chief Seattle

**COMMUNICATION FUN

  • Welcome to Curiocities FreeZone "A unique online community where kids come to interact with other kids. In our fully monitored environment, kids can chat, find e-pals, build home pages, write stories for our online newsletter, and take on a variety of "jobs" like Ask Us advice team member, Homework Helper, and Junior Monitor." Brain Storm "Solve a puzzle. Write a story. Learn weird facts. Home work help. Stretch your mind in BrainStorm!"
    • News Flash "Tired of boring news written by adults, for adults? On FreeZone, kids make the news! Did a mini-tornado hit your town last week? Is school out for the summer in Utah? Does peace in the Middle East affect your community? Tell us what is newsworthy in your part of the world."

  • World Kids Network 'If you can dream it, you can do it!' "Be anyone, do anything, or find out almost anything. You can make great friends, join some cool clubs, play games, do your school homework, just hang out in the mall or do a LOT of other cool stuff! You can cruise on in for a visit, or stay around and help out." (Visit Internet Safety path!)
    • Holiday Village - Holiday Web Graphics "Welcome to Holiday Village at the World Kids Network! We hope to have the one-stop graphics site for all your holiday needs. Animations are for personal web page use only. Any other graphics that you find here (in the free graphics area) are for use on your personal or commercial web pages. All that's required in return, is a link back to Holiday Village."

  • WWW.Kids.Net.AU "A search engine for children. The site contains
    over 20,000 child safe sites, and over 4000 categories. Categories include:
    Arts, Computers, Directories, Entertainment, Games, Health, News, People
    and Society, Pre-School, School Time, Sports and Hobbies, and Family.
    WWW.Kids.Net.AU contains sites and categories that are of interest
    to children, in this regard the site is a nich search engine for children.

  • KIDS FROM KANATA "A national educational telecommunications project
    linking urban and rural First Nations and non-Native students and
    teachers via the Internet. The project represents a significant step in
    the important process of establishing working relationships and dialogue
    between First Nations communities and other communities across Canada."

  • Kids' Corner: Puzzle, Hangman, Web Sufin' (paths to fun safe sites)!
    Presented by Oasis Telecommunications, Inc. Kids' Speak:
    Two separate communications boards, one for younger folks & one teens!
    • Kid Art Archive! "To send an image for our Kid Art gallery,
      e-mail us a 72 dpi gif file (350 x 400 pixels maximum)."

  • KidPub "More than 16,000 stories written by kids from all over the planet!"

  • K I D L I N K 'Empowering kids and youth to build global networks of friends '
    "Global Networking for Youth! KIDS-96[sm] is a grassroots project aimed at getting
    as many children, in the age group 10-15, as possible involved in a GLOBAL dialog."
    What is KI DL IN K? "The Kidlink Network An Overview!"
    • Activities Projects & Fun 'A world where kids can join together and talk!'
    • KidCafe Global Youth Lists "Make friends around the world using email!"
    • Kidart: "The KidlinkWWW presentation of the Kidlink Gallery of Computer
      Art is in its infancy. In this gallery we aim to show art produced by children
      all over the world that are up to 15 years old.

  • the KidsCom Company "...giving kids, young adults and parents a voice to the
    world and to each other." Parents Talk "Because You're Always A Parent"
      "Play Smart ~*~ Stay Safe ~*~ Have Fun"
    • KidsComJr. For ages 3 to 7 years old!
    • KidsCom For ages 8 to 15 years old!
    • YaZone For teens and young adults!

**YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS!

  • Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country Mission: To inspire
    and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged
    circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive,
    responsible and caring citizens. A Boys & Girls Club in
    Indian Country Provides A Positive Place Where Native American
    Young People Can Go... To celebrate their culture and community...
    To enjoy healthy fun with their peers... And to learn new skills
    and self-confidence under the guidance of responsible adults.

  • United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY) "National network organization that promotes personal development, citizenship, and leadership among Native American youth while working to combat wasted talent and negative peer pressure. UNITY has achieved success in working with Native American youth through youth council development, helping young people make positive differences in their tribes, villages and communities." Contact: J. R. Cook, Founder & Executive Director, phone: 405-236-2800, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • CodeTalk Home "CodeTalk is a federal, interagency, Native American web site
    designed specifically to deliver electronic information from government agencies
    and other organizations to Native American communities. Information on sites for
    Native Americans from the official web site of the U.S. Department of Housing
    and Urban Development, Office of Native American Programs."

  • Inuit Youth Voices 'Do you know you have rights?' "As an Inuk youth, your rights are especially protected by the Convention. Because Inuit are the original inhabitants of the Arctic, they are sometimes called Indigenous or Aboriginal. 191 governments around the world agree that Indigenous children deserve special rights and protection under the law. This means that your Inuit culture, language, history and traditions should be protected."
    Site courtesy of the Pauktuutit ~ Inuit Women's Association

  • Aboriginal Careers Initiative Web-site "These pages will provide prospective and current Aboriginal business students, as well as employers and the general public, with information on the School of Business Aboriginal Careers Initiative." University of Alberta, Canada

  • Aboriginal Youth Business Network "Aboriginal Youth Business Council is a volunteer run, non-profit, youth-driven council of First Nation, Metis, & Inuit entrepreneurs. We are a grass roots organization and we created this site as a resource for other youth to learn about business. That's why we're here. This site is made possible by the efforts of volunteers and through financial support from Aboriginal Business Canada."

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