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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has contracted with the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center to monitor cultural resources on about 24 acres of the 75.4-acre Mathy tract on Brice Prairie.
FT. THOMPSON, S.D. – The Internal Revenue Service has auctioned thousands of acres of land owned by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, claiming the tribe owes back taxes.
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As the namesake college of the most diverse county on earth, Queens College (QC) will soon broaden its academic horizons with the Asian American Pacific Islander Community Studies (AAPICS) program.
The first signs that the River Raisin battlefield in Monroe is a new national park might sprout within a year, but it could be as long as eight years before any significant development of the park occurs, federal officials said Thursday.
The Christmas Craft Show and Flea Market, sponsored by the Fritch Chamber of Commerce will open Saturday morning, Dec. 5, at 9 a.m.
Because the U.S. post war reconstruction plan in Iraq has been grossly mishandled and has proven to be largely ineffectual, Iraqi artists and filmmakers have decided to take cultural reconstruction efforts into their own hands. Recently in Baghdad, Iraqi filmmakers unveiled the city’s first traveling film festival, showcased at sites where explosions have ruined cultural [...]
MEXICO CITY.- With the planting of 3,000 endemic trees, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) concluded reforestation of vulnerable areas at Chichen Itza Archaeological Zone, in Yucatan, with the aim of counteracting deforestation at the Maya site, caused by natural events such as draught.
There’s never been a better time to contribute to ways that help make the Earth a better place to live and now there’s a Web site, www.MNN.com, that has been designed and written for the regular person, not for scientists, who wants to better understand and be knowledgeable about the current eco-issues around the nation.
SUNY Oswego students will travel to India in January to learn firsthand about the major international challenge of human trafficking.
Beloit College ranked second in the Midwest Conference in number of representatives on the 2009 Fall Academic All-MWC team released by the league office Wednesday.
Marco Island City Council members will likely be asked to rule on a settlement that could reduce fines that a community association and landscaper were ordered to pay for destroying protected habitat, including mangroves and an Indian mound.
Many New Yorkers know about the bodies buried beneath Washington Square Park — remains belonging to thousands of impoverished residents who died more than two centuries ago.
WASHINGTON -- Two weeks ago in Pakistan, Central Intelligence Agency sharpshooters killed eight people suspected of being militants of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and wounded two others in a compound that was said to be used for terrorist training.
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Bakersfield, Calif. -- AT 10 minutes before noon on a Sunday it's a cattle call at the hotel-restaurant Noriega's here, with dozens of people crowded around the bar, drinking beer and greeting familiar faces. Red-faced cowboys mix with doughy city dwellers and families passing around babies, all surrounded by paintings of Basque men playing cards or handball.
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