-=> Quoting Zaynab Richmond to Jessica Edwards <=-
 ZR> Great!!  I'd really like to share info with you about the Cherokee
 ZR> nation as I
 ZR> am also part Cherokee.. about 1/8 I think.  I think that is so great
 ZR> that you 
 ZR> can still get the benefit of the drumming... do you go to PowWow's
 ZR> there?   Having driven through your area lately I am aware how many
 ZR> native resources  you have.
I would be glad to have you share what you know.  I have never been
to a PowWow yet.  we are generally too busy to keep up with what is
going on in the NA reservation here.  However, there is a NA shop in
Tacoma that I plan to go down and see somewhere around the christmas
holidays.
 ZR> On the way home I stopped at a wonderful Native American museum in
 ZR> Northern California... just north of Redwood State Park -- it has
 ZR> displays and info on tribes from all over the continent.  We plan to go
 ZR> back there in a few months,
 ZR> though it is an all-day drive to get there from here... quite a nice
 ZR> drive  through that area, though, with all the redwood forests..
Sounds like fun!
 
 ZR> How's it going?  I think that because of the school district group I'm
 ZR> in here
 ZR> I won't be looking for another group.  Already the Pittsburg group has
 ZR> 45+ families and we are planning social outings, like park days and a
 ZR> camping trip
 ZR> and other field trips.  I'm going to suggest Chaw-Se (Indian Grinding
 ZR> Rock  State Park) for the camping trip.  There is a great Miwuk Indian
 ZR> museum there,
 ZR> with good hands-on exhibits for the kids. :)  There's also two
 ZR> reconstructed  villages with teepees of cedar bark, and a large onikare
 ZR> (sweat lodge) sacred 
 ZR> house... there are powwows there every year.  What I really liked was
 ZR> a  self-guided tour trail that taught the names and uses of many of the
 ZR> plants  used by the Miwuks.  I'm into plant ID and herbs... and so the
 ZR> trail thrilled 
 ZR> me but I was really impressed that by the end of the trail even Aaron
 ZR> (my  homeschooler, age 6) was getting enthusiastic about identifying
 ZR> the plants and
 ZR> calling them by the right names. :)
That is great!!  Due to circumstances, I won't be homeschooling
full-time this year, however, she will still go to Kindergarden all
year and I will supplement what I can at home after I have moved and
settled down into the apt that I want.
 ZR> Oh, speaking of hands-on exibits for kids, one of the /best/ museums
 ZR> for kids 
 ZR> that I've ever visited is right in your area -- the Seattle Museum of
 ZR> Industry
 ZR> and History.  We /really/ had a great time there.  My kids were
 ZR> enthralled by 
 ZR> the shipping/water industry area and I got to see quite a bit of the
 ZR> rest of  the museum while they were actively playing in just that one
 ZR> area.  Have you  been there yet?
Nope, not yet.  I hate Seattle Traffic!!  I may make that a plan for
next summer depending on if I am going to be working or not.  My
oldest will be babysitting.  Thank Goodness for Teenagers!!  .
There is also a Science Museum there and I just might make a trip up
there in November as part of Naomi's Birthday.
 
 ZR> BTW, I also have a daughter named Naomi.  How old is your daughter? 
 ZR> My Naomi 
 ZR> is 15 and lives with my ex-husband, so I can't homeschool her... but
 ZR> it is  one very nice name. :)  I picked it myself.  :)
 ZR> Zaynab
Naomi is 5.5 yrs old.  Her sister, Rebekah is 13 and living with her
adopted dad in Medford, Oregon.  He is now working in Astoria but
commutes home on the weekends. I will have Bekah for Thanksgiving.
Jessica
Jessica.Edwards@rook.wa.com
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