NMAI,NATIONAL MUSEUM AF AMERICAN INDIAN

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NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST NATIONS HERITAGE
I MADE A TRIP TO NMAI,THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIAN.
see also: faramarzsoleimani.com/nativeamerican heritagemonth/november2009
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CHICKAHOMINY*
(=VIRGINIA)
A CROWNED PINE
OPENED WINGS IN CLOUDS
A CARDINAL WHO WAS PASSING BY
BECAME A NEST
IN THE WINGS OF PINE.
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THE LANGUAGE NEVER DIES,AND NOT THE ONE WHO TALKS WITH THE LANGUAGE.
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POW WOW
EAGLES ARE CIRCLING IN SKY
IT ALWAYS BEGIN WITH A WELCOME
THAT WILL BE KNOWN
TO THE WAVE OF GUESTS.
IN FIVE SEASONS OF THE YEAR
THE LANGUAGE SURVIVES.
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*CHICKAHOMINY=VIRGINIA , WERE ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONS WHO WELCOMED BRITISH IN WHERE BECAME JAMESTOWN.

EASTERN CHIKAHOMINYS,RAPPAHANAK,NANSEMOND,UPPER MATTAPONI AND MONACANS ARE OTHER NATIONS OF VIRGINIA.MATAPONI AND PUMONKEYS SIGNED PEACE TREATY WITH ENGLISH IN 1677 AND NOW THEY LIVE IN THEIR EASTERN RESERVATIONS IN VIRGINIA. CHIKAHOMONY ARE THEIR NEIGHBORS.