The 32nd annual Thunderbird American Indian Mid-Summer Pow-Wow three-day event was held last weekend at the Queens County Farm Museum in Floral Park.

The 21st Genoa Indian Industrial School Reunion/Celebration will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Genoa U.S. Indian School Museum and grounds in Genoa.

With 19 museums, 168 affiliated museums, 9 research centers and about 30 million visitors a year, you might not think the Smithsonian Museum has a lot in common with the Bois Forte Heritage Center, a small museum that opened in 2001 on the Bois Forte Reservation near Tower.

This isn't Jennifer Simon's first powwow. But it will surely go down as one of her best.

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Julie Parker sat in a secluded, white room under a ventilation system that roared as loud as a jet engine. She wore a lab coat and lime-green gloves her typical workday attire as she brushed solvents onto the brittle orange, downy feathers that adorned the two-century-old eagle headdress she was working on.

Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village last Sunday afternoon literally went to the dogs as Four Paws Sake NYC and the Mayors Alliance for NYCs Animals hosted the Dog Days of Summer Adoption Event.

Here is a list of some of the Honor America Days events from the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce. To add an event, go online to www.RomeChamber.com. To submit a correction or for more information send an e-mail to info@romechamber.com.

SITKA, Alaska A painting from the early days of Sitka under the U.S. flag has been restored to its former glory after years in a back room of the Sitka Historical Society Museum.

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Tucson artist Dinah Stafford is in good company.

CATAWBA ISLAND TOWNSHIP -- During the last part of the 1800s and the first part of the 1900s, growing fruit -- especially grapes and peaches -- was the economic mainstay on Catawba Island.

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginias top tourist attraction and the states second capital after Jamestown, is like entering a time portal to the colonial era.

EXCLUSIVE: Colonial spoils plundered by Britain

A foreclosure prevention workshop is planned from 10 a.m. to noon today in the Mona Bishop Room of the Sierra Vista Public Library. The event is sponsored by the Better Business Bureau, City of Sierra Vista and  SEAGO .  Bisbees Last Days of Summer Kids Celebration is planned from 9 a.m. to noon today at Higgins Park. All families are invited to enjoy hours of free fun and giveaways.  Tombstone ...

Edna St. Vincent Millays home opens to the public; the Apollo Theater tells its secrets; collectors of clothes irons.

What's Your Reaction? 'Dubai Idol,' as the event is popularly known, gets a blurb in the local UAE papers around this time of year.

OLD MYSTIC - In late March, The Indian and Colonial Research Center building, stood like a rock in the middle of a river while flood waters - high enough to strand cars in Old Mystic - tore past its front doors. But three months later, the museum's doors are still closed to visitors even as it announced the launch of its new, grant-funded website. Literally at the intersection of Main St ...

The following trips are sponsored by nonprofit groups. If your group is planning a trip and seats are available, e-mail information to Iris Hersh at community@publicopinionnews.com ; or fax to her attention at 264-0377.