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Posts tagged Native Americans
The Yukon – Canada
Feb 4th
The Yukon takes its name from Yu-kun-ah, the Loucheux word for the Yukon River, the ‘great river’ that drains most of the territory. Some five per cent of Canada’s landmass, the Yukon lies in the northwest corner of Canada. Bordered on three sides by rugged mountains and on the 4th by the Arctic Ocean, it shares many of the characteristics of its neighbours, Alaska, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories. More >
Crazy Horse Memorial – South Dakota
Sep 19th
The unfinished Crazy Horse Memorial is being created on Thunderhead Mountain, a part of the Black Hills in South Dakota considered sacred by many Native Americans. A long winding road leads to the site, where suddenly there unfolds an extraordinary vista: a sculpture being carved from the side of a mountain. More >
Gates of the Arctic National Park – Alaska
Sep 4th
Jagged peaks, wild rivers, diverse wildlife, hidden canyons, and pristine lakes all contribute to the haunting beauty of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. An untrammelled wilderness north of the Arctic Circle, the park straddles a 200-mile-long stretch of the central Brooks Range.
This northernmost reach of the Rocky Mountains contains the complete spectrum of Arctic habitats, from forest to tundra. Wolves, grizzlies, wolverines, Dall’s sheep, and moose roam in untouched settings, as do portions of the 500,000-strong Western Arctic caribou herd. All in all, Gates of the Arctic is more to 37 land mammals and 133 bird species, including nesting populations of the arctic peregrine falcon. More >
Deer Valley Rock Art Centre – Arizona
Sep 1st
The Deer Valley Rock Art Centre represents a unique architectural solution featuring the sculptural use of precast concrete and weathering steel. The building is sited at the juncture of the two-mile-long earthen Adobe Mountain Dam and the Hedgpeth Hills formation.
The building literally spans across the dam’s flood control concrete outlet system. In so doing, the buildings’ geometry serves as a metaphorical ‘time machine’ connecting the visitor between the chaos of suburban contemporary Phoenix and the sanctuary of the sheltered natural desert landscape of the Hedgpeth mountainside. More >
