Welcoming the Tribes Back to Their Ancestral Homes by Interim Director, Marti Chaatsmith

Wednesday, November 8, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Bexley Public Library
2411 E. Main St.
Bexley, Ohio 43209

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Marti Chaatsmith, Interim Director of Ohio State University’s Newark Earthworks Center, will speak about her work developing relationships with Ohio’s Historic American Indian Tribes.  In collaboration with the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Marti initiated a tribal outreach program to re-introduce tribal governments to sacred places in Ohio and to enlist the support of American Indian scholars.

President Obama Designated Bear Ears and Gold Butte National Monuments

Bears Ears National Monument.
Image Courtesy of Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition.
December 28, 2016

Native News Online reported that Ex-President "Obama designated two new national monuments, protecting sacred sites, spectacular scenery, and important natural and cultural resources in the desert landscapes of southeastern Utah and southern Nevada". These two monuments are Bears Ears National Monument and Gold Butte National Monument.

The Bears Ears National Monument is located in Utah and
"gets its name from the iconic Bears Ears Buttes, two distinctive
geological formations in the center of lands that are considered
sacred by tribes in the region."

The Gold Butte National Monument is "located in Clark County, 

Nevada just northeast of the outskirts of Las Vegas." It "includes

abundant rock art, archeological artifacts, and rare fossils, including 

recently discovered dinosaur tracks dating back hundreds of 

millions of years." It also "provides protections for important Native 

American historical sites, as well as areas that are currently used 

for traditional purposes by tribes."

To review the full article, click here 

For more information, 
Visit:

•  The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
• Proposal
• Bears Ears A Native Perspective (PDF)
•  Hopi Tribe
•  Navajo Nation
•  Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
•  Pueblo of Zuni
•  Ute Indian Tribe
• White House Press Releases 
• Bears Ears National Monument
• December 28, 2016.
• Gold Butte National Monument
• December 28, 2016.
• Sacred Places
•  Chief Arvol Looking Horse Importance of Sacred Places
•  Challenge of Protecting Sacred Places
•  Info about PBS Series - Global Defenders of Sacred Sites
•  2016 Day of Prayer
• Bears Ears
• Photo Collection
• Native American Connections
• Native Voices - Native Interpretation PDF in links
• Region to the Native Eye
• Rock Formations
• Satellite Image
• Gold Butte
• Explore  
• National Conservation Lands
• Cultural Resources
• Historical Resources
• Past Vandalism
• Wildlife Preservation
• Grant Canyon Wildlife Corridor
•  Gold Butte
•  Desert Tortoise
• Navajo Leader Says Native Americans Worked 80 Years for National Monument
• NPR, January 1, 2017.
• Sacred Bears Ears and Gold Butte Designated as National Monuments
• Indian Country Today, December 28, 2016.
• In a victory for Native American tribes, Obama names new monuments in Utah and Nevada
• PBS, December 28, 2016.

Newark Earthworks Center Receives Scenic Ohio Award!

Newark Earthworks Center Interim Director Marti Chaatsmith and

 former director Dick Shiels receive the 2016 Scenic Ohio Award.

The Newark Earthworks Center is proud to announce it is one of six organizations to

receive a 2016 Scenic Ohio Award in recognition of their collective work to preserve

earthworks sites in Ohio. These earthworks sites are the Newark Earthworks,

Great Serpent Mound, Fort Ancient and Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks. The 2016

Scenic Ohio Award recipients also include National Park Service, Ohio History

Connection, Dayton Society of Natural History, Arc of Appalachia

and Explore Licking County.

The Scenic Ohio Awards recognize community organizations, government agencies, 

and individuals who have improved, conserved, protected and enhanced

Ohio's scenic resources.

Ohio's role as an integral cultural crossroads throughout history is exemplified by unique American Indian earthworks. Ohio has two current American Indian World Heritage

nominations, the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks and Serpent Mound. The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks consists of three major sites from across Ohio: the Newark

Earthworks, Hopewell Culture National Historic Park, and Fort Ancient State Memorial.

All were constructed during the Hopewell Cultural period 2,000 years ago (100  B.C. - 400 AD)

and are noted for their geometrical precision and enormous scale. At a quarter of a

mile long, Serpent Mound is the largest documented surviving example of an

ancient effigy mound in the world. 

Ohio's earthworks are poised to join such cultural icons as the Pyramids of Giza,

the Great Wall of China, Stonehenge and the Acropolis as World Heritage Sites through

the nomination process of UNESCO. The World Heritage Program was established to

recognize and encourage the protection of the world's most important cultural and natural treasures. Over 1,000 sites have been inscribed; only 23 of them in the United States.

 For more information,
Visit:

• 2016 Scenic Ohio Awards 
• World Heritage Ohio
• Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
• Serpent Mound
• UNESCO World Heritage
• About
• Ancient Ohio Trail
• Fort Ancient
• Mound City
• Newark Earthworks
• Serpent Mound
• Arc of Appalachia
• Fort Hill
• Junction Earthworks
• Serpent Mound
• Fort Ancient Archaeological Park
• National Park Service
• Hopewell Culture National Historic Park

FAFSA Filing This Year

As reported by Bill Bush & Mary Morgan Edwards in The Columbus Dispatch 
on September 28, 2016:

“The race for college financial aid is staring sooner…The Oct. 1 opening date is new this year; traditionally, FAFSA filing season didn’t begin until Jan. 1. U.S. Department of Education officials have moved the date up by three months in the hope that colleges will get aid offers to prospective student’s sooner, giving those students more time to compare packages and make their choices....Now, the FAFSA is to be based on the “prior-prior year” taxes — for this year, 2015."

For full article, click here.

To complete the FASFA form, see https://fafsa.ed.gov/ .

For more information,
Visit:

• Federal Student Aid
• Office of the U.S. Department of Education
• Federal Financial Aid Youtube
• Federal Work Study Program
• Pell Grant Program: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/fpg/index.html
• Importance of Filing a FASFA – Missed Financial Aid 
• Nerdwallet, 2016.