American Indian Studies - No. 1

The above is called a dreamcatcher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcatcher

Links to American Indian information -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Native_American_culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_Indian_music

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ethnic_music_in_the_United_States

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Native_American_culture

Native American Indian dance theater, hand drum song - video (click here to watch)
Not all pow-wows are open to the public, but some pow-wows have open invitations that any one can attend; however, only certain people (people of American Indian tribes) participate in pow-wows unless who ever is in charge designates a time and place during the pow-wow for guests and visitors at an open invitation type of pow-wow to participate in the pow-wow.

below is a CD that you can look for to learn more ...

http://www.nocbay.com/prodDetails.asp?ID=351&link=225&link2=346
(Approximately $14.00 if shipped in the US) ["Learn to Hear PowWow Songs" is a way of sharing in the experience of the dance circle and the musical gift provided by the singers. Our effort in this LEARNING CIRCLE lesson is to help you hear the verse format, drumbeat patterns, and styles of powwow songs made today and heard all over North America in recordings or at dance gatherings. 24 minute CD.]

Wikipedia article on pow-wows
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powwow
External links from the Wikipedia article above …
· Library of Congress collection of Omaha Pow-wow music, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/omhhtml/omhhome.html , http://radio.powwows.com/
· Large, nationally known pow-wows
o Denver March Powwow http://www.denvermarchpowwow.org/ , Denver, Colorado
o Gathering of Nations PowWow http://www.gatheringofnations.com/ , University of New Mexico
o Stanford Powwow powwow.stanford.edu , Stanford University, California
o Schemitzun Feast of Green Corn and Dance http://www.schemitzun.com/ , North Stonington, Connecticut
o Crow Fair Dance Celebration http://www.crow-fair.com/ , Crow Agency, Montana
o United Tribes International Powwow http://www.unitedtribespowwow.com/ , United Tribes Technical College, North Dakota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Wolf

Scrolls, Tablets, Folders, Batons In Progress

A rough draft outline of scrolls, tablets, and folders in progress -

I.    The Salt Sea
           a.  The Salt Sea Scrolls began on - February 10, 2010; scrolls 1, 2, 3
           b.  A Salt Sea Tablet began May 15,  2010 - book 1 contains a compact disc (CD)
           c.  A Jordan River/The River Jordan scroll began May 15, 2010
           d.  The Salt Sea Folder #1 began May 18, 2010

II.   Fort Jerusalem
           a.  Fort Jerusalem Scroll 1 - Began on May 14, 2010
           b.  Fort Jerusalem Map Scroll 1 and 2 - Began the Spring of 2010
           c.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jerusalem-coat-of-arms.svg
           d.  Fort Jerusalem Folder #1 began May 18, 2010

III.   Arab

IV.  Christian

V.   Other
          a.  Island Scrolls
                 i.  Hawaii Scrolls

VI.   Folders
           a.  The River Jordan Folder #1 began May 18, 2010
           b.  The Egypt Folder 1 began May 18, 2010
           c.  Various file folders were started the Spring of 2010
                     i.    language
                     ii.   maps
                     iii.  of interest
                     iv.  pictures
                     v.   culture

VII.  Batons
            a.  Batons
            b.  Baton Scrolls
            c.  Baton & Scroll
            d.  Baton & Tablet
            e.  Baton & Folder
            f.   etc.

VIII.  Israel Scrolls, Batons, Tablets, and Folders
             a.  Alexandria Scroll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria
             b.  Cairo Scroll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo
             c.  Alexandria/Cairo twin Baton Scrolls    (July 10, 2010)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_libraries_of_the_ancient_world
             d.  Antarctica Scroll and Folder  (July 10, 2010)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica

IX.  Palestine Scrolls, Batons, and Folders
           a.  Palestine Folder  (July 10, 2010)

One page ...

One page in a book that I look at a lot -

Arabic Chat and Alphabet

“Evolution of early Arabic calligraphy (9th - 11th century). The Basmala was taken as an example, from kufic Qur’an manuscripts. (1) Early 9th century. script with no dots or diacritic marks; (2) and (3)9th - 10th century under Abbasid dynasty, the Abu al-Aswad's system establish red dots with each arrangement or position indicating a different short vowel. Later, a second black dots system was used to differentiate between letters like "fāʼ" and "qāf"; (4) 11th century, In Al Farāhídi's system (system we know today) dots were changed into shapes resembling the letters to transcribe the corresponding long vowels.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_chat_alphabet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet

Neume

“A sample of the Kýrie Eléison (Orbis Factor) from the Liber Usualis...”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neume

Hebrew Accents

“Gen. 1:9 And God said, "Let the waters be collected".
Letters in black, niqqud in red, cantillation in blue”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_accents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet_for_Hebrew

Some Inforamtion on the Hebrew Language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebraization_of_English

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet_for_Hebrew

Hebrew Braille

just some information I came across - for every one to investigate on their own

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_braille