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| | April 2010 | | | 1st Annual Early Technology Day
April 10, 2010 Iroquois Indian Museum Howes Cavern, NY 10:00am - 4:00pm Public Event This year they will demonstrate the process of flint knapping, using local and semi-local cherts and lithics. Are you interested in archaeology? have you found an artifact? Please bring it with you and we'll try to identify it for you. The day may also include demonstrations and teachings: primitive fire making, atl-atl spear throwing, dogbane rope making demonstration, and early archery. Archery is welcomed: If you have equipment, you may shoot, after 2:30pm, and that can be scheduled to happen between turns of spear throwing. Some spears and throwers are provided. For more information and a tentative schedule: www.iroquoismuseum.org/calendar.htm or call: #518.296.8949. (TEP is not affiliated with this event.) | | | Protect Your Identity Day
April 10, 2010 120 Main Street, Lockport, NY South parking lot (enter off Walnut & Elm St.) 10am - 4pm No cost opportunity for businesses and residents of Niagara County This is a one time no cost opportunity for businesses and residents of Niagara County to securely destroy sensitive documents, electronics and X-rays while supporting environmentally responsible recycling. Mobile Shredders will be on site and all materials will be processes in accordance with all HIPAA, FACTA and Sarbanes Oxley regulations. Businesses must make an appointment. Please call 731-8740 to schedule your corporate clean out. For additional questions, please call the NCRDD at 434-6568 or visit their website at www.niagaracounty.com/landfill Hosted by: Niagara County Refuse Disposal District in association with Senator George Maziarz & Mayor Michael Tucker. www.rethinkyourwaste.com (TEP is not affiliated with this event.) | | | SPARE Basic Photovoltaic Installer Course
April 12 - 16, 2010 Onondaga Community College 4585 West Seneca Turnpike J. Stanley Coyne Building (JSC) Rooms 214, 216/220 Syracuse, NY 9:00am - 5:00pm Cost: $495.00 per participant, $450.00 per person if more than two from same organization The four-day SPARE (Solar Power as Renewable Energy ) Photovoltaic Installer Course are offered by SUNY-ESF in collaboration with Onondaga Community College (OCC). The course is instructed by well-known physicist and entrepreneur Dr. Gay Canough, her long time colleague, Francine Notte, and ESF chemistry professor, Dr. Neal Abrams. For more information: BrandiLee Schafran, blschafran@esf.edu or at: http://www.esf.edu/outreach/pd/spare/ (Note: if you are Haudenosaunee and are interested in attending this course, please contact our TEP office for a potential discount offered through the HETF.) (TEP is not affiliated with this event.) | | Earth Day Festival 2010
April 17, 2010 Beaver Meadow Audubon Center North Java, NY 10:00am - 4:00pm $6 adults/$4 ages 3-12/under 3 free The 3rd annual Buffalo Audubon Earth Day Festival. Environmental groups from around WNY, solar panel display, nature hikes, crafts and much more. Fun for the entire family!! For more information: www.buffaloaudubon.com (TEP is not affiliated with this event.) | | | Tuscarora Roadside Cleanup 2010
April 23, 2010 Tuscarora Picnic Grove parking lot Tuscarora Nation 8:00am - 3:00pm "Many Hands do Lighten the Load" The same as last year, the NYS Department of Transportation will not be available to assist with hauling the garbage from the site. Due to this set back, there will be a small number of dumpsters available for raodside garbage only. Tuscarora Environment will be handing out t-shirts to those "caught in the act" all day Friday. (while supplies last.) A pot-luck lunch will be available at the Old Gym sponsored by the Tuscarora Temperance Society. More information click HERE. | | | |
| May 2010 | | Iroquois Wampum Belts
May 1, 2010 Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community 4934 State Highway Rte 5 Fonda, NY Part of the Kanien'kehaka Cultural Teaching Series, Darren Bonaparte (Akwesasne Mohawk, www.wampumchronicales.com) shares his knowledge on wampum and the historical significance of the wampum belts of the Iroquois Confederacy, their sacredness to the Iroquois & relevence within the context of European contact, settlement and subsequent treaties. Cost: $40.00 includes light lunch and materials For more information: www.mohawkcommunity.com (TEP is not affiliated with this event.) | | | Tuscarora Earth Day 2010 Event
May 1, 2010 Tuscarora Old Gym Mt. Hope Road Tuscarora 10:00am - 4:00pm Cost: FREE FREE lunch will be served Join the Tuscarora Environment office for our Earth Day event at the Old Gym. The day starts with a Haudenosaunee Seed Exchange and continues with event throughout the day. Check out our Earth Day 2010 page for all the details HERE. | | | Border Crossing, Citizenship and the Challenges of Modern Sovereignty
May 7, 2010 Native American Community Services 1005 Grant Street Buffalo, NY 6:00pm - 9:00pm Cost: Free Light refreshments will be served Children activities for ages 5 and up will be provided at no cost Native American Community Services of Erie & Niagara Counties Inc. proudly presents In the Twenty-first Century, A Speaker Series event. Featuring: Darwin Hill, Tonawanda Seneca and member of the Haudenosaunee Documentation Committee; Robert Porter, Legal Councel for the Seneca Nation of Indians; Paul Williams, Legal councel for the Traditional Chiefs of Six Nations at Grand River and member of the Haudenosaunee Documentation Committee. For more information: #716.874.2797 x339, amadams@nacswny.org (TEP is not affiliated with this event.) | | Stream Stabilization-Restoration Class
May 18-20, 2010 Henrietta Fire Training Center 60 Erie Station Road Extension West, Henrietta, NY 9:00am - 4:30pm Cost: $50.00 for all three days With an emphasis on Innovative Approaches to Stream Stabilization and Restoration, presented by: David Derrick, research hydraulic engineer, Corps of Engineer's Research & Development Center Coastal & Hydraulic Laboratory. This exciting workshop will introduce the methodologies and procedures for initiating, planning, analyzing, and ultimately designing long-term sustainable river and stream stabilization or restoration approaches. Innovative, environmentally sensitive, and cost-effective approaches to channel restoration will be discussed. Comprehensive case studies will also be presented. For more information: #585.473.2120 x3 or robert.kiley@ny.nacdnet.net www.monroecountyswcd.org (TEP is not affiliated with this event.) | | |
| June 2010 | | 2010 National Tribal Science Forum
June 6-10, 2010 Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Grand Traverse Resort and Spa Traverse City, MI The U.S. E.P.A. Tribal Science Council and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians will host the 2010 National Tribal Science Forum. The forum theme "Mother Earth: Indigenous Knowledge and Science to Promote Positive Change" will be explored in the following tracks: air, water, earth, community health and cross-theme issues. For more information: http://epa.blhtech.com/2010TribalScienceForum (TEP is not affiliated with this event.) | | | |
| July 2010 | | 165th Tuscarora Nation Picnic & Field Days
July 9-10, 2010 Tuscarora Nation Picnic grounds Walmore Road Tuscarora Nation, NY The 165th Picnic and Field Days will include native and regional music acts, 10k and fun run, Tuscarora raised beadwork contest, native foods, sports, Tuscarora princess contest much more. More information will be available soon and will be available at our Tuscarora Picnic & Field Days page HERE. | | |
| September 2010 | | NAAEE Environmental Education Conference
September 29 - October 2, 2010 Buffalo, NY Cost: Registration opens June 1st and costs range from $260 to $490 per participant. They also offer per day rates as well. North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) 39th Annual Conference will be a gathering of over 1,000 educators. This year's theme is "Building Connections - Bridging Gaps". For more information: http://naaee.org/conference/ (TEP is not affiliated with this event.) | | |
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