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Northeast

The Northeast region includes portions of southeastern Canada, and is bordered in the United States by the Mississippi River and Atlantic Coast. The tribes of this region represented in the Museum’s cradleboard collection are the Iroquois (4) and (1) Oneida example specifically, Menominee (1), Mexican Kickapoo (2), Ojibwa/Chippewa (7), Potawatomi (3), Sauk (1), and Winnebago/Ho-Chunk (3).

Planetarium Newsletter

Cosmic Curiosities

“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.” ~Madeleine L'Engle, Writer

Sky & Space Preview for 2017

The new year is a great time to explore some prime time space events – after all, 2017 is a good prime number. Let’s take an in-depth look at three exciting celestial happenings and preview the entire 2017 calendar.

2025 Sky and Space Calendar

Mercury makes its best evening appearances in early March and late June/early July. For morning watchers, the best time to catch the smallest planet is mid-August.

Venus is crazy bright in the evening sky from the start of 2025 until mid-March. It quickly reappears in the morning sky by late March/early April. It remains easily visible in the pre-dawn sky until mid-November.

Federal Acknowledgement or Recognition

Federal recognition is important to Indian tribes for several reasons.

First, when they are extended federal recognition, they can establish tribal governments that possess a measure of sovereignty. Non-recognized tribes can form tribal organizations but lack sovereign powers. Second, federally recognized tribes can have their reservation lands placed in trust. This means that their land is protected by the federal government from being purchased or taken by non-Indians.