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In October 2011, a green roof was installed on the tallest section of the Museum building.

In October 2014, our enormous five-story solar wall went "live."

References cited and publications by donors

Bruce, Robert

1967 Jerarquia Maya entre los dioses lacandones. Anales del Instituto Macional de Antropologia e Historia Volume 28 pp.93-108.

1968 Gramatica del Lacandon. Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico City. Masters Thesis.

1973 Figuras Ceremonials Lacandonas de Hule.

Introduction

Cosmic Curiosities

“When you look at the origins and evolution of life on Earth, it's been severely affected by asteroid impacts through history."
- Rusty Schweikart, Apollo 9 Astronaut

By the end of 2021, NASA plans to launch three significant missions. One will help protect us from a big impact; another starts the journey to have astronauts walk on the moon again. The last one will send into orbit the world’s most powerful space telescope.

Cosmic Curiosities

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian Poet-Writer

The Universe, Us, and the Coronavirus

Starting with Adolph Meinecke's contributions at the turn of the century and ending most recently with Dr. Nancy Oestreich Lurie's additions in the 1980s and several additions in the 1990s, MPM's Sami collection represents a large span in the fascinating history of Sami culture.

Numbering just about one hundred pieces, MPM's is the only sizeable collection in North America at this time, and perhaps the only large Sami collection outside of Europe at all.

To understand what treaty rights are, it is first important to understand what a treaty is.

A treaty is an agreement between two sovereign powers. When Europeans first made contact with the Indians, they usually (although not always) treated them as sovereign, independent nations much like European nations such as France, Spain, and Great Britain. European countries made treaties with the Indian tribes principally to cement military and political alliances and to make peace.

Warriors and Leadership

Although warfare never attained the prominence it did among the Plains tribes, it still had considerable importance in the Woodland value system. Among Indian tribes of the Great Lakes, warfare and hunting were exclusively male activities. A man's position and stature within an Indian society often rested on his abilities and accomplishments as a hunter and warrior.