O n a cool day in early November, the Miami Nation of Indiana hosted a native craft show at the Chief Richardville House in Waynedale. Outside, men played drums and chanted. The scent of wood smoke from two fires filled the air. Buffalo stew and fry bread cooked over one of the open-pit fires, and elders talked around the other fire. It was a friendly atmosphere; greetings of "Aya aya niihka," or

Most people would agree that history is an important subject to study. Not everyone, however, enjoys learning about it. There are several common ways to learn about the past -- reading about it in books or listening to an older, wiser person. These methods of instruction are fine, but sometimes reading about a historical event, or even hearing someone speak on the subject, doesn't interest childre

The Indiana State Museum's "Lord of the Rings" exhibit closed last Tuesday. During its three-month stay, more than 250,000 visitors learned about the behind-the-scenes of filmmaking through numerous interactive activities. These included a face-scanning machine that visually transformed a human face to stone, opportunities to have a photo taken with the backdrop of a scene where Frodo joins Gandal