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  MetroActive Movies | 'Chief Mountain Hotshots: Firefighters of the Blackfeet Nation'
The Chief Mountain hotshots, based on the Blackfeet Indian reservation in north-central Montana, have earned a reputation for being one of the most tenacious hotshot crews in the country.
Carl Crawford, the crew's chief superintendent, later explained to Carney that his firefighters felt such profound emotion at this long overdue public recognition that they were quite literally struck dumb.
Chief Mountain Hotshots: Firefighters of the Blackfeet Nation airs on Community Television, Channel 25, on July 16 and 17 at 9pm.
www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/07.11.01/hotshots-0128.html   (728 words)

  
 idaho mountain express : Chief Seattle: and the sons of the earth :  July 24 - 30, 2002
For fans of Chief Seattle’s speech and its underlying meanings, most of whom are environmentalists and prone to romanticize the lives of Native Americans, that is a big problem.
For critics of Chief Seattle’s speech and its underlying meanings, most of whom are in logging, ranching, farming, mining, snowmobiles, ORVs, SUVs and land development and prone to romanticize the lives of modern Americans, it is evidence of a hoax and the fraudulent premises of environmentalism.
We do know that Chief Seattle was a great leader of his people who tried to live peacefully with the white man and in harmony with the world, though in younger days he had been a fierce and intelligent warrior for his tribe.
www.mtexpress.com /2002/02-07-24/02-07-24dorworth.htm   (872 words)

  
 SummitPost.org - Chief Joseph Mountain Climbing Information
Chief Joseph Mountain is part of a large massif south of the town of Joseph.
Note that on July 8, 2003, the Chief Joseph trail was difficult or impossible to negotiate due to the BC Creek bridge washouts, slides, and blowdowns.
Chief Joseph Mountain (AKA Point Joseph) is ranked as the 12th highest mountain in Oregon.
www.summitpost.org /show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/2071   (514 words)

  
 Chief Mountain
Ahead to the south, the ridge ends at the foot of massive Gable Mountain, and to the east Chief Mountain lies across the Lee Creek valley.
For those who want to climb Chief Mountain in a day trip, I think a better alternative would be to strike off from the Otatso Creek road in the middle of section 26, where a trail leads west and north to a high ridge northwest of the Chief.
For those with considerable mountaineering experience seeking a real adventure, it is possible to climb the imposing east face of Chief Mountain.
www.cowboyhvn.com /Chief.htm   (3092 words)

  
 Montana Earth Science picture of the Week
Since it sits on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains, it can be seen from miles away by those who travel the area to the east and north, including travelers on the Blackfeet Reservation and on the prairie of southern Canada to the north of the reservation.
Chief Mountain has also drawn attention from geologists throughout the world because of the fascinating example of overthrust faulting that it represents.
But that’s not the case with the Chief Mountain and much of the rest of the park.
formontana.net /chief.html   (525 words)

  
 Canadian Constitution Foundation: The Chief mountain Case   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Chief Mountain wants to governed by his provincial and Canadian governments, like the rest of Canadians.
Many learned people agree with Chief Mountain that what happened is unconstitutional in Canada: Two justices of Canada’s Supreme Court, a justice from B.C.’s Court of Appeal, a former (NDP) Attorney-General of British Columbia and the current (Liberal) A-G, to name just five.
Goliath—the federal and B.C. governments—are strenuously fighting Chief Mountain’s case, even though it’s designed to overturn the injustice done to him, to his people—and, by extension, to the rest of us.
www.canadianconstitutionfoundation.ca /ChiefCase.htm   (433 words)

  
 Native American Legends - Chief Mountain - Blackfoot
The chief talked to her and calmed her, and finally convinced her to stay with the women and children and old men in the camp at the foot of a high mountain.
If you look closely, even today, you can see on the face of the mountain the figure of a woman with a baby inn her arms, the wife and child of the chief.
Chief Mountain is a mountain in Glacier National Park.
www.firstpeople.us /FP-Html-Legends/ChiefMountain-Blackfoot.html   (658 words)

  
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Mountain Chief is recorded in history of having five wives and twenty children.
Mountain Chief died in 1872 and is buried at the Sweet Grass Hills.
Red Bull was killed at Fort Benton and that caused the Mountain Chief Band to declare war against the white settlers, freighters and travelers of Montana.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Flats/1677/Blackfeet.html   (469 words)

  
 - Mountain Chief (Ninastoko), last hereditary chief of the Blackfoot tribe -Native American Indian Tribes - Over 1,200 ...
Mountain Chief, the Blackfoot's last hereditary leader, was born on Old Man River in southern Alberta.
Mountain Chief began his career as a warrior leader in 1866 at age eighteen, when he led a Blackfoot war party against the Crows at Cypress Hills.
Mountain Chief signed the Treaty of 1866 ceding the Sweet Grass Hills, and in 1895 signed away the land that now composes Glacier National Park.
www.aaanativearts.com /article472.html   (515 words)

  
 Denver Mountain Parks - Chief Hosa Lodge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Chief Hosa Lodge and Campground is located off of I-70 Exit 253 twenty minutes west of Denver.
The facility is located within Genesee Park of Denver’s mountain parks at an elevation of 7,700 feet in sight of the Continental Divide.
The Chief Hosa Lodge and Campground is a City and County of Denver concession operated by a private contractor.
www.denvergov.org /Mountain_Parks/template21481.asp   (144 words)

  
 A Blackfeet Chief
Mountain Chief stood his ground, and did not compromise.
The "Warrior Headdress" was seen and worn into the early 1900s by war leaders and elders, such as Mountain Chief, Bird Rattler, Turtle, Wolf Tail, Little Blaze, and Curly Bear.
The Blackfeet bonnets were later replaced by the more popular Sioux-style, or Crow Eagle Feather bonnets, that stretched backwards and were said to have a "shoulder-hang." During the time of the United States Indian delegations to Washington, D.C., began the time of recognizable wearing of both styles of headdress.
www.lewis-clark.org /black_chief.htm   (367 words)

  
 How Chief Mountain Got Its Name   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The war chief knew that if the enemy was not swiftly dealt with, there might be a raid on the camp.
She was most unhappy, but he calmed her fears and convinced her to stay in the camp at the foot of a large mountain.
In remembrance, the mountain was named Minnow Stahkoo, "the Mountain of the Chief", also known as Chief Mountain.
www.angelfire.com /nt/NiteOrchidsGarden/folk4.html   (433 words)

  
 CCF: The Chief Mountain Case in Detail 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Regardless of whether [Chief Mountain’s] argument succeeds in court, it is extraordinarily important because it pierces to the root of contemporary aboriginal ideology, whose central proposition is that aboriginal peoples are nations, indeed First Nations.
Chief Mountain’s tiny, underfunded group is facing the almost limitless resources of the federal government and the newly wealthy Nisga’a government.
On behalf of these people—Chief Mountain and the other Canadians, Nisga’a and non-Nisga’a alike, who are depending on your generosity and support—thanks so much for your help.
www.canadianconstitutionfoundation.ca /CMDetail2.htm   (1036 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: China
The chief river is the Yang-tze, called simply Ta-Kiang (Great River) or Kiang (River); as far as the Sze-ch'wan bend it is called Kin-sha-kiang; its general course is from west to east and its length about 4000 miles.
The chief lakes are the T'ung-ting in the Hunan province and the P'o-yang in the Kiang-si, both south of the Yang-tze by the Yo-chou Canal; the latter is fed by the Kan-kiang.
The two chief mountain ranges of China, offshoots of the highlands of Tibet, are the Eastern Kwen-lun and the Nan-shan.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03663b.htm   (8648 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > North County -- Palomar Mountain fire chief resigns
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN – Fire Chief Karl Bauer – head of one of the county's smallest departments, but widely admired across the county for his commitment to improving fire protection – has resigned.
Bauer, the mustachioed and much-loved chief of the Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Department for seven years, has accepted a position as fire chief in Leadville, Colo. On March 10, Bauer, 45, will start work as chief of Leadville Lake County Fire Rescue.
As chief, Bauer acquired new equipment, improved training for the 15-member department and educated residents on the extreme fire danger the mountain faces, while working with them to better protect themselves.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/northcounty/20040227-9999-1mc27karl.html   (656 words)

  
 Chief Mountain
Chief O'Leary, the resident ranger, has led the charge against boarders and limited their access to certain sections of...
The estate is nestled into the Voges mountains behind the village of Wettolsheim with vistas onto the medieval...
See live article   Mountaineering Mountaineering is an umbrella term that can variously be used to describe the actions of climbing, hillwalking and scrambling.
www.wncwabash.com /14/52.html   (658 words)

  
 40 Summit Chief Mountain
Summit Chief Mountain was climbed during a 1925 Mountaineers outing and upon reaching the top, they found no evidence of an earlier ascent.
05 053 LeeAnn on the Crux Summit Chief Mtn.
The fragile alpines zone around Summit Chief Pass had long been a secret secluded haunt for the few who ventured off trail and braved the brushy climb out of either the Waptus or Cooper River drainages.
www.ibextrax.com /page40c.html   (352 words)

  
 Wyoming Heritage Project, Heart Mountain Heritage, Chief Long Hair
The Legend of Chief Longhair The story begins in the 1780s with an orphaned boy and a kidnapped little girl who returned to her Crow people.
Chief Longhair carried his long hair in a bag on his back.
When the side of the mountain slid away, Chief Longhair died, but his power is still remembered.
wyomingheritage.state.wy.us /whp/chiefbulltail.html   (350 words)

  
 Yucca Mountain Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The U.S. Department of Energy began studying Yucca Mountain, Nevada, in 1978 to determine whether it would be suitable for the nation's first long-term geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
The Department of Energy is currently in the process of preparing an application to obtain the Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to proceed with construction of the repository.
Yucca Mountain is located in a remote desert on federally protected land within the secure boundaries of the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada.
www.ocrwm.doe.gov /ymp/index.shtml   (157 words)

  
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Chief Mountain, the prominent peak on the right, consists of Precambrian rock in the hangingwall of the Lewis Thrust (red arrow).
Cretaceous shale and sandstone, which occupy the footwall underlie the vegetated slopes.
Chief Mountain is an example of a Klippe because it was isolated from the rest of the hangingwall by erosion.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~millerm/Lewis2.html   (53 words)

  
 Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder
If you happen to go to Thunder Mountain Park, be sure to leave a donation in the big metal box at the beginning of the walkway that takes you on a tour through the grounds.
Photos of Frank Van Zant (aka Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder) from a Salt Flat News, May 1975 newspaper clipping on display at Thunder Mountain Park.
Chief Thunder Speaks - a chapter from PASSING THROUGH by Richard Menzies, published 2005 by Stevens Press.
www.spyrock.com /nadafarm/html/thnder.html   (355 words)

  
 Thunder Mountain Park, Imlay, Nevada
It was created by Frank Van Zant, who started building in 1968, and, gripped with Dementia Concretia kept at it until his suicide in 1989 at age 69.
According to some, he killed himself just after completing Thunder Mountain, though it is hard to tell if it's really complete just by looking at it.
The main part of Thunder Mountain is a three-story house, built of bottles and concrete.
www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/NVIMLthunder.html   (639 words)

  
 The Wise Man of Chief Mountain
Chief of the Mountains is grim, rugged, and majestic.
Indeed, these are very good reasons for the Blackfeet Indians to have named the awesome peak, Chief Mountain.
This is why his people loved him and always called him Chief Wise Man of the Blackfeet tribe.
www.indians.org /welker/chiefwis.htm   (899 words)

  
 Hiking in Colorado - Chief Mountain
In fact, this is where I plan to take flat-lander tourists (friends and relatives) who come to visit and want to go hiking from now on.
The trailhead for Chief Mountain begins about 11 miles (???) west of Bergen Park on Squaw Pass road.
11,486) is easily viewed in its entirety just east of Chief Mountain with the flats of Denver (Kansas?) visible beyond to the horizon.
hikingincolorado.org /chief.html   (391 words)

  
 Hail to the chief / Mountain Xpress / Asheville, NC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hail to the chief / Mountain Xpress / Asheville, NC News
Asheville residents had their first and last chance to question the two finalists vying to become the city's new police chief at an April 19 public meeting.
Former Chief Will Annarino retired in early January, and former Deputy Chief Ross Robinson is serving as interim chief throughout the hiring process.
www.mountainx.com /news/2004/0428police.php   (1316 words)

  
 Chief Mountain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The "CHIEF", a mountain of solid rock, is the second largest monolith in the British Commonwealth with Gibraltar being the largest.
A sentimental landmark of Squamish, the "CHIEF" is a favourite climbing mountain.
The sleeping chief can be seen on the mountain top, by the imaginative mind.
www.mnmuseumofthems.org /Faces/labels/Squamish.html   (47 words)

  
 Gable Pass to Chief Mountain
Chief Mountain, the most Sacred Mountain to the Native Blackfeet People.
It is said when one dies their soul ascends this mountain to get to the Heavens.
Our route was we took Chief Highway that runs north to Canada, we had trouble finding the trailhead it's barely marked with an orange piece of plastic.
www.naturesartgallery.com /glacier/chief.html   (173 words)

  
 Summit Chief, Alpine Lakes Wilderness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Out across the traverse, Summit Chief was pretty imposing, and it never appeared to get much closer.
The easiest way up appears to be over some big snowfields, but without crampons, axe or boots, I skirted the snow on the left on some really fun, solid and featured rock.
As every trip report and summit register entry says, "great views, wonderful day to be in the mountains, blah blah blah".
cspieker.home.comcast.net /slides/sumchief/sumchief.htm   (363 words)

  
 Album - Chief Mountain
Geny was still suffering from her ear infection, so I decided to go on a quick, easy hike somewhere nearby.
I'd heard good things about Chief Mountain, an easy hike near Bergen Park, so I headed for the trailhead at 5:15am.
It confirmed what I'd heard from Chief Mountain -- that it is perfect to bring beginners or out-of-state guests for a taste of high-alpine hiking in Colorado.
www.syedfaisal.com /Photo_Albums/Chief_Mountain/index.htm   (549 words)

  
 How Little Big Chief Calmed the Mountain (1981)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Long, long ago, Little Big Chief was chief of a small Indian village at the base of a very high Mountain.
The Mountain was very restless, and all the villagers were very scared.
That evening a man, Mouth of the Volcano, came down from the Mountain and told Little Big Chief, "The Mountain is very unhappy with your village.
www.worldadventurers.com /writings/rdreams/lbchief.htm   (573 words)

  
 Hermon (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Its modern name is Jebel-esh-Sheikh, "the chief mountain." It is one of the most conspicuous mountains in Palestine or Syria.
From the plain along the coast, from the Jordan valley, from the heights of Moab and Gilead, from the plateau of Bashan, the pale, blue, snow-capped cone forms the one feature in the northern horizon."
Our Lord and his disciples climbed this "high mountain apart" one day, and remained on its summit all night, "weary after their long and toilsome ascent." During the night "he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun." The next day they descended to Caesarea Philippi.
www.www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/hermon.html   (213 words)

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