D.C. Attorney donates American Indian book collection

Millsboro, DE (UCTP TAINO NEWS) - Attorney Antonio "Tony" Arocho, Esq., has donated his Native American book collection to the Nanticoke Indian Museum & Library of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe in Delaware.

"I am very proud to have my book collection included in the Nanticoke Indian Museum and Library because it plays a very special role in preserving and promoting Native American culture and history," stated Arocho in a press release issued by the Arocho Law Office in Washington D.C.

The collection - donated in honor of his parents - is said to include materials on the Arawak, Aztec, Carib [Kalinago], Creeks, Garifuna, Inca, Pequot, Powhatan Renape, Seminole, Seneca, Taino, Yaqui, and many other tribal people.''

The Nanticoke Indian Tribe is a state recognized tribe in the state of Delaware (USA). The Nanticoke Indian Museum and Library is located on the corners of Route 24 (John J. Williams Hwy.) and Route 5 (Oak Orchard Rd.), Millsboro, Delaware. The Museum is open Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., during the month of April, and Tuesday thru Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 pm May thru October.

UCTPTN 07.11.2008

Chichen Itza Among the Leaders of New 7 Wonders contest

LISBON (UCTP Taino News) - Mexico's Mayan city center of Chichen Itza is among the leaders in a competition, ending in one month, to choose the New Seven Wonders of the World, the campaign organizers reported on Thursday.

The winners will be chosen through a global online and phone vote, organizers of the New 7 Wonders of the World (http://www.new7wonders.com/ ) competition. Among the 21 “wonders” selected to the finalist list, three represent ancient indigenous cultural heritage including the Inca city of Machu Pichu in Peru, the monolithic Moai statutes of Rapanui (Easter Island), and Chichen Itza located in the Yucatan peninsula.

Over 50 million people have voted so far in this global competition to produce a 21st century list of the world's greatest man-made heritage sites. The original seven wonders of the ancient world were chosen by the Greeks more than 2000 years ago.
The winning list will be announced in Lisbon on July 7, 2007.