Library Gets Irish Limestone Archway
Arizonans can enjoy their own little piece of Ireland - 22 tons of
it - at the new Irish library downtown.
Francis McCormack, a master stonemason from County Clare, Ireland,
has traveled to Phoenix to install a 22-ton Irish limestone archway
modeled after a 13th-century archway found preserved on Holy Island in
Irel
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Heard Exhibit Shows World From Navajo View
Photographers for years have been fascinated by American IndIans,
but an exhibit at the Heard Museum North reverses that dynamic.
"For the past 150 years or so, Native Americans have been the
subject matter of photography," said Janet Cantley, Heard curator and
manager. "This is an opportunity to have Natives behind the
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‘Beyond Geronimo’ at Heard Museum
As one of the most photographed and talked-about Native Americans in
history, Geronimo has been featured in numerous books and Hollywood
Westerns. The famous Chiricahua Apache warrior's name was used as a
World War II-era parachutists' cry and, more recently, was given to
the military operation to hunt down al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
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