NOVEMBER’S NATURE NUGGETS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News November 17, 2011 WEST MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 15 — Brevard County issued the following news release:

The Nature Nuggets program at Rodes Park Community Center in November will focus on Native American culture.

The program will be held on November 17 and begins with a discussion of Florida’s prehistory, timelines, earliest inhabitants, and present-day tribes. Program emphasis is on the Native American people that inhabited Brevard County and Florida as a whole. The discussion includes important aspects of Native American culture, such as food, homes, and games. web site native american culture

Nature Nuggets is a unique program designed to fit the needs of public, private, charter, and home-school students. Sessions will be held on the third Thursday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon. Each program includes a close encounter with an education ambassador animal. Nature Nuggets is for students ages 5 to 12, and each session can accommodate up to 50 students. The fee is $2 per child. go to web site native american culture

Brevard County Parks and Recreation is offering the Nature Nuggets program for the 2011-12 school year at the Max K. Rodes Park Community Center, located inside the New Max K. Rodes Park, 3410 Flanagan Avenue in West Melbourne.

To register or for more information, please contact the Rodes Park Community Center at (321) 952-3215. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com Amanda Sloterbeck, 321/952-4525, amanda.sloterbeck@brevardparks.com