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Audio Journeys explores the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton, Oregon. This 35,000-square-foot cultural center is a working monument to the past, present, and future of three native tribes of southeastern Oregon. Tamástslikt celebrates the traditions of Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Tribes. It means turning something over. The Center's education manager is our guide.

Audio Journeys explore Yosemite National Park, California via a tram. Spring is a great time to visit Yosemite, when birds and wildflowers flowers abound. Our tour guide tells us about rock climbers, Miwok natives, the swift flowing Merced River, and other superlatives of Yosemite. One of the oldest parks in the nation, Yosemite was made a national park in 1890, and designated a World Heritage Site in 1984.

The National Capital Commission of Canada has the mission and the mandate to build the Capital Region around Ottawa as a source of pride and unity for Canadians. One place the NCC accomplishes its goals is at Gatineau Park in Chelsea Quebec, across the Ottawa River from Ottawa, Canada's capital city. It's February when we explore Gatineau Park, across the Ottawa River from Ottawa.

Lake Itasca is the undisputed headwaters of the Mississippi River Itasca State Park, Minnesota. Native Americans living in the pine forests, led white explores to the source of the mighty Mississippi River. It was a European explorer that named the source or headwaters of the Mississippi in Latin, it was the Native Americans who named the Mississippi River in their own language. Find out how, at the Grand Opening of the Jacob Brower Visitor Center celebration in Itasca State Park.

Underground Railroad Circle of Hope. Our exploration of the Undergound Railroad continues in Auburn, and includes Harriet Tubman's Home, now a museum. In Auburn New York’s capital, Harriet Tubman lived her older less dangerous years. During the dangerous years, Harriet Tubman was a major part of the Underground Railroad; she helped at last one thousand enslaved people escape to freedom.

Thomas Steinbeck, son of famed writer and Pulitzer Prize recipient John Steinbeck, sits down with Patricia Lawrence for a casual conversation about his life; his published short stories, Down to a Soundless Sea; fictional accounts of life around Monterey Bay California...and his father!