AVENUE Magazine March 2011

showcasing the traditional Native American items for sale. You’ll have lots of fun at the big powwow and dance drums with your friends, and the crafts and furniture for sale are of great quality and makes for a great addition to any house, regardless of theme.

Within the sim, there is a building called the KIVA. It may be a small building, but it is big with information and interaction. KIVA offfers resources that affects Native American Indians in both SL and RL covering government, health, culture, history and more. It also acts as a museum. As someone who has not had prior education or interaction with the Native American Indians, learning about them in a setting such as Red Rock has piqued my curiosity about the people. One realizes that over time, media can tend to misrepresent Indians and this propagates positive and negative beliefs about the Native American culture. Going to places such as the Red Rock Mesa can help dissolve such misrepresentations by offering a rich and educational environment that also helps Native Americans in their SL business ventures.

While part of the vast Native Lands, Red Rock Mesa is a commercial venture and is under separate ownership and is envisioned as a joint project with Virtual Native Lands, an educational nonprofit organization. Both groups envision strengthening the SL presence of authentic Native American groups through various activities.

Red Rock Mesa is located at: Native Lands [77.99.27].

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