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November 26 - Mary Edwards Walker
November 26, 2024
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“My Mom at Green River Lakes” - Green River Lakes, Wind River Range, WY.
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“Mom and Bart in the Cabin” - Green River Lakes, Wind River Range, WY.
“You must come to terms with the reality that nothing outside ourselves, be it people or things is actually responsible for our…
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November 18 - Wilma Pearl Mankiller
November 18, 2024
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“Faith” - Winuba (Mt. Tom), Wheeler Ridge, and the surrounding Eastern Sierra mountains. Taken from the Owens River Gorge parking lot. Nüümü Witü, Nüümü, and Newe Sogobia Ancestral Homeland. November 2022.
“I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.” — Wilma Mankiller.
Wilma…
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November 16 - Chinua Achebe
November 16, 2024
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“Stand Tall” - A beautiful grove of Giant Sequoia being hit by sunlight on a warm July 2024 morning out at Nelder Grove in Sierra National Forest. Me-wuk, Miwok, & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland.
“We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put…
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November 9 - Florence Sabin
November 9, 2024
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On a windy day back in September 2017, I drove through #RockyMountainNationalPark #RMNP @rockynps and saw this beautiful sight. I do not know this park well, so if anyone is from there, please let me know if you recognize any of the mountains and their names! Thanks! Clovis Culture, Tséstho’e…
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November 8 - Hermann Rorschach
November 8, 2024
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Black and White Fine-art panorama of Death Valley National Park, CA. Timbisha Shoshone & Newe Sogobia Ancestral Homeland.
“Hold tight to the conviction that a woman is a human being too, who can be independent…Also realize that equality must exist between men and women.” — Hermann Rorschach.
I’m choosing my…
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November 4 - Walter Cronkite
November 4, 2024
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“Autumn at Conway Summit” - #ConwaySummit on the #EasternSierra is always amazing, especially in autumn. The fall colors were glorious to see. Wašišiw Ɂítdeʔ (Washoe) & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland. October 2024.
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
― Walter…
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November 2 - Native American Heritage Month
November 2, 2024
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A shadow creating the shadow of a bear (aka “Shadow Bear” on the mountains above East Rosebud Creek, Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness, Montana.
“The Great Spirit is in all things. He is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes…
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November 1 - Día de Los Muertos
November 1, 2024
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Figurines for Día de los Muertos in a shop in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
“The graveyard is not the final resting place of our dear departed but an ephemeral repository of their remains. The real graveyard, however, is somewhere deep in our heart, where we can always visit them…
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October 30 - John Adams
October 30, 2024
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“Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.” — U.S. President John Adams.
Did you know that President John Adams (second president of the USA) and his son, President John Quincy Adams (6th President), were the only two of the…
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October 29 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
October 29, 2024
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“The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
I am using one of my photographs of a beautiful field of horses to showcase the feeling of the quote…