While food security is most often cited as the reason for the recent interest in bison, tribes also hope that returning bison to the land will restore ecological balance. At Wolakota, for instance, bison have been eating the yucca plants that became plentiful after native grasses disappeared, tearing them up by the roots and allowing grasses to return. The grass regeneration increases carbon capture.
The bison also is tightly connected to the culture of Great Plains tribes such as the Sioux. The animals provided food, tools and shelter for Indigenous people, and some tribes consider them to be family.
“It’s a powerful feeling bringing our relatives home,” said TJ Heinert, Troy’s 27-year-old son, who lives on the Wolakota range with his family and helps manage it. On a recent winter morning he was dressed in camouflage as he prepared to hunt coyotes as part of a tribal benefit for his mother, who is recovering from cancer surgery.
Little bugs’ feast
Have a happy and safe thanksgiving, everyone! 🦋 🐛
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In the last four weeks, there have been 57 bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers in the United States.
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Pretty, yes? Here’s an example of the Glass Gem corn I grew this year. I used pink kernels from a cob I grew last year. Voila! Lustrous corn with pink and pearly hues.
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THIS IS WHAT FUCKING HAPPENS WHEN YOU FORGET TO RINSE THE TUB OUT AFTER USING A LUSH INTERGALATIC BATHBOMB!
He’s fine. He got a bath.
Lush glitter is made of seaweed.
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Have u noticed when a guy asks if u have ever seen/ listened to/ heard of something they get more excited when u say no than yes like they’d rather be a teacher and hold the champion belt for more knowledgeable than thou than have a conversation about a shared interest lmao this drives me crazy
Went through my old photos and found this! Me dressing up as a traditional bride on my wedding party last year. Please tell me I’m pretty because I did feel like I was a princess that night <3
I’m really tired of seeing stuff like “feminism isn’t abt hating men feminism isnt an aggressive thing it’s about men and women being equal” like no why can’t feminism be about hating men why can’t it be angry and aggressive like why do you have to be civil and nice and include men in your feminism
because then feminism would suck just as much as today’s oppressive society
SHUT UP AGHHGHHHHHGFFGGGG
what a way to discuss feminism, such strength
I don’t give a fuck dumpass
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What New Stats Show About The School To Prison Pipeline For Black Girls Is Worse Than Anyone Could Have Imagined
Judging by the statistics, the national focus on the troubled plight of Black boys with initiatives like President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper may be missing a real crisis that’s hidden in plain sight: Black girls are treated even more harshly in American schools than Black boys when compared to their white counterparts—leading to them now being the fastest growing population in the juvenile justice system.
The numbers are jarring: Black girls across the country were suspended six times more often than white girls, compared to Black boys being suspended three times more often than white boys, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s analysis of the 2011-2012 school year.
Only 2 percent of white females were subjected to exclusionary suspensions, compared to 12 percent of Black girls.
Because males are suspended in greater numbers than females, the harsh treatment of Black boys tends to draw all the attention. But a new report by the African American Policy Forum and Columbia Law School called “Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and Underprotected” shines a spotlight on Black girls in public school, playing particular attention to what happens to them in the New York City and Boston school systems.
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