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Magnificent Trees Around the World

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Elephant Among the Stars

"Nebula "Elephant Trunk" is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust near the star cluster cataloged as IC1396, which ionize the H II gas located in the constellation Cepheus, 2,400 light years away from our planet." - César Cantú

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HELP A NATIVE AMERICAN FAMILY THAT IS BEING SUED BY THEIR CHILD’S SCHOOL FOR QUESTIONING CULTURALLY OFFENSIVE THANKSGIVING CURRICULUM

The Eagle Bull- Oxendine family is being sued by their child’s school for defamation, because they asked the school to permanently change their offensive and culturally insensitive Thanksgiving curriculum and to honor a two-year scholarship taken from their daughter after they voiced their concern over Native appropriation there. The school was having children make feathered headbands and literally play Indian. When the Native parents expressed disapproval over it, rather than address this racially sensitive issue, the school told them to keep their children home from class.

This case is moving forward and they need to raise funds to defray mounting legal expenses. Please share this link and donate what you can. If they lose, we all lose. This case has the potential to set dangerous precedent where Natives are effectively gagged from speaking out against redface, appropriation and the abuse of our culture and sacred ways by mainstream society. This is legal conquest. We can’t allow them to play Indian and hide behind judicial robes to do it. Thank you.

Contribute here: http://www.gofundme.com/8f3z30

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Working on a beaded and hand-painted Clay Pot. #ikoko #orisa #orisha #lukumi #santeria #yoruba #orisacouture

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New Orleans holds many hidden treasures, curiosities tucked away for decades that are well-known by the neighborhood but a mystery to the wider world. One of these such gems lies in a part of town that has seen a bit of a resurgence over the past few years. That’s why this week’s GoNOLA Find is the St. Roch Cemeteries & Chapel, where more than a century’s worth of offerings have been left to a saint believed to heal all wounds.

Offerings of thanks for miracles to St. Roch in the chapel at the cemetery, including crutches and effegies of body parts (Photo by Infrogmation on Flickr)

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I. © Abderazak Tissoukai

Niagara Falls, NY

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My essay. I expect hate mail in the morning

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The Full Moon of July will be a Super Moon. This is when the Moon can appear up to 5 times bigger than normal. It not only looks beautiful but has many effects on Earth too, the tidal force is up to 18% greater than normal and it also has an effect on animals and wildlife especially birds, wolves and ocean life. 

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I really do think that the commercialization of hoodoo has lead many people to forget the power of the ‘simples’- the power of individual herbs, especially common, easy to find and easily obtainable herbs. Because many people (usually those that benefit by having people...

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Red flannel, one of the favorite materials used in making conjure bags and other charms, likewise derived from African sources. Among the Kongo peoples red represented blood, birth, death, sunrise, and sunset. It was therefore a powerful color because of its sympathetic value. In addition, charms fashioned by the Fon people were usually red because the color was a favorite of the spirits.

-Conjure in African Amercan Society, by Jeffery E. Anderson

If you don’t have this book or haven’t read it yet. You need to. I’m in love with it

(via hoodoo-seed)

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:D auf We Heart It - http://weheartit.com/entry/119608478

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I don’t understand how people can have strong opinions about things that they don’t fully understand. There are so many facets to every issue that I find it extremely difficult to pick a side, and I’m constantly revising my opinion based on new information.

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Lady Liberty- blown away by these women and the others who made a part of this amazing show. Grateful to have been able to experience and document this event. 

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