#North Americans

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Bleeding Heart Tetra — North Americans

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HEAM. YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THE FURSONA OF A RACCOON AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

HONESTLY FROM WHAT IVE HEARD ABUT RACCONS IT SEEMS FAIR

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North Americans - The Last Rockabilly

From their Long Cool World album released in 2023

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Life Saving Patrol by Edward Moran

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Scene Stories: Demystifying the Los Angeles Drummer

Scene Stories: Demystifying the Los Angeles Drummer #Drummer #GregSettino, reveals how to build a fulfilling life as a working #musician #LosAngeles #story @North_Americans #interview #freelance #TigerCity #eggdropsoup

This article was supposed to be about a 2022 song by Petey, called “Lean into Life.” It’s a great song and you should totally give it a listen. It almost sounds like you are listening to “Someone Great” by LCD Soundsystem. The vocals and hooks that follow have a matter-of-fact specificity that also evoke James Murphy, in a way that feels good. The lyrics present a harsh and vivid mirror, and make…

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A young American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) rides on the back of its mother in Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA

by Rick Dunlap

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I know this happened last year, but Illinois has its first reservation! The Department of the Interior placed 130 acres of land in DeKalb County near Shabbona State Park into trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi.

!!! That's huge! I had no idea!! Congratulations to be Prairie Band Potawatomi!!!

"Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribal nation in the state after a decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior last week.

The move represents the first victory in the tribe’s larger effort to regain the approximately 1,280 acres of its ancestral land in Illinois via legislation in both the General Assembly and Congress.

But the tribe first had to spend $10 million over the last 20 years to repurchase the first 130 acres of the Shab-eh-nay Reservation, located in what is now DeKalb County, that the federal government illegally sold out from under Chief Shab-eh-nay around 1850.

Nearly two centuries later, Prairie Band Chairman Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick – a fourth-great grandson of Chief Shab-eh-nay – signed paperwork on Friday that allows the Department of the Interior to place those 130 acres into a trust, which gives the tribe sovereignty over the land.

Rupnick said he’d heard the story of his ancestral land in Illinois “ever since I was a child” from his grandparents, and said his mother started the push to reclaim the Prairie Band’s land three decades ago when she was the tribe’s chairperson.

“For me to actually get it accomplished and signed, honestly, words couldn't describe the feeling that I had that, you know, when I actually completed that task,” he told Capitol News Illinois on Monday, adding that the credit should be shared with his entire counsel and tribal membership more broadly. “And now the real work begins.”"

-via NPR Illinois, April 30, 2024

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This animal was requested!

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Going Steady — North Americans

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cemetery angel, December 2023

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First 9 days of birdtober 2024 [list by @/aholmesartstudio on Instagram]

Blue Jay ☆ American Robin ☆ Eastern Bluebird

Belted Kingfisher ☆ Northern Mockingbird ☆ Red Winged Blackbird

Northern Cardinal ☆ Great Blue Heron ☆ Ruby Crowned Kinglet

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Today I spotted a Robin nest in one of the apple trees. It looked fresh and had no eggs in it so I decided to take a chance and put a Birdsy camera there. It was so cute to see the bird sing while in the nest.⁠

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Aurora Borealis by Frederic Edwin Church