U & D

NPR has produced two excellent audio articles about Native American Boarding Schools. These have just aired in Maine again – the good news is that both can be downloaded and/or printed (in transcript):

Part 1 – American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many Americans
Part 2 – Indian School a far Cry From the Past

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The MicMac, Maliseet, Penobscot and Passamaquoddy are not just a Social Studies lesson
I went to an all-day English teachers’ workshop last Friday – on 6 + 1 Traits Writing. It was billed as a rewarding six hours with a master teacher Sheryl Lain – that is exactly what it turned out to be. I [...]

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“Unity and diversity have long been valued in the United States as foundations of the unique character of our society. People throughout our nation’s history have come from distinct and varied cultural, political, and religious backgrounds and perspectives… We build common bonds of unity based on the democratic values, processes, and institutions that support [...]

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Unity & Diversity
For me, the milkweed is an UR seed. It is also an expression of U & D: diverse seeds unified in a pod, seeds unified by shape, diverse in details, pods unified by family/subfamily/genus, diversified by species. Milkweeds tend to cluster in suitable habits, but also disperse each year – a survival adaptation. [...]

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