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Science and art —
“Cross pollination between [two worlds western science and indigenous knowledge]”

“To be native to a place, we must learn to speak its language”

"But it is not enough to weep for our lost landscapes; we have to put our hands in the earth to make ourselves whole again. Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift."

Read the Asters chapter for the class I’m TA’ing

Favorite poems:
"Manhattan is a Lenape Word"
"American Arithmetic" (about police brutality against Natives)
"Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball" (Natalie Diaz played in NCAA Final Four her freshman year!!)

Gifted to Zach but I’ll peruse some poems when I have time this semester

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Estoy releyendo!

Pulling a Hanna here…

Perfect gift from Zach after my travels in Vietnam !!

Cannot believe the US dropped 38,000 tons of bombs on Hanoi over 12 days in Dec 1972. Nixon’s “Christmas gift”. Wtf.
US involvement abroad is disgusting. Why are we still doing this BS? Business & special interests 😭

Just found out from my family friends that this book was written by a Mom Luang (M.L.) — which is a relative / descendant of the Royal Family. Kinda cool. The M.L. published this book as his thesis or dissertation @ Cambridge