Doubt and the Trouble with Stories (Part I)

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James H. Cook, the man whose thirty-year friendship with the Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud grew out of their mutual respect for the lands of . . . → Read More: Doubt and the Trouble with Stories (Part I)

Sweet Revenge and the Actions of Ordinary Citizens

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An artist’s depiction of a Dinohyus hollandi, a 20-million-year-old scavenger distantly related to today’s swine. Image courtesy of the National Park Service.

The desire for . . . → Read More: Sweet Revenge and the Actions of Ordinary Citizens

The Winds that Fill the Voids

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Smoke from wildfires to the north and west settles in the Niobrara River valley surrounding the fossil hills at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Photo . . . → Read More: The Winds that Fill the Voids

Staking a Claim to the Bed of Bones

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Harold J. Cook’s homestead cabin as it looked in 1910. In the background are the famed fossil hills of Agate Springs Ranch. Photo by Fred MacVaugh . . . → Read More: Staking a Claim to the Bed of Bones

High Plains Horse Culture and Fossils Celebrated at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

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Kevin Locke, the Lakota Northern Plains flute player and Hoop Dancer, one of several headliners at this summer’s High Plains Celebration. Photo Courtesy of kevinlocke.com.

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The Place In Between

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Sunset with rain at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Photo by Fred MacVaugh provided courtesy of the National Park Service.>>

Surprise is a natural response from . . . → Read More: The Place In Between

The Unexpected Wonder

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A Western Meadowlark. Photo by Fred MacVaugh provided courtesy of the National Park Service.

Except for half-a-dozen contrails as white as a prairie snowball’s petals and . . . → Read More: The Unexpected Wonder

While Reading through Layers of Soil and Bone

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The Fossil Hills, also known as University (left) and Carnegie Hills, at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Photo by Fred MacVaugh provided courtesy of the National . . . → Read More: While Reading through Layers of Soil and Bone

Standing Face to Face with Crazy Horse and Recognizing My Bias

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Crazy Horse Memorial: Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills, South Dakota. Photo by Navin75, provided courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

5:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 23. Five . . . → Read More: Standing Face to Face with Crazy Horse and Recognizing My Bias

Happy To Be Back and Reacquainting Myself with an Absence of Light

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Big Dipper: Ursa Major, the Big Dipper. Photo Courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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